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Anything Can Happen at a Brazilian Newspaper Stand Bruna Silveira from Brazil In Brazil, a newspaper stand is a small, public, friendly place where anything can happen. Photo: Scott Henderson (on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/scott_henderson/ 44938828/ A man checks out a variety of newspapers displayed at a newspaper stand in Brazil. Newspaper stands are everywhere in Brazil. They sell many things—magazines, comic books, candy, and crossword puzzle books; and you can see many different kinds of people. They're not like in other countries where you put a coin in the machine and take the paper out. In Brazil, a newspaper stand is a small, public, friendly place where anything can happen. One day, I went to buy a magazine at a stand near my house and I was talking to the friendly salesman before I bought it. As I bent down to pick up the magazine, another hand touched mine. It was the most charming hand I had ever seen. When I looked back, my eyes met a pair of wonderful black eyes that I will never forget. The two of us were about to pick up the same magazine. Being very polite, he left the magazine for me and introduced himself. It was the beginning a a beautiful love story. Well, in fact this never happened to me nor to anyone else I know; but as I said, a newspaper stand in Brazil is a small, public, friendly place where anything can happen! More street stands: Picture Story Book Stands in China | Stands That Show Colombian Culture A Night Market Food Stand in Taiwan | Fish Stands at the Turkish Seaside Korean Hot Food Stands | The Mood of Korean Food Stands Lottery Stands in Korea Return to: Street Stands in Our Countries | Issue 16 | Home Page TOPICS Online Magazine - ©1997-2007 - Sandy and Thomas Peters - topics .mag@gmail.com