Today was a hard travel day. We drove for 12 hours, with
very few brakes, and ended covering about 800 km. We went from the good roads
of the state of Paraná, to the woeful ones of the state of Matto Grosso (Annie
drove this stretch, and assures me she had never seen so many potholes, and so
many trucks swerving wildly to avoid them), back to the nice roads of the state
of Sao Paolo. We also drove under shining sun, pouring rain, hail, and wicked winds.
Ah, but at the end we prevailed, and covered half the distance between Iguaçú
and Belo Horizonte
We spent the night at Itápolis, a small town along the road,
in a very nice country inn. We went out for supper and found a pizzeria with 50
pizzas to choose from! But of all those 50 there was none that had the
tomato-based sauced we are used to. Brazilian pizzas tend to be heavy on the
meat, light on the cheese, and have no sauce. If you want tomatoes you have to
ask for them as a topping. Also, Brazilians do not eat with their hands (hence
Mexican tacos have not made any inroads in Brazil
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