Last weekend we took advantage of a holiday to take a roadtrip to Santa Maria, a nearby city where Marcio's family used to live (and where some still live!). It's about four hours away, and we arrived just in time for a churrascaro lunch at Marcio's aunt and uncle's ranch house. It's located in a gorgeous valley.
As soon as we arrived, a blue morpho butterfly drifted by! It has been one of my dreams to see one of those ever since my brother and I were addicted to the Amazon Trail computer game. (Classic game. It was on a floppy disk.)
We took a hike after lunch. It's such a beautiful area! It reminds me of the Puy-de-Dome region in France.
We had a ridiculous amount of delicious food at an Italian restaurant that served us about five courses of amazing traditional fare.
Food was a theme of the weekend! To balance it out, we took long walks around the city and went driving through the hills. In the past, Santa Maria was the most important city in Rio Grande do Sul because it was the railway hub. This last photo is from the Colonia Belga, where the original railroad workers from Belgium lived in the 1800s.
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As soon as we arrived, a blue morpho butterfly drifted by! It has been one of my dreams to see one of those ever since my brother and I were addicted to the Amazon Trail computer game. (Classic game. It was on a floppy disk.)
We took a hike after lunch. It's such a beautiful area! It reminds me of the Puy-de-Dome region in France.
We had a ridiculous amount of delicious food at an Italian restaurant that served us about five courses of amazing traditional fare.
Food was a theme of the weekend! To balance it out, we took long walks around the city and went driving through the hills. In the past, Santa Maria was the most important city in Rio Grande do Sul because it was the railway hub. This last photo is from the Colonia Belga, where the original railroad workers from Belgium lived in the 1800s.
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