Brumado

Brumado Sao Joao 2009 75
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This year for a week holiday we decided to make a trip with our Brazilian friends, Taisa and Fernando to her hometown of Brumado. We spent a week at Taisa's grandmother's house. She is 93 years old and taken care of by a maid. She is quite spirited still and had lots to tell us and sang a lot too. She just loved having our kids there and they loved entertaining her. We met many of Taisa's family that still live in the town, many lunches and dinners at their homes. As well as a few parties because of the holiday. Ceara loved throwing the firecrackers that are sort of like 'caps' back home. Our kids loved the house we were staying at and all the space they had to run around to play. It was hard coming back to our small two bedroom apartment after a week of freedom for the kids. It was nice to get out of the city though to the quiet streets and small town feeling after so long in a huge, noisy city. While we were there we had the chance to visit a little farm on the outskirts of the town. This picture is Ceara, Fernanda and a little girl that was visiting her family on the same farm. We got to see many fruits and vegetables growing on the farm. Saw a huge gourd that they use to make berimbaus, the musical instrument used during the capoeira dance. We also saw some cows, a horse and their little puppy which got great reviews from both of the kids. It was a great week with our friends and to get out of town for a bit.