Curitiba:
Food: In addition to being Brazil's green city Curitiba is also the food capital of Brazil. The neighborhood stayed was heavy Italian and contained many fine Italian Brazilian Restaurants. Our first night settled on a large castle looking restaurant. It was one best meals I had in Brazil. The lasagna a lone was worth the price admission let a lone the steak. At the end of meal I had best espresso of the hole trip ( this in country know for it espresso). While, the food delicious myself and many other member of the group eventually grow tired of lack of diversity of our meals. Almost every restaurant served the same exact food. Personally I began to miss tomato sauce which very rare in Brazil even at Italian restaurants.
Bus tour & Parks and Downtown: The next day set out on bus tour Curitiba highlighting the cities famous rink park system (see the Curitiba to learn more about the park system initiative design) and Botanical Gardens: The parks very tranquil beautiful however group caused miniature commotion when Jesse tripped fell running to make bus before left the next stop. Lucky Jesse was not seriously injured though she did have to wear sling for the rest of the trip. Next we saw Curitiba famous flower street. Sadly it was a week day so we did get see children apply their own color touch to city by painting on central downtown promenade a city tradition for almost thirty years. We did walk around the 24 hour mall were we explored a local antiquate shop.
Botanical Gardens: The center piece of the bus tour was exploring the cities extensive botanical gardens. The gardens contain plethora of plant from all over Brazil and the world.