Sunday March 19, Grandma and Grandpa had a training to conduct down in Porto Alegre so they left early in the morning. We got ourselves ready and then walked to church in Gramado. Daddy was the only one who understood what was being said, although it was easy to follow along in Sunday School with the lesson pulled up on my tablet. All I had to do was listen for scripture references and recognize enough of the numbers in order to find it in the lesson manual, then I could follow along in English!
The people at church were all very friendly. I don’t know what most of them said, but they all gave Raine and me hugs and cheek kisses! During Relief Society, a sister who spoke some English periodically updated me on the general topic they were discussing. The kids didn’t want to go to Primary so they stayed with us the second and third hours.
After church, we walked across the street to Lago Joaquina Rita Bier.
This statue was outside an event venue on our route home.
The street our apartment was on was full of flowering trees and hydrangeas.
After lunch we drove around to see some of the sites. This was the outbound side of the Pórtico Gramado.
Next, we stopped at Lago Negro. It was full of people enjoying the beautiful weather. The popular thing to do, we noticed, was to sip mata as you strolled around the lake. The kids really wanted to ride in a swan paddle boat so we promised to come back the next day so that they could do it.
Raine found a stump chair to take a rest.
Carter found a palm tree to chillax.
Raine took this photo for us.
After Lago Negro we drove down Rua Torta — it’s not exactly Lombard Street!
Then, we drove down into the valley.
Looking back up at Gramado
Igreja São Valentim
Eventually we made our way back to the apartment where we cooked ourselves some hamburgers and waited for Grandma and Grandpa to get home.