Travel to Curitiba

Today we traveled to Curitiba and the bus got a flat tire on the way there. It didn't take very long to fix at all and roadside assistance people showed up like immediately after we had pulled over on the side of the road. 

Once we got to Curitiba, we had some free time and decided to take a walk in a nearby public park. There were a lot of different types of birds there and there were some monkeys as well.

In the US, water is usually free whenever you go out to eat. In Brazil, you have to pay for your water because it is always bottled. The wait staff will bring out a glass and a bottle of water and sometimes they will open it and pour some into your glass. Brazilians don't drink straight from the bottle or can. If you get pop or another type of canned beverage, they will pour it into a separate glass and drink from that. It is a little weird to do since as Americans, we are used to drinking straight from the bottle or can. 

The bananas in Brazil are pretty tiny compared to the size that we see in the US.