My company was selected for an entrepreneurial encounter organised by Madrid's Chamber of Commerce, linking together and promoting business implementation between these 2 metroplitans, Madrid and South America's financial capital, Sao Paulo.
Speaking Portuguese and having dealt with inscription and all other bureaucracies, adding to the fact that we were manager-free, I engaged in this trip and decided to stay at my very good friend's Cezar (Mo!!) apartment, giving me the chance to see him again 4 years after he left Uni, and spare my company on over 500eur worth of Hotel expenditure!
So I made sure I made the best from this adventure. First night we went for dinner at Jam Warehouse, great sushi! But being tired from the trip, the night ended there.
Next night I went for dinner with a friend, Isabel, from the same internship program, who is actually working in Chicago but she was in Sao Paulo at the same time on a business trip too, how random!!!
We went to Rodeio for good old Brazilian Rodizio, the most random thing of it all was that that same night, Brazilians were celebrating Valentine's day, being one of the few people not celebrating it on Feb the 14th!
Ok. So after tuesday and wednesday, two full days of non-stop meetings with potential clients and partners, and after finding pretty much the most adequate and interesting associate to enter the Brazilian market, there was the official dinner of the encounter with all the participants and organisers. That was held at Vento Haragano, with free caipirinhas for everyone!! Then we went on to Skye Bar, awesome view at the rooftop of a hotel!
We ended up at the private party of Companhia Maritima, designer label which had had its fashion show that day, at the Sao Paulo Fashion Week (SPFW). At Royal, with a live band playing electro-samba and the presence of fine models including Fernanda Lima...
Thursday day off: I chill and relax by my friend's pool, prepare a meeting with a consultancy firm scheduled for the afternoon and in the meantime, to see more of the city and have a more productive 'sejour', decide to go and see an exhibition on Charles Darwin at the Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo (MASP).
---- Too bad if you don't understand Portuguese... Couldn't find the official quote in English, but it basically states that 'Man's limits of his Knowledge can only be pushed by the fertility of His Imagination' ---- Or at least that's how I see it!
Later on, my last night, I manage to get tickets to the SPFW! Cez and I check out the Triton fashion show. We chill and drink free campari's in one of the VIP lounges and we even allow ourselves to miss another fashion show for which we had invites... Thanks ASW!
Things we're looking pretty good. Dinner at Kosushi with a couple of his female friends who unfortunately had to go home, early meetings the following day... We head off to Disco, where the private party of Triton his being held! In we go, open bar - only vodka, brilliant!
Not satisfied enough, we decide to leave and aim for more accessible crowds, Cafe de la Musique... Unfortunately finishing the night off empty-handed.. Well not quite, Temaki Express was there to cheer us up!
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