Our 4th day in Sao Paulo begins and ends much
like the last – we start our day with a Sao Paulo with a Free Walking tour and end on
Augusta; however, this time we begin in the business district along Paulista
Avenue.
We grab a quick bite to eat before our tour – weird fried pastry
things, mine a ‘Japa’ – filled with Japanese mushrooms, and Rachel’s a ‘Ruso’-
filled with beef stroganoff!
Once again we meet
Rocco the tour guide, though this time we aren't amidst a thousand enraged
teens beating drums and chanting war cries. We have a peaceful walk through
Paulista and surrounding areas – taking in the mix of scenery – verdant parks
juxtaposed against tall metallic skyscrapers. Once again Rocco provided an
informative and entertaining tour of Sao Paulo – this time highlighting how
modern and affluent Sao Paulo is and has become.
Concluding the tour amongst the, now beautifully lit,
skyscrapers at night – we wander the surprisingly busy (it was a week night) streets of
Paulista, taking in ‘the scene’. This district seemingly housed the subcultures
of Sao Paulo – skateboarders, rockers, hipsters – all hanging around in-vogue
food trucks and ‘craft’ shops. We stopped for a craft lemonade from ‘the
Lemonator’ – which was scrummy.
We wandered along Paulista until we hit Augusta
again, this time heading North for a change of scene from the previous night.
After quickly walking away from – what I can only assume was – a heroine dosed
rent boy who wouldn't leave us alone – we stopped at a big Brazilian restaurant,
hoping that we may encounter some vegetables at some point on our trip.
Fortunately they had a great selection to choose from – Rach had a vegetarian
moussaka and I had fillet de parmigiano and grilled vegetables – and praise be, both
came with a salad!
After that thoroughly satisfying, and exotic, meal – we headed back to the hotel and had our last great night’s sleep in the mega city that
was Sao Paulo.
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