Night at the Museum

Noah and I went out for a little Brazilian culture and history today. We went to the Museo do Futebol in downtown Sao Paulo. I was pretty impressed. It was well done - even to a gringo who speaks and reads limited Portuguese and his 5-year old son.

There were lots of good photo-ops at the museum, which is in a building that is attached to the Estadio Municipal in Pacaembu. You could actually walk right out into the stadium from the museum. The problem was that when I pulled the camera out to take some pics of Noah, it had a dead battery. So photo below of Noah and me is the only evidence of our trip. The photo was taken in a penalty kick cage. It's just like those speed pitch cages at baseball stadiums in the U.S. Only here, there's a virtual goalkeeper trying to stop your ball. Standing in line for about 30 minutes and watching other people kick demonstrated that the keeper block about half of the attempts. Noah's kick? As they say, GGOOOOOLLLL!!!!!