Goncalves didn't work out quite like we thought. We were welcomed by an absolutely delicious fuba cake and used a lot of restraint not to polish it off the first night. Sadly, we woke the first morning to discover that a bird, or something, came in the open window and polished it off for us. The Goncalves adventure has been kind of like that. Our waterfall day ended with failed brakes. My work meeting was held in a sweaty parking lot. And the cute little restaurant where we wanted to eat was closed. There were silver linings. We had a lot of "us-time." And the car fiasco ended in a fun way with us riding in the car, on a tow truck, down rutted roads to the nearest town with a mechanic. This experience could not be had in the US. So it's kind of not great but also very interesting. I think we are glad to be gone from Goncalves tomorrow. Not because of the quaint town, or the charming countryside, or the comfy house- but because things just haven't worked out here. We are headed for Belo Horizonte tomorrow and after that we have exactly no plans for what will happen next...
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