We had our despedida, or goodbye party, at Paludo Gormet in São Francisco, the neighborhood where B’s mom lives in Niterói. It was a small affair but the perfect sendoff after an unbelievable trip.
This restaurant has a counterintuitive pricing scheme that seems to be working wonderfully – the place is always packed. Like many restaurants in Brazil, they charge for food by the kilo (a kilo). But rather than just a buffet like most of these places, you can order whatever you want! They prepare the food and weigh it. What’s interesting is that it doesn’t matter if you order a plate of potatoes or shrimp, you pay the same price per kilo (around 15 Euros).
I loaded up on octopus and shrimp, both smothered in garlic. They were both excellent. Each cost about 3 Euros!
I tasted some of the fruit-filled caipirinhas the ladies were drinking. Fresh fruit juice in every restaurant is one of the million things I’ll miss about Brazil. Inadvertently, the ladies formed the flag of Lithuania with liquor. Cheers to Lithuania!
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Here are a few of the shots of the folks that came to see us off. Robert decided to ride this one out at home. Luiza, Emily’s godmother, took clay for the kids to play with. Sophia made a beak.
See below Joana (Luiza’s siste), B, Emily, Luiza and her brother João.
Emily with Mathilde, by far her favorite designer.
Marina was there and looking beautiful with Sophia (who could hardly contain her excitement).
We will miss you Brazil and we’ll especially miss all “our” Brazilians who made the trip our best vacation ever!
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