Blumenau, Santa Catarina

After Curitiba and Morretes, we rented a car and drove down to Blumenau, Santa Catarina. Santa Catarina state is where Priscila's parents grew up and mother's side of the family all live today. Blumenau is the capital of Santa Catarina. The drive to Blumenau was beautiful, we had to go over the mountains and down again. Mom and dad began to feel more at home when we entered Santa Catarina, more land, more mountains, more farms...very beautiful. We drove for about 3 hours....Here is a picture of us in the car..













When we arrived, Priscila's aunts and uncles went to pick us up by the highway, since we did not know how to get to Grandpa Vicentes house. We spent quite a few hours just meeting part of the family and talking - P's grandpa, spoke a lot about how he started his family...and P loved to hear his stories... Here are some pictures of our first day in Blumenau at P's uncle's house, Pedro (Peter) where we stayed... The lady in pink is Aunt (tia) Celia...she looks the most like P's Grandmother who passed away more than 25 years ago, along with Tio Vilmar and Tio Pedro holding the grilling fork from Linen's and Things...hehehe