Luanda.
April was the end of Luanda's rainy season. A shower had just passed over Luanda City today; amid flashes of lightning and peals of thunder, torrential rain had poured down, then abruptly stopped. Washed clean by the downpour, the entire city seemed especially fresh, the air infused with the fragrance of earth and flowers, while the sky was an especially deep blue.
On Luanda's coastal boulevard, foreign guests from around the world rode buses arranged by the East African government toward the Luanda Coastal Conference Center.
Rodner of the Brazilian Government could not help sighing. "Luanda truly deserves to be called one of the most developed cities along the entire South Atlantic coast. In urban construction alone, it does not pale beside the capitals of our South American Countries. Moreover, this city blends modern and classical styles, and is brimming with exotic charm."
"Quite a few of its buildings resemble those in our Rio de Janeiro. Coming here gives me an extraordinary sense of familiarity."
As Luanda had once been a Portuguese colony, it naturally retained many buildings in the Portuguese style. Brazil, meanwhile, had once been Portugal's most important colony, which was why Rodner said this.
East Africa's reception officer, Last, said to Rodner, "Mr. Rodner, speaking of Luanda, as a former Portuguese colony, it indeed shares many common features with Brazilian cities."
"Back in the last century, when Luanda was still the capital of the Angola Colony, it was already considered a major African city."
"After several decades of effort by our Rhine Empire, Luanda has not only become an important African city, but can also be counted among the notable cities of the world."
Luanda had a very long history as a city. At the end of the sixteenth century, Portuguese colonists chose this place to