After having a calm morning recovering from the race, we finally went out to look around São Paulo itself. We went for a walk in Avenida Paulista, which is a main street in the city. As Brazil was celebrating its Republic Day today the street was closed for the cars and was in a celebratory mood. We got to enjoy street food, see local crafts, and hear street music.
São Paulo is one of the largest cities in the whole world and never-ending traffic constantly reminds us of that fact. Everywhere you look there are tall buildings, even our casually looking Airbnb building ended up having 26 floors. Despite all that, there’s still plenty of color in the city as moving around you cannot help but notice beautiful graffitis everywhere around.