Paraisópolis

 

The car wasn't ready last night and there was a lot of uncertainty so we booked a place near the car. Turns out we could have probably made it to Belo Horizonte for the night, but we were already seated at the home of Carol's beloved Maria Bonita juice drink when we got the news, so we ended up bedded down in Paraisópolis. I hope this town is what a regular mid sized city in Minas Gerais is like. It's nice. There is a busy town square where folks hang out and people seem to be kind to one another. The space we rented is certainly the most bizarrely laid out space we have been in yet. There are three bedrooms, with two, three and one single beds respectively. There are also two bathrooms. The crazy space is the four other rooms. These rooms include an informal dining/wash room with a rock-work floor, an extra large kitchen with nearly nothing in it, a formal dining room with seating for eight (plus a fridge and a full length mirror). and a sitting-living room with a beautiful wood floor, new pleather furniture and a teeny tiny TV. My favorite area is the little balcony with a view six rooms and a hallway away from the main door. It's fun. We literally "Marco-Polo" in the house to find each other.