So on Saturday we had our carefully planned sightseeing trip. We’ve been stuck in the city the last few weekends, and we wanted to get out and see some more of Brazil! Hubby found Paranápiacaba on Wikiloc and it looked perfect. Beautiful misty green city, with hiking, and trains! for the wee one. It was a prefect day drive, so off we went after our son woke up from his nap.
And then we missed the free way “split” Things get tricky with the GPS when on freeways, and it’s a common occurrence. Unfortunately, the way back according to the GPS took us through traffic ridden side streets. No biggie, just a slight detour!
I nodded off, and the next time I woke up we were bouncing along a dirt road. Yes, a dirt road. Hubby assured me just 10 more kilometers… and round and round we went along these little dirt roads and through the jungle. When we were “1 kilometer” away and driving through a dirt road through lush jungle, I pulled my kid out of the car seat and he got to drive with daddy. He was getting pretty angry, so we figured it was fairly safe… since there seemed to be NO ONE around. I think this may have been the highlight of his day.
And then we arrived!
Isn’t it beautiful?? We let the monkey get out and run around for a bit, and then I turned to my husband and asked him where in the world he had driven us to!! The son loved it, as we also let him drive the car..
It wasn’t like there were other cars around . . .
Yeah, in case you are wondering, someone (ahem) decided to just type in the city name and GPS it. With the assumption that the GPS would take us to the center of the city… oh it took us somewhere.
The road it took us to was now covered in tall green grass, a dead end. We were lost. And we were lost in the middle of nowhere. Yes, there were cows wandering the roads!
I decided the kid wasn’t gonna take much more driving, so we might as well let him get the wiggles out and head back to Sao Paulo, and just try next weekend.
… next weekend is probably going to be a few months out, as when we got home my husband exclaimed while turning on the TV.
“I have whole Saturday’s full of fun for the next 4 months!!! “
Followed by a reverent sigh of
“College Football”
O Jeito Brasileiro 