Tourist in Sao Paulo
Decided, having been here for 8 months, now was time to see a different side of SP and so want to visit new areas and new sights within the city. Actually, it is rather easy, one just needs to know where to look! (I found all of these events / attractions charged nothing, not even R$1!)
Muse do Ipiranga - a great museum and park (as good as Ibirapuera) showing the history of Sao Paulo's development (old trams, maps, household instruments etc.) in many ways very similar to museums' of Victorian Britain, but that makes it all the more fascinating. Images of the arrival of the settlers and the confrontation with the natives induce thoughts. See the picture.
Stock Exchange - it is strange to imagine that so many adults in suits spend all day shouting, waving and running within a small distance and get a decent salary (or lose a lot of money) in the process. Still I suppose this is a key part of our economic system. Despite the instructions in the viewers gallery. The second largest stock exchange in America (after the NYSE) is now closed to the public, but the EB&F is open. At least now I know what brokers, runners and some of the hand signals mean!
Predio Martinelli - was Sao Paulo's first sky scraper, modeled on the Empire State building. A very friendly guard took me to the top of the city so I could see SP from the air. We visited the roof top, once home to extravagant parties and dancing. Now, there are towers which overlook Martinelli's tower. Still it started Sao Paulo's growth into the clouds, inaugurated in 1929, using the new technology of bricks and concrete.
Also bought some jeans (a big step for me, as now I have 4 pairs of trousers) and these fit me (my waist size has shrunk 14cms since I arrived and even the belts I has were not saving me now!) and visited muse Lasar Segall
Muse do Ipiranga - a great museum and park (as good as Ibirapuera) showing the history of Sao Paulo's development (old trams, maps, household instruments etc.) in many ways very similar to museums' of Victorian Britain, but that makes it all the more fascinating. Images of the arrival of the settlers and the confrontation with the natives induce thoughts. See the picture.
Stock Exchange - it is strange to imagine that so many adults in suits spend all day shouting, waving and running within a small distance and get a decent salary (or lose a lot of money) in the process. Still I suppose this is a key part of our economic system. Despite the instructions in the viewers gallery. The second largest stock exchange in America (after the NYSE) is now closed to the public, but the EB&F is open. At least now I know what brokers, runners and some of the hand signals mean!
Predio Martinelli - was Sao Paulo's first sky scraper, modeled on the Empire State building. A very friendly guard took me to the top of the city so I could see SP from the air. We visited the roof top, once home to extravagant parties and dancing. Now, there are towers which overlook Martinelli's tower. Still it started Sao Paulo's growth into the clouds, inaugurated in 1929, using the new technology of bricks and concrete.
Also bought some jeans (a big step for me, as now I have 4 pairs of trousers) and these fit me (my waist size has shrunk 14cms since I arrived and even the belts I has were not saving me now!) and visited muse Lasar Segall
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