We were supposed to move into the apartment yesterday but it wasn’t ready so the plan now is Tuesday afternoon.
There was some good news though inasmuch as there is a terrace and we were ting that. Quite the bonus it is too:
It comes with a suicide net and I’m pretty Rusty is going to enjoy sitting out. I will too because temperatures are comfortable outdoors. 
The second piece of good news is it costs us less than expected, down to $1050 for a month including utilities and WiFi. By US standards it’s affordable and the complex is kept up well. We’re in the Palm Beach building between Tampa Bay and Key West; I kid you not. 
I went into town for a quick bank run as we have to carry cash to the RV shop. It’s weird in a country that pays for about everything with credit cards this business only takes cash or Brazilian bank transfers. So we have to hump wads of 100 real bills. 
So I took a short walk after I pulled money from the ATM at Bank Bradesco ( which we call Brad’s Bank).
I said it’s not hot here like it was on the equator and then I pass a guy in a puffy jacket…and there I was comfortable in a t-shirt.
They love bright colors on their weird cement blocks of buildings.
This was some kind of I yea modal transit station. Brasilia has two metro lines , orange and green, and this place seemed like a combined metro station/car parking lot/bus station.
Brasilia is built on a huge plain at 3500 feet so there is lots of space to build all the cement tower blocks you want.
And in between they have wide boulevards, green spaces and huge bicycle paths and pedestrian walkways.
I think it was a chess match in progress and under observation. I was on the wrong level to get closer and see the moves.
I saw a giant ad for the iPhone 17, a reminder we’re still using our iPhone mini 12s. We’ve been on the road a while.
I think you have to create an account to pick up one of the electric scooters. Brasilia is so spread out I might be tempted.
They say Brasilia is the safest city in the country and I can believe it.
There’s space to spare in this very odd urban creation. I have no idea what this is.
Once we get settled I want to try to figure this city out. Right now I can’t figure where the hell downtown is for a start. 
Rusty making friends.
This cafe was advertising a trading course for heavy machinery operators. Why? I have no clue.
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