Sao Paulo day 2
Yesterday was a tasking day, so it hardly counts as day 1 in Sao Paulo. Today I will be getting out for my first day exploring the city.
I am planning to find the rental bikes stations here in Sao Paulo and check out the bike lanes to see how it looks this morning,
A little bit about Sao Paulo, it is huge with over 21 million people, it is the 5th largest city in the world. It is a major economic power center for Brazil. Fun fact: Sao Paulo has the largest helicopeor fleet in the world, with over 400 helicopters registered in the city, almost 300 helipads and an air traffic control system just for helicopters. There is an Uber like service to schedule helicopters.
First thing today, I went looking for a bike rental station. I found one about 4 blocks from where I am staying. The time limit here for taking a bike out is 45 minutes with a limit of 4 bikes per day.
I kept the first bike for about 35 minutes. Although another church was not my destination, there was one by where I dropped off my first bike.
It was the Igreja Católica Apostólica Romana. It is a catholic church but not associated the pope and catholic church of Rome. The reason being is they don't the idea that the pope is flawless.
The church like many here is grand and impressive. One of these days I should take the time to explore the reasons behind the construction of these grand churches.
This particular church could use a little restorative work. One of the features here is a beautiful fresco in the dome of the church.
After my time in the I picked up my 2nd bike for the day and went looking to visit a museum. I was criss crossing all over the place looking for a place to dock the bike. My 45 minute time limit was running out. I finally found one and docked the bike at 45 minutes 3 seconds. I thought maybe I would have to pay a penalty for the 3 seconds, but my dropoff email said I didn't.
By this time is was starting to drizzle and cool down a bit. There was a diner close by, I decided it would be a good time to stop to eat. Nothing fancy, salad, fried egg, beans, rice and coffee.
I got back on the elevator to go down again. The elevator is staffed and she asked what floor I was going to in Portuguese. I off course didn't know how to respond. I pointed in the direction of down. She took me to the second floor, which in fact was another hall with artwork on display.
This hall displayed the work of 2 indigenous artists. The first was Duhigo E. His work included primative styled paintings.
Others primative and animal figures but mingled with modern techniques.
The other featured artist, Dhiani Pa'saro, specialized in intricate inlay and marquetry utilizing a large variety of different colored woods. Most were very geometric, but others more free form.
I really liked both of these artists work.
I walked down the staircase this time to the next lower floor that had another hall that was featuring the work of Vera Reichert.
Her later work is all influenced by water, in all forms. There as a TV and a few stools to watch a video made by her explaining her growth and transformations as an artist. In the film she attibutes a major change in her art to a scuba or snorkle dive where she became mezmerized by the underwater views. Many of here paintings are abstracts that illustrate the distortions of color and patterns of water.
The picture here are droplet shapes with translucent patterns on the surface.
My wandering then took me past the main Catedral of São Paulo. You know me, I can pass up the opportunity to see another grand church.
The Catedral is enormous, the main supporting columns for the dome are over 10' in diameter and close to 100' tall, mixed with many smaller, but still substantial columns. There was a service just beginning, but the interior space is large enough and divided enough be the columns, that visitor could still walk around the sides without distracting from the service.
I still need to add more general pictures from today, so check back later for an update.
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