Our Apartment is located in Sudoeste. Here is a Google Maps link. Point A is our Apartment (SQSW 101) and Point B is the School ("Via W Cinco"). I don't know about you, but I LOVE to play with Google Maps... so I thought it might be interesting to you! :) You can even get "STREET VIEW" :)
You can see that HUGE Green area between the Apartment and the School... that's Parque da Cidade: City Park. We LOVE it there! This is where Chris trained for his full marathon when we were here last. The whole city goes out there on Saturday morning and excercises. Roller blading, bicycles, beach volleyball, soccer, running, walking... you name it! And they also do this really cool combination of Beach volleyball and soccer - it's volleyball with only their FEET!!!
You can also see Lake Paranoa. It is a man-made lake to help with the dry air during dry season. Its not Lake Ouachita or Lake DeGray, but its nice!
Also notice how "Planned" the city is! Everything fits into perfect little Quadras. Brasilia was built from NOTHING back in the 60's. It is a "planned" city in the shape of an airplane - which when you live here... TOTALLY messes with my N,S,E,W brain!! All the major streets CURVE! But... the city out grew the plan... so the outer areas aren't the same.
Anyway... thought you might find this interesting! :)
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