Sold by kilo

There is a busy cake shop in our city. On a Sunday afternoon, I watched every few minutes someone came and took out a cake. Their cakes taste OK, not too sweet.

The cakes are sold bt kilo, about US$9 per kilo.


Some breads are sold by kilo.
Restaurants sell foods by kilo.
http://kuru97y.blogspot.com.br/2014/10/wednesday-lunch-at-kilo-restaurant.html

São Paulo

São Paulo in sight

Quite normal here. Even when entered the city, it easily takes half hour or one hour to get to a destination.

First in Brasil, very thoughtful....

In most new parking area, they have sensors indicating where are the empty spaces.

Red light indicates occupied space. Green light indicates available space. Blue light indicates available senior parking space.

As a matter of fact, I forgot to take picture of outside panel at the parking entrance showing the numbers of empty regular parking and senior parking space.

Grocery shopping today

US$1=R$4 per kilo or unit, tax included.





Fresh cut ground filet mignon. It's bloody fresh, about US$10 a kilo. Even fast food burger joints have filet mignon on their menus.

What's with Zika now?

Zika is a bust. But it's accomplished its mission: $1.8 billion in funding, further trial runs of the medical martial law apparatus in another part of the world, and more adulation for the fearless WHO.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFhsVs3IwjA

When will it end?

Almost 100,000 shops closed across Brazil in 2015 due to falling sales

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-02/13/c_135093677.htm

Chinese friend who owns sandwich shops at the beach said business down 50% in 2015.

Our dentist son had a bad year last year.

Life goes on.

Brazil Gasoline prices keeps going up
http://www.globalpetrolprices.com/Brazil/gasoline_prices//

Our transport in Brasil, local made Ford Fiesta.

Following is our area of activities

Limeira to Sao Paulo

1 hr 33 mins 149 km

To the beach

2 hrs 55 mins 257,8 km

Visit our aunt in Campinas

44 mins 58,5 km

Visit our son

1 hr 9 mins 100,6 km

As you can see, plenty of driving in Brasil.

Today is our son-in-law's birthday. His mother is preparing a Brazilian national dish.

http://www.travelchannel.com/shows/the-layover/video/brazil-s-national-dish

Afterwards, we will head to the beach apartment for a few days. From past blogs.

To the beach http://kuru97y.blogspot.ca/2014/10/like-california-brazil-suffers-its.html

Old beach apartment, no air condition, no internet, no phone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gy8siNPez0&feature=youtu.be

Beach in front of apartment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vVqCkJi1Do&feature=youtu.be

We will visit our Chinese friends.

http://kuru97y.blogspot.com.br/2013/01/my-chinese-friends-at-beach.html

Friday is Fish Day

Today is Fish Day in Brasil.

My lunch plate has fried fish, cream sauce, beans and rice.

Like most Latin countries, beans and rice are their stable food.

Rice is cooked with oil, garlic, onion and salt.

There is also salad, with fruits.

A while back I read an article about Catholics eating fishes on Friday. During the Middle Ages, the Catholic church controlled Europe's economy. Since the seafood industry wasn't having enough business, the church authority decided to rescue the seafood industry by designating Friday as non-meat fish day.
Brasil has the highest number of Catholic followers in the world. No wonder Fish Day is still popularly accepted.

Second day after rest up, we go shopping for fruits. Like other tropical countries, Brasil has a wide variety of fruits. Some are brand new to me.

 In season there are also grapes, passion fruit, pear, different types of sweet melons.
Prices range from R$4.99 to R$7.99 a kilo.
(US$1= R$3.70.)  

From near zero temperature to 32 degree C, we landed in Sao Paulo international airport 19 hours after leaving home.

We rented a car and drove 5 hours home including two highway stops.

First stop is our favorite highway roadside restaurant.

I ordered their signature dish - Frango Assado fried chicken, also chicken Parmigiano.

Later we stopped for espresso and some sweets to keep us awake.

So it took us door to door almost 24 hours to arrive.
 

2016 Carnival in Rio de Janeiro

By the time we arrive in Brasil, 2016 Carnival will be over.

2016 Rio Carnival

2016