Olinda

This morning we loaded up in the Dobló minivan and drove up to Olinda. It's kind of the colonial sister-city to Recife. We parked the car and started off on our day of touring about town. After climbing about 1000' in elevation up the cobblestone streets, peeping churches and shopping through the junkerias, we had lunch at one of the best-rated restaurants in the state, Oficina de Sabor - translation the Workshop of Flavor! The food was good, and it was nice rest in the shade from an otherwise very hot day. Linda picked up a few more sarongs to add to her already extensive collection, and we bought a tiny frevo umbrella for Kylie!

 

 Tour guides Eric & Kylie

 So many churches to peep!

Convento de São Francisco

Tons of gold and imported Portuguese tile!

  Igreja da Se

 Cheese!

Junkerias!

A&E as frevo dancers and R&J as the King and Queen of Carnaval!

 View of Recife from the top of town

 Kylie's expression of the week...not sure if she's happy or not!

 Shady ladies!

Igreja Nossa Senhora da Misericórdia

 Finally! Lunch at Oficina de Sabor.

1.) Yum! Moqueca de camarão de coco!

2.) A & K

3.) R

4.) Hands in for Casio watches!

 A post Carnaval decoration-taking-down-mobile!

 I like the Carnaval spirit of this convenience store, but I'm not sure what I think of the "box of nuggets".

Carnaval mural

 Graffiti including:

1.) The eye of the Illuminati!

2.) There's love in Olinda" (written in scary movie / crazy person  font).

3.) Beware of ferocious rabbit!

4.) A cute painting!

 Monkeys and jungle trees?!? In town!

Whew! That's one tuckered out baby!

Time to go home!

 Yikes! It's a puppet trailer!