Ouro Preto, a European village nestled in the heart of Brazil
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- little town… lots of churches…
In a strategic move, I abandonned Sao Paulo the weekend before all our final exams and papers were due to see the small town of Ouro Preto over Easter Weekend. Charming, sweet, sunny and well… a little dull. Twenty-three churches but they are all the same… very hilly, good exercise I guess if you like that kind of thing. I was surprised at how European it looked, somehow out of place in this landscape of greenery and rolling hills. A mere 12 hour bus drive from Sao Paulo, it was a nice little getaway and we did find one diamond in the rough. Chocolates Ouro Preto was bustling with people buying spritely packaged eggs for the holidays. I sampled the chocolates and they do not nearly compare to Purdys so that was a disappointment, however, they did have some delicious petit gateaux with chocolate delicious goo inside and vanilla ice cream and hot chocolate sauce. Oh it was good and I went back for seconds!
