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38 EVENTS AND PLACES VISITED
Date Jan. 6, 1963 Sunday
Place Curitiba, Vila Velha & Ponta Grossa
Weather Clear & hot.
At 10 Padre Moure came for us in his tiny Brazilian-made Dauphine, & we started for Ponte Grossa, Dr. Loyola & his family following in his car. We sailed along at 90 to 110 Km per hour thru wonderful wooded hills, then grassland with grazing zebras, & then thru outcrops of sandstone. We turned off the road to visit Vila Velha, a "town" of huge squarish rocks weathered into all sorts of queer shapes, the Hen, the Wineglass, the Shep's Prow, the Camal, the Boot, the Sphinx, the Leaning Tower to mention only a few. It was dry & very hot, but we went along a sandy path & over pink-&-yellow-veined rocks, catching beetles & collecting plants & taking photos. The distant views of mountains were breath-taking. The highest point on our road was 1170M. We arrived at Ponte Grossa about 1 & Padre Moure ordered spitted chicken, potato salad, tomatoes & mineral water for us, all excellent. On the way back we got our first drinkable water since leaving home at a pipe leading from the top of the mountain. He drove us around the outskirts of Curitiba to see the pines & the new houses, & we got to our hotel about 6.
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EVENTS AND PLACES VISITED 39
Date Jan. 7, 1963  Monday
Place Curitiba
Weather Sunny & hot

This morning I took Doris to the wood-inlay shop, & she got a few pieces & so did I. Then we went to the embroidery shop I had seen on Saturday, but there was no hand-made lace. I got a rose design stamped luncheon set for cross-stitch, & some very small tapestry designs with araucerias & palms in them. At 12 I went to the museum, & made more notes, & photographed the big horned frog. Dr. Lange will take us to Barigui to collect to morrow.
The 3-piece orchestra played in the hotel lounge after dinner, & the little exhibition of paintings is still up. But the Christmas tree has been taken down, & so have most of the overhead tinsel street decorations.
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