I´m feeling more settled into life here at mamae´s (mom´s) house. My head is swimming slower now (instead of spinning like a top) with the Portuguese language being spoken all around me, and all of the time. I drink espresso cafe (coffee) at least twice each day, more like 3 or 4 times each day, and am enjoying many wonderful treats to go along with that cafe. I enjoy tremendously all the different foods I encounter and I will try everything, if only once. Today we spent all day at the farm (fazenda) of Marilda´s aunt. The soil there is very red and since it´s winter time here, it´s very dry and windy and so a lot of reddish dust is in the air and on everything. The farm is located in virgin land. This open, unadulterated landscape is immense and so beautiful it brings tears to my eyes. Lovely hills (maybe they´re mountains?), sparse but large trees, varied landscape colors of green and golden and brown (since there´s been no rain for 3 months), livestock speckled around grazing, horses hanging out in the road having a nice chat with one another as we approached to pass by them in our vehicle, and absolutely no road signs in this area. You have to know where you are going in order to reach your destination, if you have one, that is.
I had an early rise today and it´s now nearing 11 pm and I am ready for sleep. So for now, boa noite (good night). I hope that you are all well. Jennifer
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