Parque da Grutas

We saw a cave today. A long time ago, people lived in these caves. They didn't have lights or electricity. Then we saw monkeys. My favorite monkey was in the second cage we saw, he was orangey-brown. We saw baby turtles and a macaw!

School

We went to mom's old school today. It was closed, because it's summer vacation right now! School starts again in March. It was very different from school in Bolton. They have no lockdown practice and they only have 11 grades.

Santa Cruz

We went downtown today. We saw Alex, he is a dentist. It's a lot like the dentist in the United States. He has the same chair and tools. We walked by the Prefeitura, which is the town hall. The roads here are made with paralelepipidos, they're bricks for the road. Most of the roads in town are made with them. When they do construction, they take them out, fix things, and put the stones back in. Then we saw Carlinhos at the flower shop. He has a giant refrigerator full of flowers. Then, Carlinhos and his dog Bidu, went to the ice cream stand with us. I had uva (grape) and morango (strawberry) ice cream!

Churrasco

Brazilian people have a churrasco almost every weekend. They cook all different kinds of meat this way. It takes a long time to cook. They put big pieces of salt on the meat before they put it over the fire. They put the meat on a spit before putting it over the fire. Lots of Brazilians have a churrasqueria in their house. Some of them look like fireplaces.

How to go sledding in Brazil

The Butcher Shop

You might wonder how the meat got hung on the hooks in the butcher shop. The butcher puts it there. The butcher gets big pieces of meat. The meat gets chopped into smaller pieces and put on the hook. There's no packages of meat there. The butcher shop also has my mom's favorite pudding.

The Ice Cream Stand

I went out for ice cream today. They have all kinds of flavors! Pineapple, grape, passionfruit, raisin and more.

The Fruit Trees

There are lots of fruit trees in Brazil. Otti and Grandpa Marlan have some fruit trees in their yard. They have a persimmon tree, two orange trees, two lemon trees, and a banana tree.

The Market

It was not a supermarket, it was just a market, because supermarkets have doors. The market had no doors! You would wonder how I got in! It also had no walls. There was only a roof. They sold quail eggs there. The quail eggs were small. They had vegetables too, like carrots, lettuce, tomatoes and fruit. There were farmers who plant the food and then bring it to the market.