Saturday, April 23, 2005
In the Middle of a Long Weekend...the Town is Empty!
This would have been my father's 87 birthday.
Our breakfast with Ivan turns out to be Sunday. We'll be taking Israel with us because Daisy doesn't come to the apartment on Sundays.
Thieny and I took the car to a repair place to get the spare fixed. Turns out it was a faulty valve. Cost all of R$2!
After, we drove around Papicu, which is the area to the northwest of Praia do Futuro. That stands for Beach of the Future, but since it was named over ten years ago, it's now Beach of the Present! Lots of barracas and, in-season particularly, lots of touristas!
We had a look at the casa owned by the man who built Iguatemi, the big American style mall here. It's huge by any standards, and we could only see the outside, and some of the roofline.
There are many mansions of different sizes at the top of the dunes behind Futuro because of the view...it's stunning!
In my future, I want to check out more of the housing in two areas, Agua Fria, and Edson Quiroiz. They both are near a main artery not too far from the beach called Washington Soares. My friend and fellow North American Peter Morris says both areas are shaping up to be major developments soon. As a matter of fact, development has already started. My friend and computer geek, Howard and his wife Lucia have a beautiful house in Edson Quiroiz.
Our breakfast with Ivan turns out to be Sunday. We'll be taking Israel with us because Daisy doesn't come to the apartment on Sundays.
Thieny and I took the car to a repair place to get the spare fixed. Turns out it was a faulty valve. Cost all of R$2!
After, we drove around Papicu, which is the area to the northwest of Praia do Futuro. That stands for Beach of the Future, but since it was named over ten years ago, it's now Beach of the Present! Lots of barracas and, in-season particularly, lots of touristas!
We had a look at the casa owned by the man who built Iguatemi, the big American style mall here. It's huge by any standards, and we could only see the outside, and some of the roofline.
There are many mansions of different sizes at the top of the dunes behind Futuro because of the view...it's stunning!
In my future, I want to check out more of the housing in two areas, Agua Fria, and Edson Quiroiz. They both are near a main artery not too far from the beach called Washington Soares. My friend and fellow North American Peter Morris says both areas are shaping up to be major developments soon. As a matter of fact, development has already started. My friend and computer geek, Howard and his wife Lucia have a beautiful house in Edson Quiroiz.
