Curitiba to São Paulo Day 1

Today was another travel day. We woke up and ordered our complimentary breakfast that was delivered to our room. It was pretty decent with rolls, some cheese and chicken (standard Brazilian breakfast it seems), apples, and randomly there were chocolate chip cookies. We also got juice and coffee. My only critique: not nearly enough coffee.

Then it was time to check out. Once we did that, it was a quick drive to the airport, dropped off the car (paid our toll charges for when we had no cash), and then Ubered back to the bus station. It was a quick morning!

The bus left on time, and was very scenic. We traveled through the mountains and watched as tree covered mountains and small lakes passed us by. We made a pit stop about halfway and treated ourselves to some coconut candy. Allan got coconut with condensed milk and I got coconut with passion fruit. He says they're like coconut ice in the UK.

Once back on the road we continued planning for the rest of our time in Brazil. With Carnaval coming, things are getting much more expensive, and it's harder to do things cost effective. We also hit some traffic coming into the city, which was to be expected given the time of day (typical rush hour around 6:30/7:00). Once it cleared we were on our way again and arrived into São Paulo about an hour late. Neither of us wanted to navigate the metro after the bus and with it being dark, so we got a quick Uber to Bebeto's apartment.

He has a big apartment and we have our own room to stay in while we are here which is nice. He took us to a local bread shop nearby for some savory pastries. They were good! We had one filled with beef, tomato and onion. Another was fried potato and chicken. The last was pastry wrapped around cheese and turkey. A quick and simple dinner to tide us over until tomorrow.Read more