Highlights:
Inverno festival
Learning how to Samba
Cachoeira
Tasting different foods
Lowlights:
Lost my notepad in the
Cachoeira.
Twisted theatre production
Places:
Museu de Inconfidencia:
meaning the museum of betrayal, it is dedicated to the history of gold mining
and culture in Minas Gerais.
Igrejas: There is an
abundance of beautiful churches in Ouro Preto, something that stood out was the altars constructed by Aleijadinho who despite developing
a serious impediment continued his amazing work.
Parque das Andorinhes: a
large park that ran from on end of Ouro Preto to the other end.
Cachoeira: swam in a beautiful,
underground waterfall, was freezing cold but definitely worth it.
Cobblestone Roads: these
hilly, uneven roads were a nightmare to walk on.
Pico de Itacolomi: hiked to
the peak in around 3 hours.
Marianna: we went to the
train station with Sabryna, watched some plays there.
Teatro Municipal: On our
first day in Ouro Preto Camilla took us to see a production entitled “A
filosofia na alvcova” it was an extremely twisted play with a lot of sex and
incest performed using puppets. Very
crazy stuff!
People:
Camilla: blonde dreads, lots
of piercings (centre nose ring), party
animal, very friendly and lots of fun.
Sabryna: short, very
kind-hearted, tried to teach me how to Samba with no luck.
Yuri: extremely big-heart , connected with us and became very close.
Marcel: bald, glasses, very
intelligent guy who knew much about philosophy, played chess with him.
Activity:
Inverno Festival: watched a
multitude of shows: piano recital, harpsichord recital, rock bands, samba
bands, theatre production (A filosofia na alvcova). The festival was very
entertaining!
Learning how to Samba:
Sabryna tried her best to illustrate the Samba rhythm to me, but it was
completely foreign to me. It felt like I had to do the opposite of what I knew
as dancing.
Breaking into the house:
Sabryna left her keys in her room, I managed to use a knife to open the
bathroom window from a smaller window on top. Yuri broke the lock by trying to
open it with a knife, bwahahah wtf???
Foods:
Tropeiro: a mix of beans,
rice, bacon, onion and cracklings.
Pao de Queijo Recheado: a
type of ham inside a Brazilian cheese bun
Pao de Queijo Brigadeiro:
brigadeiro inside a Brazilian cheese bun
Brigadeiro: a Brazilian
chocolate bon-bon that has a slightly chewy texture.
Queijo Minas com Goaibada: a
guava block sandwiched in between 2 slices of local cheese. The combination of
the two complements each other spectacularly.
Escondi di nino
Drinks:
Pinha com mel: AKA Cachaca
with honey.
Catuaba: an aphrodisiac
drink made of grapes. It tastes really good, contains around 15% alcohol and is
super cheap ($R10).
Suco de Cacau : a white
fruit juice that is relatively bland.
Suco de Pitanga: an orange
fruit juice, quite sweet.
Licor de Jabuticaba: drank
this for our 1 month trip anniversary, was very strong, but had an excellent
Jabuticaba flavour.
Words:
Trem = thing (used like
thingamajig)
Ca mofa = whoring around
Uai = Why
Lagao = Great
Nossa = Lekker
