I spent five days in São Paulo meeting up with friends whom I had met in other parts of the world and I already made friends in advance for the next places where I will be 🙂 After a few days with very little serious tourism (except if I count the serious night life tourism) and an appalling lack of sleep, my body took revenge, a tonsillitis struck me! I drank loads of ginger-lemon-honey-tea and got some medication at the pharmacy. I felt better an hour later and went out again the same night…

Some impressions in pictures:

Meeting friends and going out

With Fernando and Tânia in the Mercado Municipal 🙂
eating lanche
Fernando and Tânia showed me around in the center 🙂
went to have Açaí ice cream with Francisco and his friends, he was my couchsurfing host in Jerusalem 5 years ago
Janderson invited me to a concert with Geraldo Junior – later the musicians drove me back to the center 🙂
I had to get on stage to participate in a “dance competition” and won a bag of crisps tasting of pizza!

Street art and street lights that look like a building closeby

Happiness is…
Monumento às Bandeiras – monument to the participants in the exploration expeditions of Brazil between the 16th and 18th century. The countries ethnicities are represented and the boat reperesents the exploration on rivers
the Japanese quarter
traffic light next to Catedral Metropolitano de São Paulo

Parque Ibirapuera and art

Shopping and eating

havaianas, a famous flip flop brand. I had to buy a pair 🙂

Trying to get better with ginger+citrus+honey

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As I finish writing this article I’m already in Blumenau where I’ll spend three days on Oktoberfest, I’m even considering buying a real Dirndl (traditional Bavarian dress) in the supermarket opposite the café where I’m sitting. You’ll hear more soon about my beery adventures here 🙂