The End of the World

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Then I went to Rio, where I met Glaucia, the mother of my friend who took me to her House, which is in the mountains, 2 hours south of Rio. She call this place the 'fim o mundo´ because its quite hard to access it and the first village is almost 30 minutes away by car. Her house is right next to a river and is beautifully decorated ( Glaucia is an artist) . Half of what we were eating came from the garden and I wish I could have stayed there forever.

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Photos

The house
Frony garden with the house on the background

Art is everywhere
Art is everywhere in this place; half of the pieces you will see are made by Glaucia, the others are presents from friends of her.

The House
The back of the house that seems to be the front with Rodrigo and Mariana, the children of the neighbourhood.

Swimming suit in Alu
Glaucia works mostly with Aluminium.

The Kitchen
She also participated in building this house; the coloured bottles on the wall is her work.

Stairs in the House
The paintings are from Glaucia´s mother( the all family are artists) who has worked until the age 95.

Glaucia´s garden
More of her work...

Hungry Toads
Those huge toads were coming every nights very near the house. They were attracted by the insects, which were attracted by the lights of the house. They were arriving at dusk and were patiently waiting for us to turn the lights on. Then, the 'festin´ would start.

And finally Glaucia
Glaucia with the Jana, the only dog who was allowed inside the house

Landscape around the house
It looked like Switzerland except for the tropical plants. I felt at home...

Mannekenpis
Even so close from the end of the world, Belgium was represented. I felt even more at home...