we went on top of the Edificio Italia building yesterday afternoon. it is one of the tallest buildings in the city and located smack in the middle of it. they have a ridiculously overpriced executive bar on the 41st floor with the worst piano player i ever had to listen to. the whole thing feels distinctly 80-ties, but if you want to have access to the outside gallery you have to order drinks in this bar.

the view from the bar an the gallery is absolutely breathtaking. the Sao Paulo metropolitan extends to the horizon (and probably beyond) in all four direction. the city seen from above is a collection of high rises of all shades of gray all states of decay and pretty much any architectural style imaginable. extremely beautiful if you ask me.

more (panoramic) images here, here and here.

being in a cities of this size always make me lament the fact that i was raised in a stupid provincial nest where you could cycle to the country side in 5 minutes and to the ‘city center’ in another 15. places like that should be called what they are: villages. That place also prides itself in having the largest inside the city forest in germany which is even more stupid. since when does a forest belong into a city? If you ask me people should either live in places that are so big that you cant see the end of it when you are standing on a 45-story building in the middle of it or they should live in villages and raise cows and chickens. most stupid thing is this idea of living in the green and commuting into the city to work at the sparkasse or some similar place every day.

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