SUMMER 2012.

Porto Alegre, downtown, 5.30 P.m, on a working day.

A Ball:

Photo by NASA: 8.000 x 8.000 pixels.

A great part of the population from this city is on the beaches,  and many will remain there until March, when summer ends and the school vacations finish. Most of these people are families, people on vacations, housewives , grandparents, retired people and kids enjoying school holidays or those who get a temporary job on the coast. Those who are working in the city can enjoy the beach only on weekends. In the city is doing 25° Centigrades at 3:00 A.m, and 30°C at 6:00 P.m. Still we have some funny things to see here. In the rush hour, downtown, a man is doing funny things with a ball and I caught that scene on my smart phone. A ball...that's a good sugestion of a present for a kid, it's good for the health and is not a dangerous sport. Of course, it isn't good to play with a ball in the middle of the street, but you can also practice at home if you have a room for that, and you can also take your ball(s) everywhere you go.    
At weekends the city gets empty & the beaches get crowded. For example, Torres, wich population is 35.000 habitants, on summer receive about 400.000 people, mostly from Porto Alegre, and still there are the other beaches like Imbé ,  https://www.google.com/search?q=imbe&hl=pt-BR&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=TU0gT6y3BIOusQLTw9ijDg&ved=0CHsQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=571   , Atlantida, Capão da Canoa, Cidreira, http://www.google.com.br/search?q=cidreira+rs&hl=pt-BR&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=qe8iT9qfN8yztweo74iiCw&ved=0CEoQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=571   , Pinhal,  http://www.google.com.br/search?q=pinhal+rs&hl=pt-BR&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=UAcjT_zIK4mJgwfJ-P2UCQ&sqi=2&ved=0CGoQsAQ&biw=893&bih=549  , Casino: that has already been elected the largest continuous beach on earth!, http://www.google.com.br/search?q=praia+casino+rs+fotos&hl=pt-BR&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=WOweT5L1IpS-gAeo6-SODw&ved=0CCUQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=571   ,  Tramandaí   http://www.google.com.br/search?q=tramanda%C3%AD&hl=pt-BR&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=89ceT82ULYTatwey-ahD&ved=0CEsQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=571 , Laguna,  https://www.google.com/search?q=laguna+sc&hl=pt-BR&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=N1EgT_iaJ5P4sQLXo-moDg&ved=0CD0QsAQ&biw=1024&bih=571  , and the beautiful magic coast of Santa Catarina, http://www.google.com.br/search?q=santa+catarina+fotos&hl=pt-BR&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=xV4gT4SdK4fW2AXojummDw&sqi=2&ved=0CC8QsAQ&biw=1024&bih=608%20,where people from here also go during this season. (To name a few).
Best regards and have a terrific great weekend,