João Pessoa

 In the city of João Pessoa, we visited the Church of São Francisco.  This cathedral was built by the African slaves, who left a good part of their heritage in the art and architecture of the building. 

 A mural on the sides of the entrance to the church, still with its original colored tiles.

 This sculpture is called "Indian of the Future."  I'm not exactly sure why.  But it was inside of the church.  Also not exactly sure why.

 All kinds of artful artifacts inside the chapel.  I thought these heads looked interesting. 

 In the city of Natal, we were visiting a beach called Ponta Negra.  While walking around in a shallow area, we couldn't see the mounds of open oysters invisible beneath the water.  Jaren stepped onto one of them, cutting his toe very deeply.  It has affected the rest of his time here in Recife considerably.  This is him being carried by two girls, who took pity on him.

 Our group in front of the cathedral.

 Down the road from the Church of São Francisco, you can see another church.  These cobblestone roads are called "paralelepipedo."  That's a fun word when you're trying to learn Portuguese.

 A typical Brazilian street in the city. 

 These telephone booths are everywhere in the cities of Brazil, called "orelhões" ("big ears") because of their shape. 

 They say this is the point in South America closest to Africa.  We stopped there to take pictures on our way back from João Pessoa.

 On the way back we stopped at a Brazilian Churrascaria (grill) and had a wonderful rodizio.  It's like Tucano's.  This is the grilled banana.  Delicious!

This is the guy that gave us our meat at the churrascaria.