Looking Through - Take 2

The University of São Paulo opened a new campus a couple of years ago, located on one of the poorest regions of the city. It is on the way to the airport, and one day, when I was early to pick up my wife, I finally had some time to stop and visit.
This is currently the largest building on the campus, and I thought these staircases had some Escher-esque quality...

Looking Through

Here's a small contribution to Mark's Project Looking Through :


Incidentally, this is from the same series of pictures on my first post on this blog...

Old Lady

On Sunday morning, I arrived early for a meeting with a friend, so I decided to find out where the steam train station indicated by the signs was.
As I approached, I saw the locomotive being prepared for the Sunday tourist rides. Ignoring the "authorized people only" sign, I stopped my car and started taking pictures from a distance. Next thing, the engineer climbs aboard, the whistle blows and the big machine starts moving, with its unmistakable choo-choo sound. The whole thing lasted only a few seconds, but it made my day...