Hotel Serra Azul Gramado
Gramado, State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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A short road trip (Part Two)
... stick around this long. As we were waiting on the car behind us before we could back up and drive away, the owner appeared again and we told him about the problem. And he agreed to take a look at it right away! We were told that it may just be some dirt in the breaks that may cause the noise or that the break shoes needed to be replaced.The clock kept ticking, and after some back and forth we had the option of returning at 1:30 (after his lunch) or finding a different ...
Muito Grande
... en Portuguese): De donde vienen hoy?
Fernando: Florianopolis
Chofer (en Portuguese): Para donde van?
Fernando: Florianopolis
Chofer (en Portuguese): De donde son?
Fernando: Florianopolis
Chofer (en Portuguese): En serio? (ahora muy confundido)
Margarita: No. Es de Colombia y yo de Ecuador
Chofer (en Portuguese): Oh! Ok. Eso si es lejos!
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Gramado e Canela
Não é à toa que Gramado é sede do concorrido Festival de Cinema que movimenta a Serra Gaúcha no mês de agosto. Com paisagens que parecem retiradas de um cenário, a cidade reúne casinhas em estilo enxaimel, ruas limpas e tomadas por jardineiras repletas de hortênsias e parques emoldurados por araucárias e pinheiros.
Mas não é apenas pela aparência romântica que o cartão-postal da região atrai tantos ...
Little Germany in Brazil
... was setting in!
We woke to a stunnin view of the mountains as we approached Gramado, and then quickly realised that although we had only bn on the bus for 8 odd hrs it seems that we had arrived on a rainy day in Germany!! WHAT THE HELL! Both of us still were decked out in our beach wear and smelling of suncream and now we were in blooody germany!!!
We ...
... Thank God I brought toilet paper!!!
... my pack, pulled out the roll of quarters sized emergency campers toilet paper and sanged Hallalueh, for all the poor sobs who came before me and realized the hard way that people who backpack need some &¨% (@&$ emergency campers toilet paper. From now on when I repack my pack and put in my 3-5 pound bag of (****) supplies, of which I use to wonder if I´d ever need, I´ll be seriously grateful that they are there. ...


