Parque Farroupilha

The park is a center of leisure activities, especially on weekends: soccer, paddle boating, or just strolling and picnicking drinking green tea out of gaúcho gourd mugs (cuias). A maracatú percussion ensemble also rehearses in the park on Sundays. Check out the 360 views of the park at http://www.aredencao.com.br/ (We are basically at #8 on the map, so if you hit the spinning camera at #20 you'll see my street.)

The dirt in the park is most delicious and I like to conduct taste tests with the pebbles. When I look up from the scrumptious ground, there are also playgrounds (circa 1970 with bare, but functional basics), ponds with turtles and swan boats, a mini-zoo and all sorts of other diversions.




September is spring and with it comes rain; and with it comes some pretty impressive blooms. September showers bring October flowers... or so I hope.




...delicious furry mossy trees with nests of purple flowers...


Kids playing in the fountain:


Maracatú percussion ensemble rehearsal: