Brasilian consumerism - the mall

The mall is an institution here!

Well, Curitiba has around 30 shopping malls - and people refer to them actively! "Have you been to the shopping Barigüi? No?! Oh, you should... So nice" Or "Have you heard of the Shopping Mueller? It is the first shopping mall of Curitiba - it was an old factory" And probably the worst "You should use the shopping malls to find your way in the city - the parcs and squares are all the same"... because the shopping malls aren't, I thought silently.

Well, and on the tourist map you find the hotels and the shopping malls. And people offer their guests to go visit the mall. And people go to the mall rather than in the shopping street, and certainly rather than in the parc. Even though they are ccrowded, and the squares as well, you sould just see the shopping mall!