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Miss Piggy
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Bernard Bailey

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Cajuru and Tiuspe

Murilo and I spent Christmas day and the following two days out at Murilo´s friend´s farm "Cajuru." It was so relaxing to be out in the middle of nowhere just eating, drinking, swimming, walking, talking, and playing cards.The art of Brazilian BBQ - Murilo is an expert! We ate so much I was sure I gained 10 pounds! This was just part of the meal.

The two Caballeros - Murilo and Neto riding the range. Murilo's friends all call him Tiuspe and I finally got an explanation. Murilo and Neto made up their own language when they were younger to use out on the farm. They put "tius" (pronounced "choos") in front of everything and then used the first two letters of their names. So Murilo (whose first last name is Pinto) became Tiuspe (pronounced "Choospee")!

Swimming at the waterfall (Murilo is catching some sun on the rock over on the left).

The famous pine trees - the nuts are really good to eat. During the yearly Pine Tree festival in June, people create new dishes using the nuts.

Alex, Nena (Alex's wife), Murilo and Neto leaving for a swimming expedition to the falls.

1 comment:

Colafina said...

Grande Cary!
Muito bom post, com belas fotos e um mínimo de texto mostrou um Cajuru cheio de curiosidades, com a visão de uma observadora atenta.
Congratulations!
Alex (the Nena's husband)