Ice Skating in Brasil

I really don't know why this ice skating scene struck me as so funny; our Brazilian hosts thought it was as normal as anything else one might encounter at The Mall.

At first, I thought it was some kind of faux ice, an Astro-Ice if you will, but, no, there is some kind of refrigeration system that is working overtime to keep this area frozen.

This would seem amazing enough here in São Paulo, but foto is from Vila Velha, which is a much warmer place than São Paulo.  Heitor and I didn´t even take long pants with us and, in the four days we were there, one of the people in the house never once had a shirt on.  It´s hot there.

But malls will be malls.