Definately has a European feel to the place .... spotlessly clean and has integrated the colonial architecture into the centres fabric well. Beatiful Glass Opera House, interesting Niemeyer designed building housing the museum, and a well designed car free shopping zone. Used Curitiba as a base for travelling down to Paranagua through the coastal Rainforest - beautiful scenery on a vast scale.
Memories : private cars with loadspeakers selling donuts door to door (spent 3 days thinking they were politicians), coffee on cornflakes, very polite beggers, great shopping malls, first time in Brazil not looking over my shoulder, motorcyclist with two crutches strapped to back, German restaurant .....with its revolting bratwurst and accompanied by a disco oompa band..More bizarre obervations included the number of adults wearing train track braces..plus the craze for women wearing wedge heels - from 8-80 they were all wearing them!
Our favourite city in Brazil so far..
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