a park in Sao Paulo to stroll through. So for my birthday I got to choose.
Vernon/Grandpa enjoys the museums more than most of us because he can read the text that goes along with all the displays.
but I can still enjoy the architecture and the stain glass windows (this was the ceilingin in the entry) without a good command of Portuguese
these wide open areas are such a refreshing brake to all the freeways, skyscrapers, cars, concrete, and graffiti
Even those these gardens are inside, we often see just as lush folage in outside landscaped gardens throughout Sao Paulo.
Many of the gated communities that surround the skyscraper communities here in Sao Paulo look very much like these botanical gardens only on a smaller scale. It is amazing how far away you feel from the city when a wall of natural growth surrounds you.
This was one of the hotest days we have had so far in Brazil and inside these green houses it was almost too humid and too hot to stay very long.
There has been so much rain in Sao Paulo that a trail washed out and cover the park with mud. All the water was muddy and these water lilies were covered with mud. There were workers throughout the park that were shoveling out walkways and spraying the plants that were covered with mud.
Some of the walkways were covered with puddles and some of the stair ways looked like water falls from the ground water that was draining off. We have had rain everyday in Sao Paulo for about 45 days straight. Usually the day starts out hot with clear skies then some time between 4 and 6 the skies cloud up and we have a thunder storm. Fortunately it helps things to cool off but the ground has just become so saturated that even some trees are falling over.
These stairs looked like something out of an ancient Mayan ruin. There were two sets of stairs on either side of a large multi circular pond. stairs looked like something out of an ancient Myan ruin.
This day was almost too hot to be out, but it was amazingly cool in the shade. After we got home I think we all felt exhausted from a little heat exhaustion.
The flowers are just breath taking all over Brazil. I never seem to be able to get use to seeing these types of flowers out in the open. Back home they would only be inside, in a green house, or a floral shop.
This walkway was covered by tall bamboo. It was like walking through a natural vaulted ceiling as high as you might see in a cathedral.
2 comments:
It looks so beautiful there. Such a different landscape there than it is here in AZ.
I sent a note to my mission president the other day and letting him know that if he was ever in Sao Paulo that they should go say hi to you in the CTM. This was his reply:
"Obrigado pela notícia. Seus pais são muito fortes e corajosos e estão fazendo um trabalho muito importante. Nós residimos bem longe de São Paulo, estamos na cidade de Bauru, que está distante 350 km do CTM. Então será difícil
falar um "oi" para eles. Mas, quando se comunicar com eles, por favor, diga-lhes que nós os admiramos muito pelo trabalho que fazem com grande esforço e mesmo com sacrifícios pessoais. Amamos você e oramos para que continue feliz juntamente com essa linda família."
Some day I hope I can return to Brazil with my wife.
They need greenhouses in Brasil? When I visit the greenhouses in England, I feel like I'm back in Brasil.
I'm glad to see you having fun adventures right up to the very end. Keep on keep'n on!
Abraços e beijos
D.
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