Curitiba Day 3

To sum up my Curitiba experience, there are a lot of cool things and cool ideas that have been implanted. But all these pieces don’t quite add up to a cohesive city. The architecture is reminiscent of many other Brazilian cities and the unique sites seem to have been plopped onto the ground with little attempt to be balanced with its surroundings. But Curitiba is definitely a livable city, often considered one of the most livable cities in Brazil. Though most of the guidebooks pretty much ignore this city or mention only the cool buses it merits more than a passing look. But I guess I’d be hard pressed to spend more time here too if my other options were Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Salvador.

I'll leave you with some pics of one of the many parks in Curitiba...this is the Parque Japones and was built to honor the Japanese heritage of this city