Mercado Municipal of São Paulo
Wingers might have noticed how much I like to do some sort of tourism in my own city. But that’s because São Paulo is big, interesting, and there’s so much to find out about. For example, at the end of my vacation, I decided to get to know the “Mercado Municipal” - they city market - and try out some of the food, that is quite famous. The “sanduíche de mortadela” or the “pastel de bacalhau” to mention a few.
On my way to downtown (which is where it is located), I got out of the subway and came across these ”book selling machines”. I found them rather interesting!
I also passed by the Cathedral - aka Catedral da Sé - which is gothic style. But I only got to see the back of it! And you may see, downtown is quite agitated. Traffic, people selling multiple things (everything you can imagine).
Anyway, I was expecting the market to be crowded, but to my surprise it wasn’t. And I got my “sanduíche de mortadela” - I honestly don’t know the translation of mortadela, but imagine some sort of ham, but it tastes a lot better. The sandwich is basically a LOT of slices of it, and when I say a lot, I really mean it! But I asked for a “baby” one because the original is way too big 
The market is old and beautiful. I had never been there before. So if you ever come to São Paulo, don’t forget to stop by there.
On my way back…I stopped by Paulista Avenue and checked out the sunset. Paulista Avenue is the most famous avenue in São Paulo.
Paulista Avenue sunset, São Paulo
I’ll come back with news from ballet. Many things have been happening!
Cathy
Philip
Sao Paulo looks nice and the cathedral is beautiful…
Aug 11, 2007 @ 20:18
tonya
Thanks for these pictures, Cathy! The book machines are really interesting — are those all like small-sized, best-selling paperbacks — like the kind you see in airports? Where are they?
Aug 13, 2007 @ 02:32
Cathy
yes, they’re usually small sized and generally literature classics! apparently now every subway station has some of these! it’s such a nice idea!
Aug 13, 2007 @ 21:39
tonya
Oh literature classics, very very cool
I just assumed they were romance novels or something, haha!
Aug 14, 2007 @ 01:15
megan
book vending machines! amazing. i want one.
Aug 15, 2007 @ 05:21
Taylor
I just came across this blog (http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/art/2007/08/ad_busters_drain_sao_paulos_co.html) that tells how Sao Paulo apparently got rid of all the advertisements in the city? Living in the land of Times Square I can’t imagine what that’s like. Is it really ad-free?
Aug 19, 2007 @ 00:25
Cathy
Yes, this is true. It used to be very visually poluted here, and now everything looks so clean. It made a huge difference! Our eyes are thankful!
Aug 19, 2007 @ 17:37