From Sierra do Cipó we headed for Belo
Horizonte , took the peripheral ring, and started on our way to Rio,
intent on following the ´Gold Rush´ road until we reached the town of Tiradentes
The approach to the city is not particularly promising, but
it is indeed very charming, and a true shopping paradise for artsy stuff. We
did our duty as shoppers, and thoroughly enjoyed the evening. A peculiarity of
this town is that the streets and sidewalks are “cobbled” with big slabs of
sandstone, on the face of which are beautiful ripple marks. It is a true
exhibition of these remarkable sedimentary structures. We had a pizza for
dinner, listening to a very good singer, and after a late visit to the church of Saint Anthony
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