The mother city

We arrived in Curitiba mid day on the 7th. Again, we figured we take public transportation since Priscila could easily converse with locals. We took the "Rapidinho" ("little" quick bus) - the bus works like the subway system in the US. Passengers pay one price and get to ride in as many rapinhos as they need to get to their destination, as long as they remain in the "tube" stations when dropped off and picked up.


We stayed in downtown Curitiba and it was great. Curitiba is the capital of Parana. Visited the historic center, "November 15 Street" which is a plaza with tons of shops, visited different squares and in all walked everywhere we went (hours and hours of walking each day) - Here is a picture at 15th street with mom and dad.

Curitiba -

This is the downtown sidewalk. We saw tons of different designs. My favorite was a design of the pine trees -



Here is an old church at the historic center - hey, there is Priscila. Notice the stone street where someone is crossing. For years the street were made of stone, but recently, the city has been paving over it because of the increase in car traffic, making it safer for the cars to ride on it. Jeremy was very upset that the city is developing...