Oops, I went to bed last night not remembering that today was Friday.... I've spent so many days lying on the sofa under doctors care and under the influence of drugs that I didn't realize the amount of time going by. Am feeling better, today I went to the gym, made it through a spinning class, bought groceries and ran home to look through my archives for something representing childhood - making memories in Nova Friburgo. 
Brasillians over all are family oriented. The ones with small children eat at restaurant that cater to the children, have play yards and special menus and no one minds if after the meal the little ones run up and down the rows of tables, being watched over by the waiters and the other diners. We no longer have little ones here in Brasil. We have 3 grandchildren remaining here now but one is married and the other two - the twins - are 17 with friends and activities that keep them from visiting with Vovo and Vovó. So all my fotos are of other peoples children enjoying what Nova Friburgo has to offer. (I am also limited in my knowledge of what little one do here) Up in the hills above the city the children play football, I am sorry, SOCCER out in the streets, and they are more than happy to pose for a Gringa with a camera as long as she lets them look at the photo on the view screen after.
On Saturdays and Sundays down in the praça below, there are pony cart rides and ponies with and without guides, and there are often clowns, and games, and ice cream for kids of all ages to enjoy.
and for those just a little bigger and braver there is cable car ride up to the peek above the city. There you can find a bowling alley, video games (uck!) and hamburgers (uck uck!). And if really, really brave you can take the cable car to the very top and see a 360 degree view of the mountains surrounding Friburgo.
Glad to hear you're feeling better!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like it could be fun to grow up in Friburgo.
I think I'd like to opt for the cable car. Nice post.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you have? No idea you were sick.
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Sorry to hear you were ill, but glad you're feeling well enough to be out. Thanks for taking the time to post despite your illness.
ReplyDeleteI always find your posts and your photos remarkable. And I would love a ride in that cable car!
What a fun place for kids!
ReplyDeleteI love the little pony cart rides. I would remember that for sure. Very cute.
ReplyDeleteI hope you feel better soon.
I'm glad you are feeling a little better.
ReplyDeleteLOVE the donkey cart ...NO WAY would I go on that cable car!
Good to hear that you are feeling ok and nice to see this post. I like the pony cart!
ReplyDeleteDonkey rides and icecreams sound like good fun to me!! Glad you are feeling better.
ReplyDeleteglad you are feeling better. sounds like your area is a great place to grown up!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, I like :)
ReplyDeletevery nice post! great fun for the kids.
ReplyDeleteExcellent! It is nice to hear that it is a child-friendly society!
ReplyDeleteabsolutely amazing. Thank you so much for sharing! What a beautiful and interesting place to raise children.
ReplyDeleteAnd I think I'd take the cable car.
Thanks for playing this week ♥
Ginger - thank you for your kind comments. I am seriously blushing! I do have a goal to be in the best shape of my life by 40...and time is ticking! (I am 38.5)
ReplyDeleteMy nephew is the most photogenic kid I know - you cannot take a bad picture of the little guy! I'm not sure it's worth eating even a small hat, though! ;)
thank you all for your comments. Yes the cable car is fun - I've gone up 3 times but not from the praca we drive to the second platform then go up. there is a trail you can walk under the cable car also.
ReplyDeletefor a society that is so family oriented 'brasilian' our 'my family' oriented not take care of all the children.... for example there is a small public school on the road to the house, (public here means for the poor - anyone who cans send their children to private) in the morning, at lunch and at around 5:30 in the afternoon the children let out and they walk in large groups on the narrow winding road.... no one is interested in putting in sidewalks for these children - not their propblem don't ya see?
Football in the road has to be the universal childhood memory for most boys.
ReplyDeleteI hope you are 100% now. Take it easy for a while.
ReplyDeleteThe kids look so cute riding donkeys.
I'd be on the cable car! sounds like a scary fun time and a view like no other!
ReplyDeleteI don't know what it is about kids in South America, but they LOVE seeing their photos on a viewfinder!!! Some of the most fun I had in Bolivia was taking photos with the kids at the orphanages and then showing them the digital picture to their shrieks of delight. Thanks for the jog down memory lane :)
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