Well, today is our last day in Brazil. We have arranged for a late check out and then our driver will take us to the Sao Paulo airport. We have had a great time and will miss the country and it's people.
The last two days here have been fairly uneventful. David followed up on some items with the company. We did manage to squeeze in a visit to the Jundiai Museum of History and Culture. I researched it and thought, according to Google Maps, that it was within walking distance of our hotel. David, ever the cautious one, thought it best if we hired a taxi. Once again he was right. The museum was EAST of our hotel, not west as Google said and we would have to walk through the same park we had encountered our first Saturday here. Our taxi driver spoke a little English and got us within two blocks of the museum. This is as far as she could go as some of the streets in the Centro district are closed to cars. She was concerned about leaving us and us having to walk but we assured her we would be okay. The museum was interesting. We were able to read a lot of the signage on the displays. We think the museum was a probably a house prior to becoming a museum. We were amazed at the height of the rooms. To help with the heat, the ceilings were at least 14 feet if not 16 feet high. Then in the bedroom areas, there was a "chimney" shaft upwards to draw air up and out of the house. Very ingenious. Besides historical displays of the Jundiai area, the museum also has displays of art work. The most beautiful part of the museum is the court yard garden or jardim. It was completely walled in with stone paver paths and lots of shade and flowers. There were also benches for resting and enjoying the peacefulness. Speaking of peace, there was a peace monument presented to the city from President Franklin Roosevelt and the citizens of the United States in 1935.
That is about all until the next time we visit Brazil.
The last two days here have been fairly uneventful. David followed up on some items with the company. We did manage to squeeze in a visit to the Jundiai Museum of History and Culture. I researched it and thought, according to Google Maps, that it was within walking distance of our hotel. David, ever the cautious one, thought it best if we hired a taxi. Once again he was right. The museum was EAST of our hotel, not west as Google said and we would have to walk through the same park we had encountered our first Saturday here. Our taxi driver spoke a little English and got us within two blocks of the museum. This is as far as she could go as some of the streets in the Centro district are closed to cars. She was concerned about leaving us and us having to walk but we assured her we would be okay. The museum was interesting. We were able to read a lot of the signage on the displays. We think the museum was a probably a house prior to becoming a museum. We were amazed at the height of the rooms. To help with the heat, the ceilings were at least 14 feet if not 16 feet high. Then in the bedroom areas, there was a "chimney" shaft upwards to draw air up and out of the house. Very ingenious. Besides historical displays of the Jundiai area, the museum also has displays of art work. The most beautiful part of the museum is the court yard garden or jardim. It was completely walled in with stone paver paths and lots of shade and flowers. There were also benches for resting and enjoying the peacefulness. Speaking of peace, there was a peace monument presented to the city from President Franklin Roosevelt and the citizens of the United States in 1935.
That is about all until the next time we visit Brazil.
