Tryp Iguatemi Sao Paulo

Everybody told me "why are you going to Sao Paolo, there is nothing to see" but it is wrong. Thanks to Clarissa I have had such a great time, met lovely people, ate yummy brazilian food and saw beautiful places. The city has a very european flair and its trendy.

... hobbling around with them on their final day of holiday. Nevertheless, we managed to make the most of the day – beginning with a bus along Rio’s central avenue and a train up to Christ the Redeemer. We managed to see him (just about) through the cloud. After that we taxied our way up to Santa Theresa, a leafy, old colonial suburb. We spent a relaxing few hours having lunch and generally exploring. A highlight was stumbling across the brightly coloured tiled steps that link ST ...

Dopoledcne jsem dorazil zpatky do Sao Paula a metrem a autobusem jsem dorazil na misto, kde jsem si myslel, ze by mela ta ambasada byt. Koukal jsem se na adresu o dva dny drive, ale zapomnel jsem si ji zapsat a v hostelu zase nefungoval internet. Nasel jsem to ale celkem bez problemu, ani jsem moc nebloudil a pred dvanactou jsem dorazil k ambasade. Za plotem sice byli nejaci lide, ale jinak bylo vsechno zavreno. Dovolal jsem se na hlidace ...

... mogli odswiezyc i odpoczac z dala od lotnicka (inaczej mowiac zebysmy im dali spokoj z wiecznumi pytaniami kiedy cos bedzie wiadomo). Mialam okazje dzieku temu zobaczyc kawalek Sao Paulo bo hotel byl okolo 20 minut jazdy autobusem.

Na miescu dostalismy cos do jedzenia i czekalismy z niecierpliwoscia na jakies wiesci z lotniska. Okazalo sie ze wsrod ludzi oczekujacych ...

... you play here!! We made one more pass through the food and headed home. Stuffed!!!!!

 

The Immigrant festival was fun. Just Fabiola and I. This festival was held at the immigrant museum. This festival had food from about 20 different countries. We ate Japanese and then a crape from France. The festival was more of a cultural sharing event. Each country had some kind of dance that they did. We saw about 5 countries dance. The best one was from the Ukraine. I ...

Bon alors derniere journee a Sao et ce fut tres productif!!!!!! Je suis aller dans le centro, REALITY check - from riches to raggs.... beaucoup de pauvrete et d itinerant mais it was a nice change form the rich neighbourhood I have been chilling in.... J ai visiter catedral et autre eglise, vue des plaza ainsi que des grattes ...

... I opened the map it was so ****ing HUGE tha t it came with another book to figure out how to read the map. Finally, I went to another Internet Cafe and figured out somewhere to go. At that time I discovered that all the International students were getting together for drink. By that point in the day, I really needed a drink after wandering all over Sao Paulo without a map. In front of the school I found another exchange ...

... world for the presentation of theatre productions, mainly operas. São Paulo's Municipal Theatre, finished on June 30th 1911, was to open the following month. However, the coffee harvest, which went on from May until August, made it impossible for the families of the coffee producers to attend. Thus the inauguration was put off until September 11th, when the most famous baritone of the time, an Italian Titta Ruffo, was to sing the part of Hamlet in the Ambroise Thoma's namesake opera. And ...

... people are nice, and the SP greater metro. area is like, massive. I´m sure someone could say the same thing about some stretches in California. I took the airport shuttle to the regional port where I purchased a ticket on TAM for a flight leaving in 40 minutes. by the time I checked in, boarding time was 15 minutes ago and flight time was in another 15. I made the flight with plenty of time. gotta love brazil.

... it is worthwhile noting SP´s unconventional approach to natural resources: during a boom in expansion, SP paved over not one but both of its major rivers to make way for additional highway space, the result of which is that SP is a little less green and a little more concrete - an interesting counterpoint to Rio, for sure. Our mission was simple: visit Avenida Paulista, SP´s answer to Paris´ Champs d´Elysses, where we were to find the financial heart of the city, along with a ...