Being a tourist

I had a chance to do the Curitiba double decker bus tour this past weekend. I stopped off of the bus three times. The first for the Botanical Gardens called Jardim Botanico, followed by the Curitiba Wire Opera House called Opera de Arame, and finally the Italian Village called Santa Felicidade.

Each was pretty cool in its own way. The botanical gardens had a lot of open space, a natural garden maze, and indigiounous plants of Brazil along with various wild life such as this duck or goose.




Next was the Opera House, it is no longer in use, because the town didn't like the traffic and noise. It was very cool, made of recycled metals and glass. It was built over a rock quary with a waterfall in the background.





I didn't take any pictures of the Italian Market, so I might have to make a trip back. It boasts the largest restuarant in the world which ironically had an hour long wait to get a table...it was that packed.

I've attached a link to see other photos from the trip. Enjoy.

http://picasaweb.google.com/steve.marino7

So far I haven't had much to post...however I'm in the process of planning some travel which will be much better to look at and read about.