Tehuacán, Puebla Mexico

So for my next adventure I will be heading to Tehuacan in South Mexico!



I am going to be teaching with a school called Help! for 4 months from January 1st to April 30th and then will head to NYC for 10 days to catch up with everyone there!

I found this blog and this one by teachers who did the same program and think that this will be my school and apartment that I will be sharing!
The main reason for choosing Mexico was to learn Spanish.. wish me luck!!

Saturday a group of us went to Oktoberfest in Blumenau it's after Munich, the second-largest "beer celebration" of the world.

The journey was about 2 hours and involved preparing for the festival by drinking.
There was a parade of different clubs like the shooting club and jeep club.We then went to a German Park where they had a hall with different beers and music.

On Saturday we went to Rio Piraí which is a river about 20 minute drive from Joinville. It was kind of strange to have such sort of tropical forest so close.

As it is still spring here, the river wasn't very busy. Apparently during summer it gets really busy.
We just swam and relaxed by the side of the river and it was just nice to be somewhere different!

Gramado

Well I am back... my computer has been out of action and I have actually developed a social life so I have been pretty busy!!

Last weekend as a long weekend so we went to Gramado in Rio Grande do Sol, the next state down. It is a very pretty, European town known for its chocolate and wine!

We went to a few chocolate factories and got lots of free samples!

We went on a wine tour, of which the first stop was a pot and pan outlet store. All theBrazilians seemed very excited to be there and took lots of photos!!

We finally got to a proper vineyard and had a tour of how it was made.

And then for the best part of the day, a wine tasting class!

There was also a wine festival going on where you could buy a glass and then a coupon for 6 tasting.

We also went to Canela and Parque do Caracol to walk down and back up the equivalent of of a set of stairs 40 stories high!

We then spent most of the time sitting in cafes, eating and drink the best hot chocolate ever!! It was hot milk, with cream on top and a bar of chocolate melting in the milk!