The lady on the right is Giovana Paiva. Her sister has a beach house about 2 hours north of Recife in a city called Joao Pessoa. She invited us and the Bairds to spend the week end there. We left on a Saturday and came back Monday

We had dinner at quaint restaurant with theee statures of beef cattle out in front. All of the waiters were dressed in the style of legendary "Robin Hood" of the Nordeste (Northeastern Brazil) whose nick name was "Lampiao"

We fixed all but one of our meals in the breach house with food we brought with us

The Bairds and the Christophersons on the beach.

This stretch of beach front is just outside of the gated condominium complex where we stayed.

Jerry and Vonnie had to get their feet wet.

Cleaning up the dining room after lunch.

This was the largest condo in the complex and was for sale. The asking price was one million Reais or about $500,000.00

There were lots of coconut palms on the property.

One of the caretakers there graciously volunteered to cut some down so that we could sample the coconut water. It was delicious. 

While stopped for some road construction, this picturesque little village caught our eye. Between the road we were on and this little town in a sugar cane field.

We started with Jerry standing by a statue of a steer. We'll end with a picture of a real young bull munching the grass just a few feet outside the car window.