Trip pictures

Here are some pictures of our trip.  Our plane from Porto Alegre to Santa Maria was small! The group of men on Dad's left were three bishops in the Cruz Alta Stake.  The man standing is Pres. Arides, a counselor in the Stake Presidency, and the other man I think is the Stake Young Men's President.  His wife passed away suddenly two weeks earlier.  The couple and lady with us is Pres. Arides mother and brother and sister-in-law.  His brother is the one who asked me lots of questions about my heritage.  The next picture is of the Arides family.  They were really nice and their kids are so cute!

Here are some pictures of Gramado and our tour there.  It was fun. 

 They have snowmen figures all over town. 

 Inside the chocolate museum they had these cute chairs. 

The Steam Museum-the train is a replica of a wreck in France

The displays were neat in the museum

The huge cathedral in Canela, near Gramado

The tram we rode to the Caracol Waterfall.  Notice the little snowmen on top.

Caracol Falls

Blowing glass demo

Hot furnace

Small world 

Black Lake

St. Gallen restaurant

typical stores in Gramado

Round a bout with Christmas decorations

"Gaucho"  I really did see several men dressed like this down there.  It is like a completely different world.

Porto Alegre Temple

The Alojamento where we stayed