The street….

Coming back to the same place after some time makes you see things different. As this blog is not so much about text, but about seeing things…..  So after some months you certainly happen to see “other things” or “new things” in the street where you have been many times before.

A little mount of sand… ants? Or is there somebody else living on the edge of the road. 

Why didn’t I see these footprints in the concrete before?

Common knowledge tells us there is a bus stop in front of our apartment bloc…. But no sign anywhere. A bit further there is also a bus stop… I only saw the sign this week, although I am walking there already for 5 years. Normally bus stops in this region are very obvious and obnoxious; firm concrete hideouts to protect us from sun and rain.

 

By then I got completely into local pavement. The municipality orders the use of tiles with a certain pattern for the pavement (sidewalk). Most of these are old and worn. 

There are also other patterns, or just concrete, or bricks, or sand….. 

Don’t think you can walk without using your head. There are holes, bumps, steps, declining parts for cars, lower parts to lead water to the gutter when people clean their patio’s…. 

I asked about what happens when somebody trips over a gutter or some other irregularity….. No one seems to know. Walking on Havaianas probably prevents a lot of stumbling. It could take a long time before you know who has to pay your hospital bill.

And yes, what do you see in every other street…..  If we can’t go to Copacabana we will just have the pavement in front of our houses!

Of course there is nothing like the real thing…..