Sao Paolo (Brazil)

Our last morning in Rio, we of course ate the free breakfast, even stashing a few items away for lunch.  Don't judge us, they charged us an arm and a leg on the weekend.  We headed out for an easy, quick drive to Sao Paolo.  

We got in just in time to visit the soccer museum inside of the soccer stadium.  The museum was shockingly well developed,  they had in interactive area, video interviews with players and reporters of some the the greatest goals and saves, a roaring crowd simulation room, and of course a room dedicated to the history of the game.  The museum was located under the bleachers of the stadium, so you were also allowed to walk out into the playing stadium.  All-in-all, a pretty interesting attraction.  We then headed to our hostel.  After a bit of lounging, we made our way to dinner.  Apparently, there was a large Italian immigration movement to Sao Paolo year ago, and their pizza scene is pretty happening.  We did a bit of research, and talked to the hostel attendant a bit, and decided on Casa Braz, which happened to be walking distance from where we were staying.  The restaurant looked pretty fancy; I mean, not for normal people standards, but fancier than long-distance-traveler standards.  It definitely had a warm, family-friendly environment.  We settled in, and after looking at the menu, Jared decided he would not eat, and watched as I ate delicious focaccia with pepperoni, anchovies, and salami, and a half prosciutto, olive, mozzarella (my fave!), half spicy sausage, pepper and onion pizza, FOLLOWED by a delicious 3 scoops of chocolate (2) vanilla (1) gelato, and a nice glass of red wine.  Holy moly, yum!  I was stuffed!  I have no idea how he managed to watch as I shoveled all that down.  After we walked to Subway, and he grabbed a sandwich...I'm not saying anything.  After our 2 to-do's in Sao Paolo were complete, we headed back to the hostel to prep for our next day of driving.  Sao Paolo was a bit quick, but we met someone from there on our Death Rode bike ride, who recommended we completely skip it, but I was pretty excited about the soccer museum and the pizza, and it just happened to be a good stopping point for our next drive, so it worked out well.