About a month ago, Marcio and I took advantage of another 3-day weekend to take a trip to the Serra (Mountain) Region to visit one of his cousins. This region is the most famous area of the state and attracts a lot of weekenders from Sao Paulo and other cities across Brazil. It looks like several Alpine villages were transported into Brazil because the communities were first colonized by German immigrants.
On the drive there, we passed through a little town called Nova Petropolis. They were having a spring festival complete with a German polka band. In the center of town, they have a labyrinth maze of hedges to walk through, and we were lost for quite some time. In the end, we made it to the middle.
Later, we headed to Canela, the town where Marcio's cousin has a weekend house. It is a beautiful place, situated next to a famous waterfall. To see the water fall, we had to go down (and then up) about 1,000,000 stairs. Or 800. They were steep, and our legs felt exhausted for the next two days.
After the main waterfall, there was a series of other beautiful waterfalls along the river that was practically deserted because so many people get tired out after the first one!
Marcio drinking a fake chimmao -- the green tea drink that everyone here is crazy about!
This is a verse of poetry by the Brazilian poet Mario Quintana -- "The secret isn't to run after butterflies. It's to take care of a garden so that they will come to you."
On the drive there, we passed through a little town called Nova Petropolis. They were having a spring festival complete with a German polka band. In the center of town, they have a labyrinth maze of hedges to walk through, and we were lost for quite some time. In the end, we made it to the middle.
Later, we headed to Canela, the town where Marcio's cousin has a weekend house. It is a beautiful place, situated next to a famous waterfall. To see the water fall, we had to go down (and then up) about 1,000,000 stairs. Or 800. They were steep, and our legs felt exhausted for the next two days.
After the main waterfall, there was a series of other beautiful waterfalls along the river that was practically deserted because so many people get tired out after the first one!
Marcio drinking a fake chimmao -- the green tea drink that everyone here is crazy about!
This is a verse of poetry by the Brazilian poet Mario Quintana -- "The secret isn't to run after butterflies. It's to take care of a garden so that they will come to you."
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