Well, what to say about Sao Paulo..... Let's just say that my Brazil guidebook is about 400 pages long and Sao Paulo (which happes to be the third largest city in the world) gets only about 30 pages of that - meaning there isn't a whole lot to see or do here. The City is absolutely huge. It is like 50 Manhattans placed next to each other. The the skyscrapers just sprawl out forever.
Last night we managed to have an excellent dinner at the best restaurant in the City called Figeuroa Rubiyat. The restaurant owners have a ranch in the country where they get their produce and meat - read it: grass fed beef! Unfortunately, due to the USA's current monetary policy and budgetary issues, the dollar is actually pretty weak here. We shelled out a fourtune for dinner, it sucks. We got so used to our super-cheap 4 course dinners and wine while in Argentina. Argentina may replace Paris as my favroite place to shop and eat (this is Amie speaking here - but even Dave got some new Argentinian clothes and shoes).
We did a bus tour this morning and seriously only saw about 2% of the City. The bus only took us to the nice, ritzy areas. You know that just beyond there are miles of poverty stricken neighborhoods, I'm sure we cannot even comprehend it. It seems you are either rich or poor here. That being said, there are some really nice churches, parks, neighborhoods and buildings that we go to see. The City is relatively new (1900's and later) so not much in the way of historical buildings and such.
We are going to the coast tomorrow morning to Ilhabela. I cannot wait for a cocktail on the beach!
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