Nova Andradina, Brazil

I made it! I am at Mateus and Carol´s house. I don´t have a cord to upload pictures, but I´m taking a lot! For those that don´t know, I had Carol and Mateus in my classes last year. They have an older brother named Neto, and their parents are Claudia and Marcus.

After I got in, we went to Claudia´s parent´s house and ate some lunch, then came back to their house to clean up. We then went to Marcus´s mom´s house...they had told her that I liked chocolate, so she made a Brazilian chocolate cake. It´s name in Portuguese means ´crazy Black woman.´ Then we went to one of Claudia´s sibling´s house (I think) for a churrascaria (Brazilian barbecue). Later we went to the downtown area of town because there was a festival going on. (To the Archer County folks, it reminded me of Mayfest, only bigger.) There I met several members of the Rotary Club...they were serving dinner.

Today, we slept late, then went to eat at a fish place. You can go fishing in the tank and they cook what you catch, or you can order from a menu. We ordered from the menu. You don´t really see me fishing, do you? We had sashimi, fried tilapia (one plain, and another wrapped in bacon), and another fish that is popular in Brazil (I can´t remember it´s name, though) in a red sauce. Carol had said that the bacon-wrapped tilapia is her favorite, and I have to agree! Then we went to their farm...it´s about 6,000 acres! They raise cattle for milk, beef, and breeding, sheep for the meat, emus, sugar cane, and eucalyptus trees. They may have more than that, but that´s all that I can remember! We just got back from there.

I will try to update again tomorrow before we leave to go to Bonito!