After a late night out at the club, I slept in until 1 on our first free morning in a while. After a quick breakfast, I tried to go biking with David, Ben, and Mel. The city’s bikeshare was having a promotion because of the gas shortages and protests around the city, so a bike for the day was only 10 cents. We walked a couple of blocks to the nearest rack with enough bikes, but when we got there we couldn’t get the app to let us check out a bike. After 15 minutes of struggling to enter our payment information, we gave up. We were disappointed, and had planned to bike around, get some food, and enjoy the afternoon.
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| A fat, fat gyoza |
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| Little pancake with red bean paste |
Instead, we headed with most of the other students to Liberdade, a neighborhood of the city that’s also known as little Japan. Sao Paulo has over a million people of Japanese descent, making it second to only Tokyo for number of inhabitants. On Sundays, the neighborhood has a craft and food market. We wandered around the stalls, checking out the stuff for sale. Eager to try some of the delicious smelling food, me and 3 others wandered up and down stalls, getting things and then splitting them. We got fried seafood balls with both shrimp and octopus, a fat fat dumpling for less than $3, and a red bean pancake/donut type thing. We explored some of the other shops in the area, wandering into a giant 4-story mall that had all sorts of anime, video game, and other nerdy paraphenalia.
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| Bright boi |
Getting tired, I headed home and napped for a little, then headed to the other hostel for a final relaxing night. We had cheese, crackers, veggies, and wine as we relaxed and prepared to fly out the next day.
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