Farmers Market
by Lady_Disdain
We like our fruits and vegetables fresh!
Every neighbourhood, from trendy Jardins to humble Santo Amaro, has a weekly market. A side street is roped off and farmers (or agents) set up their stalls, full of vegetables, fruits, fresh eggs, poultry and herbs. Each one is held on a specific day, both during the week or the weekend.
Housewives, housekeepers and families can be seen shopping for fresh produce, often pulling wire carts to make things easier. Most things are sold by the bunch, unit or bowlful. Visit every stall - you will soon learn who has the best of each thing you like.
The stall holders are part of the fun. They yell out slogans to call clients, as well as set lines such as "I don't charge beautiful women - but they can't take anything either!". Bargain, ask for a discount - anything goes!
After all that - I'm usually starved! So off to the pastel. This is a delicious treat of very thin dought (like a spring roll sheet) but instead of rolling it, it is cut in a large square, stuffed with cheese, chicken, palm heart, mince meat or anything else and fried. A lot of calories, but delicious!
To go with your pastel, ask for guarapa or sugar cane juice. You can see the guy extracting the juice in a small hand driven mill! It is very sweet, so add some lemon to cut it slightly.
Leaving the big city
by benazer
After the hustle and bustle of the big city,(one of the biggest in the world) It feels good to leave the city and find the endless greenery and the mountains ,maybe find a good parking place or a restaurant far away somewhere,take a closer look at the nature then you will find something interesting something you never seen before maybe...
Getting around by Metro
by mangueirense
The easiest way to get around Sao Paulo is to use the metro system. There are three main lines: the North-South line, East-West line, and the one that just travels underneath the Avenida Paulista, bedsides the 4 newest expansion lines.
The two main lines converge at Sa station, the busiest station of all. These two lines run daily from 5am until midnight. The line under Avenida Paulista meets the North-South line at Paraiso and Ana Rosa stations and runs daily from 6am to 10pm. It is usually a lot quicker to take the metro as close as possible to your destination even if it means a bit more of a walk or maybe a short taxi ride than taking the bus all the way. Metro tickets cost R$1.90 for a single ride and R$3,60 for two rides; a 10-ride ticket is available for R$ 17,00. They can be purchased from ticket machines or from kiosks at every metro station. The tickets are magnetic strips you insert in the turnstile; buying multiple ride tickets saves money and time. For more information contact the :
Companhia do Metropolitano de S?o Paulo - Metr?
Augusta St., 1626 - CEP 01304-902
Fax 55 11 283-5228 -
Phone 55 11 3371-7411
S?o Paulo - Brazil
or look at the Metro Sao Paulo Webpage:
http://www.metro.sp.gov.br/ingles/index.asp
There you will also find the Metro Systhem map for printing out! The website also offers a nice coloured map of SAo Paulo's atteactions and how to get there by metro, you can confirm it at:
http://www.metro.sp.gov.br/ingles/tourism/tetourism.shtml
Creative plates with exotic fruits!
by Shibiru about Chacara Santa Cecilia
It's a wonderful place, with trees, plants, wood and it's really big. U can stay at the bar, dance at the disco or eat pizza or even, where I went with my sisters, eat special plates.
It's a great place to go with the family, with friends or even business people...'cause it's different, cozy and has all the ages. I can't really remember what we ate...but the dessert was something with cupuacu : it's a fruit from the north of Brazil and we also had Tamarindo juice...hmmmm:-)
Our city is one of the bighest...
by Ana_Franca
Our city is one of the bighest of the world and has a variety of activities, like to visit museums (MASP (10), IPIRANGA (11), MAM (12), and others typicals museums)
We have many restaurants and bars. We're known as the Capital of Gastronomy.
We have concerts, shows, discos, festivals (9)
We have too many theaters and cinemas in all places of the city.
If you like walking, we have Ibirapuera.(1)
Near São Paulo, you can go to the beaches (2), montains (3)and others nices cities (4), and others to pratice radical sports (5).
We have others entertainments like Play Center (6), Hopi Hari (7),Fears and Expositions (8)
We have a some Zoos and one of them you can visit in thers free habitat (13)
For sailing wu have place in São Paulo or near here.(14)
In Ibirapuera you can walking, riding bike, and to apreciate the nature. In this place you have lake, Observatory where you can see the stars.
We have futebol (soccer games) and if you prefer you can go to the stadium to whatche someone you can choose one of them, or one of time. In our city the most popular time is Corinthians.
We have many Shopping Centers in the center e all neighbourhoods.
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Tiles in the interior
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil
Sun set on the track
FRIED BANANAS, POLENTA, FRIES AND ONION RINGS
