Last weekend we headed to Curitiba which is about a 2 hour bus ride from Joinville. We got a taxi from the bus station to the Botanical Gardens to get on the Linha Turismo bus, only to dinf out that the people at the bus station knew nothing and that we could have got the tourist bus from the bus station.

The first stop was Museu Oscar Niemeyer who is a famous Brazilian architect.

We also headed to the Curitibian version of Little Italy which wasn't that great!
The weather was pretty cold, so we didn't use up all our stops on the ticket, so I think we will head back when the weather is warmer.

Besides that things have been pretty quiet, busy at work with extra lessons with the teenagers and I will be preparing students for the Cambridge Young Learners Exam as well.

This is an interview that a local station did at the school.
Look out for the small boy in blue, with curly hair - he was the one who told me to go back to where I belong!!!

well where to start.....
Last week it was my Birthday which also coincided with test/cake day at school.
Basically the kids make cakes, are literally fed spoonfuls of pure sugar - as long as they ask for it in English - then batter, then the bowl is put on the table, the teacher shouts attack and they all go for the bowl..... then they are expected to sit down and do a test!!!!

For my Birthday we went for dinner at the amazing all you can eat buffet place again.

Then a group of us from work headed to the public market for some drinking and dancing to the live band.

This weekend was Declaração de Independência do Brasil so we had a long weekend. We decided to take the 12 hour bus ride to Iguaçu Falls. It was amazing!!

As the falls border Argentina and Brazil, we decided to head over to Argentina for the day to see them from both sides. The views were incredible and the photos and videos do not do it justice!