And on the 28th of December children...

Ok, I'm not exactly feeling inspired or motivated to do anything productive right now. I guess, I should try to summarise what 'jolly adventures' I've been on. But I dunno... maybe I need to be slapped on the face with a fish or a pair of gloves (whack whack)

On Wednesday, went tourist sight-seeing. So that meant bringing out the big ass map and circling places that Joel and I wanted to go, Journey started at 11am, as we walked to 25 de Marco. Definitely 'chingling', dirty streets full of people selling odds and sods. Then we walked up-hill to metro station Sao Bento. Down this path were a lot of fancy dress places, so if ever there is a fancy dress party coming up, then I know where to get my costume. (But most of the merchandise looked to be safadinha) tisk tisk

'genuine Cucci bags'

Ching-Ling!

Next on the list Ibirapuera Park. Though I can not for the life of me pronounce this place, I still like it! Went to Ana Rosa metro and had one long ass journey of a walk. We managed to see a place called 'Vanessa's, (it's a depilation place) Joel insisted I take a photo in front of it. I was too worried that the owner would come out of the shop and give us a bollocking over it. Anyhow, we got to the park and took a few photos, then we went to the kid's adventure playground and like ALL big kids we couldn't resist having a go on the rides. So the see-saw, the ridiculously low swing, the Flintstones car and then the climbing frame. We were WAY too big for the apparatus there and it bloody showed! 

Us showing the kids just how we do it!

Then back up the long path of hell to go back to the metro station. Yet, somehow we ended up coming out of a different exit and hence going to a different metro station further away.

Footy museum!

Pizza Rodizio with friends

Ok now, onto one of my favourite subjects... FOOTY. Onto the football museum. Now the walk going down is not a problem, (although you do have to walk by a big cemetary) but going back up... aint no way was that gonna happen. So we hailed a cab. Museum was good and informative. The shop though, load of rip-off merchants. Then after an eventful day, it was back to the Batcave for a well earned power nap. After powernap was done, it was onto a pizza rodizio in Zona Leste. Good stuff there. Mr Salgado, Joelho kept on saying yes as the various pizza's kept on flowing. Never seen a man consume so much pizza in my life (apart from those eating contests), I was worried that he would explode and I was sat right next to him!

Then by the Grace of God, we were given a ride home. That night, I couldn't sleep. Had a nightmare of a headache and I kept on tossing and turning in my sleep. I think that I managed to say 'crap' aloud. I had some markings on elbow and hand because some days ago. I was in a rush and tried to get up from an inflatable mattress. Now, those things are bloody dangerous and should come with a warning sign! I stumbled and fell, crash, boom, bang! 

29-12-11= another fell well for Joelho

So after waking up in the middle of the night several times, I managed to take a few headache tablets. It was only after taking these that I went for a nap and felt fine afterwards. So the plan was... Masp and then museum of Portuguese language. I found the Portuguese language place more interesteing. Apparently the word 'bra' came from England... I have to research into that. (Wikipedia)

There is an urban legend that the brassiere was invented by a man named Otto Titzling ("tit sling") who lost a lawsuit with Phillip de Brassiere ("fill up the brassiere"). This originated with the 1971 book Bust-Up: The Uplifting Tale of Otto Titzling and the Development of the Bra and was propagated in a comedic song from the movie Beaches.^[17] 

Yeah waste of time, didn't help. ..

Then i was back to the apartment to pack and head out to some diner for food. Prato Feito! I've become addicted to beans and rice since arriving here. Gonna have to watch my waist line.

So from there it was straight to Rodoviaria, due to the ever changing weather I had managed to acquire a cold and therefore went into a pharmacy to try and buy a medicine for this... R$25! Might as well sweat it out over the next couple of days... so I didn't get it, went home and slept... (bastards extorting money!)