Pictures still not working

It's terrible the photos won't upload because they're beautiful! Yesterday we hiked to a waterfall across rugged terrain, and today we had a wonderful time at a house on the lake with a garden full of fruit trees, ones I have never heard of or seen. And we saw a stork eat a huge fish and a small monkey steal cookies off the porch. Amazing.


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App troubled

This app isn't letting me post many photos, sorry. I will have to try to illustrate the previous posts separately!
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Fogo de Chão

After the fair, we went to the churrascaria Fogo de Chão for steak. The quality and flavor of the food was insanely good. Waiters in floppy gaucho pants bring steak to your plate faster than you can slice it, much less finish your salad and cheesy pão de quejo rolls. My favorite of the 15 options was the fragelina- the bottom sirloin.

The meat roasts for hours in fire pits. Its weird because the restaurant is so expensive at home, but its the same price here but nobody pays attention because everything is that expensive! Taxes on goods are really high - wine is quadruple price. Insane. Would be hard to cope with that for long. After this we had food comas and slept until the final soccer games of the season started.

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Domingo

This morning we saw an adorable children's Christmas play at the Lutheran church.
Good thing I knew the story because I didn't understand a word.

Then we went for a walk around a craft market outside the TV tower. It was filled with jewelry, wooden objects, paintings, and other crafts like these flowers made from leaves.

We took an elevator ride to the top of the tower for a view of the city. This is the esplanade - with the Congress and government buildings and a catholic cathedral shaped like a crown.

This is the stadium the city is building for the World Cup, even though it doesn't have a team. You can also see the market stalls.


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After this, we went to the churrascaria Fogo de Chão for steak. The quality and flavor of the food was insanely good. Waiters in floppy gaucho pants bring steak to your plate faster than you can slice it, much less finish your salad and cheesy pão de quejo rolls. My favorite of the 15 options was the fragelina- the bottom sirloin.



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Sightseeing

After a breakfast of fresh mango, big papaya, strong coffee and toast, we took a trip around the city. This time I had my camera!

We went to the Presidents House


And saw giant goldfish


And a beautiful bird. There's another one called Jean de 'mud' (insert português word).


And the guards


Mango trees are everywhere. All the trees and plants are huge, mostly because of the 12 month growing season. It's 75 all year long. So there are bouganvillas and hibiscus the size of trees.


We also went to the lakeside called pontão, which is gorgeous.


And doesn't it look like Miami?


There is a famous suspension bridge (ponte!) in the background. Here are Marcio's dad, brother Bruno and future sister-in-law Issa.


Everything reminds me of part France, part India, and part Florida. It's beautiful.

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Here!

Worry no more, I have arrived in Brazil. The flight was less than perfect, but Brasilia has been wonderful. Marcio's parents picked me up and pampered me until Marcio arrived around 6 pm.

Brasilia is gorgeous - parts of it remind me of Miami. The city was planned, and it's shaped like an airplane. Marcio's family lives on the north wing :.). The body is comprised of government buildings and monuments and banks.

I had a three hour nap but still feel like nodding off... That could be from all the delicious cuisine: chicken, beans, rice, veggies and more. So much food! More details tomorrow. Até logo.



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Relay the Delay

We're still on the ground, and everyone is antsy! One hour delayed already :-(


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Brasilia! Agora!

This isn't a sentence that is possible to truthfully write very often, but today I'm going to Brazil. Eu vou viagem no Brasilia. It's still feeling like a surprise despite the fact that the ticket was purchased in July!

I'm going to visit the capital city of Brasilia (not its historic capital of Rio!, alas).

And some special people living there, Marcio's family.

Leaving behind:
Houston's Skyline


And the cat :-( She really wanted to come along to see the jungle cats and giant insects. I miss her already.


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