First thing Monday morning the kids made sure we headed back to Lago Negro. It was a lot less busy so it was the perfect time to ride a paddle boat.

Daddy and I stuck the kids in the 4-person boat with Grandma and Grandpa while we enjoyed a leisurely float around the lake by ourselves!

We saw some wildlife at the lake.

After paddling, we strolled around the lake again.

This little shrine was built next to a natural spring of water coming up through the rocks.

Raine took this photo of Daddy and me at the “I + You ♥ Gramado” sign.

Raine in front of the ribbon wall.

After lunch we drove to Canela to see Catedral de Pedra (Stone Cathedral). It was pretty amazing, with very colorful stained glass windows.

We wandered around Canela for a bit and stopped for some churros in the park. Raine ate one this time, although without any filling.

That night we were going to eat at a churrascaria, but after waiting until 8:00 for it to open we realized that it wasn’t open on Mondays. (All of the restaurants open really late in Brazil, no earlier than about 7:30 pm. People don’t start going out to eat until about 10:00 pm. It was a problem for us early birds with small children who want to be eating by 6:00!) Raine and Carter wanted to eat at the pasteleria that they had seen earlier so we sent them with Grandma and Grandpa while Daddy and I went out for sushi at a little neighborhood restaurant that we found on Google maps.