Today we went with Brother Benjamin Braga, an employee here at the MTC, downtown to shop for lace, thread and zippers. It seems that Melinda has become the MTC resident seamstress. She has been lengthening skirts, replacing broken zippers, and sewing up split-out pants (they feed the missionaries very well). Wow, we saw the real Sao Paulo down there: crowded streets and sidewalks, a lot of noise, bums asleep on the sidewalk. people everywhere, little shops crammed with merchandise, people hollering to you to buy their stuff, graffiti everywhere, cars zinging in and out. We tried to look as non-conspicuous as possible. I’m sure that was not probable, we may have dark hair like Brazilians, but Ted was wearing a white shirt and tie and Melinda was wearing a skirt and our church name tags were prominent.
The delivery Motorcycles for the shops downtown
The lace store was amazing; floor to ceiling filled with lace of every kind, size, and color. The zipper store was the same. It was something else! You could buy zipper by the meter. We bought 60 - 9inch zippers for about $5.00.
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| Floor to ceiling Lace |
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| Brother Braga and Sister Whitaker |
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| Buttons |
We walked through the Metro Mercado also. It is a big building with separate little booths with all kinds of food, etc. It reminded me of the mercado we went into in Salvador, Brazil or in Mazatlan, Mexico. We bought Gouda and Parmesan cheese and some spices. It was crazy, but fun.
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Great post! Market visits are the highlights of traveling.
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