Our apartment in Gavea

We moved to our new home in Gavea on August 1- Rua marques de são vicente.  It's really close to Diego's school and so he's only on the bus for about 7 minutes each day. This is the main reason for choosing this area, which is a little far from the beach for Jim (the next apartment will be much closer).  The owner is a wonder man from Denmark who is also the Chair of the Languages and Literature Department at the PUC, the local university.  We are getting to know and love our neighborhood.  One of the true treasures of this neighborhood is the Instituto Moreira Salles, where photography exhibits change frequently and movies of different genres are shown each day and night. The street where we live can be quite busy and the IMS is on the same street.  But enter (for free!) and you immediately feel like you're in a peaceful forest.  The gardens are spectacular and the home-turned-museum is open and light.  Jim and Debbie both plan to take our laptops there once in a while to work in the cafe and be inspired by the setting.

Our building; our apartment is on the first floor and has a large porch.

Diego's room; he even has his own bathroom, happy boy. 

Jim in his happy space

Our living room, dining room and porch (plus a desk where Debbie works)

Local grafite

Diego inside the A of the Gavea mall

Inside the apartment, the night before Diego's first day of school.