Sunday August 17^th – Day 7

            Today we had a nice breakfast at the resort and I had the chance to briefly walk around outside because the weather had cleared up, before getting on the bus to Curitiba.  We had lunch at another buffet along the way to the museum in Curitiba.  The museum was designed by Oscar Niemeyer and shaped as a large eye.  He has designed multiple buildings and Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, so he is well known throughout the country.  There was a decent amount of modern art along with work from older artists spread throughout the museum.  Kim, Jessica, and I lost track of time and spent almost an hour in the Frida Kahlo exhibit observing photographs she had taken during her life.  The photographs were very interesting and told a vague description of her difficult life.  With the remaining time we were able to go up into the eye structure and see the exhibit there.  I would have liked to have more time at the museum to explore other exhibits. 

We arrived in Curitiba with enough time to go to the mall a couple of blocks away.  We had a dinner of very good burgers and fries from a place called Madre at the food court.  The hamburgers have been hit and miss; in a few instances we’ve been given burgers with ham on top.  The only explanation I could fathom is the word ‘hamburger’ is taken literally, as ham and a burger!  I love that there is so much beautiful artwork around Brazil such as the murals and graffiti art.  There was a lot of travel involved today so in the evening I relaxed in the hotel and ended up watching Finding Nemo on the television, luckily it was in English!