Shopping

Day two of "back to work" schedule, some more practical things needed to be done, so my two little crew members and I headed to the mall near Paul's office, Cunjunto National.

Source: Papagaio.com.
Getting to the mall was less than the adventure of the previous day. On this picture you can see how the mall is a large billboard surrounded by highways. Maybe this will help my readers understand what one is faced with when trying to move around in this city (of 2 millions souls - one eighth of Beijing's).
Conjuncto National is very large mall with more than 300 stores that is placed right in the center of the city. It holds a number of well known brands (C&A, Zara, others) and a number of local ones.
The Brazilian protectionism politics have allowed, or supported rather, the development of local brands of clothing, shoes and appliances, among other things. So walking in these malls is a little more of a discovery, differently from many other places of the world where only the same common brands are again and again represented, whether in Beijing, Paris or Dubai.
As for a mall, it is not too bad, with very large aisles that open to a large "balcony" along the entire length of the back of the building. The mall has no doors (yep!) and when walking in these aisles a fresh breeze flow around. For a Canadian like me, it is pretty cool.
Along with the errants needed, I made sure entertainment was possible for my team.