Brazil 2011

April 1, Curituba, Brazil

Arrived at bus station at 5.30 am!  Got some sleep, enough to keep me going for a bit anyway.

Amazingly able to check into room, so got cleaned up and off for breakfast.

Then to post office, to finally get some things mailed off!  That is a relief.  

Then took off walking.  Most of the others took the hop on hop off bus, but a couple of us decided to walk around.

Headed off to Tourist information for map.  Just outside there was a comedy being performed.  Want I can gather is that it is part of the fringe festival.  The play was all in Spanish, but still very good!

Saw many Theatres, about 4 in the same block!  All looked very nice.  Went inside the main one!  Very modern.

Wandered through a museum of Joao Turin, a sculptor that has done many bronze statutes.  Found that out from the book in side the museum.  Interesting.

Then kept walking around.  Wandered through a large park, which also had birds in large cages, and then into a demonstration.  From what we were told, some people were beaten by a cop.  Only a few people in march, but they had a police escort and they were blocking traffic.

Went to the 24 hour street where apparently everything stays open all the time, but seemed to be closed for construction!  Not sure.