Happy Thanksgiving from Bertioga Brazil

This is, from left to right, Sari and Kimmo from Finland and Maura and Rick, my hosts. Maura is ordering a local food called Pastels which is a fried sandwich.

Christmas tree and Sari. The Christmas decorations look a little out of place to my northern hemisphere brain.

This is the town of Bertioga.

The boat on the right is the ferry between Bertioga and the island in the background. The ferry crosses a river just before it enters the ocean.

Maura is buying fresh fish for our lunch. The boats come right in to the dock behind the building.

...and here are the fishing boats.

Maura says this is a type of seagull. It has a wingspan of about 3 or 4 feet and does not look like a west coast seagull at all.

This fisherman was throwing unwanted bait overboard and the birds were all enjoying the feast.

Since I was not there to bring Lambrusca to Dad for Thanksgiving, here is a picture of a whole display that was in the grocery store near where I am staying.

A pretty tropical flower in the backyard.

Not a very good picture of the orchid garden.

The patio where hand out in the evening.

Up on the fence on the right are the dishes that Maura puts out to feed the birds.

A little pool in the backyard.

Another flower I don't what the name of.

Another flower in the side yard.

Maura and Sari and I went to have manicures and pedicures in preparation for the wedding on Friday.