Too Many Doughnuts

I went to the big mall here in São Paulo: Shopping Ibirapuera. Mostly I wanted some quick food, but being a mall rat I decided to check things out a little before I ate.

I saw suits that ranged from R$399 to R$1599.
A new base-model MacBook was R$3k
PSP Games that are $15 at Target were R$49, PS3 games were R$230

I saw a little kiosk in the middle called "Happy Donuts". I decided then that I should get some before I leave Shopping Ibirapuera.

For dinner I had some gnocchi. They kept asking me what else I wanted on it... all I wanted was some good cheese and sauce... I guess they didn't have that so they made up for it with bacon and onions and stuff. I think I was paying for 8 toppings or something, because at one point I said, "that's all" and pantomimed the best I could, but the guy said, "two more".

It was fine.

After I finished that I searched for the Happy Donuts that I had seen but lost. Eventually I found them.

I couldn't believe how hard it was to order doughnuts in another language. I think the little girl was trying to get me to buy a dozen... Any way, I ended up with almost a dozen mini filled doughnuts and two big ones. Let me tell you: Bavarian cream at Happy Donut makes me very happy. I can't wait to try the Bavarian lemon cream!

Oh, right... the point. Besides being too many doughnuts to eat comfortably, I was R$2 short of cab-fare back to the hotel. I think the guy understood when I explained that I had more money in my hotel room, because he took me back. I got some more cash and gave him a good tip.

The End