Morretes, Parana State

Our last day with mom and dad in Curitiba, we decided to take a train ride through the Atlantic Forest and spend time relaxing and just enjoying nature. Here are a few pictures of our trip to Morretes - the train ride lasted 3 hours each way...When we arrived we did some tourist shopping and ate the famous Parana food, borreado (beef stew with flour) - here are a few pictures of our time in Morretes.





















We went right on that bridge and through 13 tunnels. It was an amazing experience and well worth it. So worth it, that when mom and dad left Brazil, Jeremy insisted we go back to Morretes and do some hiking, which we did and we want to do it again. It was an amazing time...






At Morretes, we ate the famous Parana dish, Borreado (beef stew with flour) that is cooked underground in a clay pot for hours...with fried shimp, banana, oranges, rice and and natural juice...can't remember if there was more . It took us a few hours to get through out lunch. We all had to adjust eating our bigger meals in the afternoon, as apposed to evening. So most days consisted of a large breakfast, a large lunch and a snack for dinner, cheese and crackers or bread.