Lovely Saturday

Chocolates, Fruits, and Flowers! What else could a girl want?

One of my students had a birthday party last weekend. On Monday, he brought these leftover brigadeiros for me from his party! What a sweetie!

We went to the feira again this morning. You really cant beat the prices, so we try to go every Saturday.

 I know you are probably sick of me posting photos of fruit stands, but I just cant get over the beautiful presentation! I love how they stack the fruits! This time, we also bought lilies.

This lady was too funny! She said I was prettier than Brody! haha

You cant tell in this photo, but the watermelons were HUGE!

We bought a head of lettuce for 2 reais = 1dollar. Wow!

This is what we bought at the feira!

Love these lilies!

Bought this perfume at the drugstore today! I cant wait to wear it tonight to a birthday party!

Evan's Visit

Our good friend from Atlanta, Evan, happened to be in Sao Paulo for work. So, he extended his stay for a night and hung out with us this weekend. First, we explored the city with a professor from Emory who wrote a guide book about the area. We saw this beautiful, old train station.

Next, we took Evan to Salve Jorge, a great restaurant for grilling meat.

We grilled Picanhia, chicken, steak, and sausage.

We also grilled broccoli, carrots, potatoes and onions.

We met friends from my school for a Going Away Party at the end of the evening and enjoyed chocolate covered strawberries and bananas.

The guys woke up at 7:30am to run an uphill 5K for Brody's KPMG running team.

Waiting to run!

KPMG Team #1

After the race... NOT happy!

After the race, we went to one of the only restaurants open on Sundays near our apartment and ordered Acai and bananas.

We also ordered lunch... the portions were MUCH bigger than we anticipated!

An Omelet with mushrooms, bacon and cheese

burger with three buns, and only one piece of meat

Beirut Calabresa (Sausage)

Overall, it was a great weekend! Thanks Evan for extending your stay and seeing what our life is like here! We had a blast hanging out with you!

Ubatuba

Brody and I escaped to Ubatuba, a city near the coast, known for it's beautiful beaches. After driving 5 hours early on Saturday morning, we made it safely to our hotel.

Looking back at the hotel from the balcony

View across the city from the hotel

View from the roof of the hotel

Fresh watermelon, papaya, and orange juice

Breakfast buffet

Silly Plastic Lady hanging out of the window at the hotel

Silly Plastic Lady #2

Enjoying Breakfast

Then, we walked to a popular beach and enjoyed grilled cheese sticks and cocktails.

Mari and Alwyn!

Grilled cheese and sausage on the beach

Ready to play football  and catch some rays!

After showering, we enjoyed the view from the balcony and listened to an Evangelical church group march through the street holding candles and singing a hymn in Portuguese. Finally, we walked to a seafood place for dinner.

Sunday morning, we woke up early and drove to a secluded beach thirty minutes from Ubatuba. We basked in the sun, took strolls down the beach and watched paddle boarders get stuck in the water between the beach and a small island close-by.

Chilled coconut water

Whoopsie! I forgot to include a knee-slapper story about our drive back... We left Ubatuba at 3pm planning to miss traffic, well, it still took us seven-hours to get back! On top of the one-lane road with unending construction, Alwyn and I had disgusting (blow your nose in the car and cough up mucus) colds. So to give ourselves a break, we stopped at a gas station.

The real bathrooms were inside, but Brody found one outside as well. He nonchalantly walked in to find a trough and one-stall. The stall was being used. So connect the dots... while Brody was relieving himself, a 70-year-old man with a beer belly, t-shirt, and sunga (man-thong swimsuit) came in. He joined Brody at the trough and dropped his sunga! No shy Brazilians in the bathroom here! The real kicker is we had been driving for 5 hours, no beach in sight! (still wearing a sunga?)