I spent a few days in Olinda, outside of Recife, due to some more complications with my apartment. Thankfully Olinda is a beautiful place, filled with artists, churches and lots of delicious food! Olinda used to be the old capital of Pernumbuco- now the capital is Recife. The beach isn't much to look at, and it is still dangerous to swim, just like in Recife due to unusually large numbers of sharks. However there are 23 churches that have been maintained from over 200 years ago that were cool to go exploring. Now some of you might be saying, what? Lindsay is willingly going to look at churches? Doesn't she prefer water activities? However, I decided to try to indulge my cultural side and get in touch with my inner artist. I mostly suceeded, I think through exploring the culinary prowress of Olinda (highlights: pumpkin curry, served in a pumpkin with coconut broth and lobster, chocolate and banana crepes, spinach and ricota crepes, Uruguaian wine), but I did enjoy several of the churches. Here are a few pictures below from Olinda.
The artistic-ey street in Olinda.
They even had monkeys!
View from the hotel window!
Yes this piece of art was over my bed.....the building was 200 years old....I'm not sure how I feel about sleeping in the same room with another naked woman!
The artistic-ey street in Olinda.
They even had monkeys!
View from the hotel window!
Yes this piece of art was over my bed.....the building was 200 years old....I'm not sure how I feel about sleeping in the same room with another naked woman!
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