Holombra

The city of Holombra.

On the weekends we usually go on a day trip and try out a new place. We had been wanting to go and check out the city of Holombra. R had researched it quite a bit and from everything we read it seemed like something we just couldn't pass up. We invited our friends to come along and we were hoping for a fun filled day. We did have a fun filled day but only because we were in good company. We drove 2.5 hours to get there only to find a whole lot of nothing. All the flowers that were supposedly there must have already bloomed. We found nothing but a small town a little main street and a 2 foot dead Iguana on the road with its guts squishing out. There were no flowers no telephone booths made out of clogs and the Fazenda/farm that was suppose to have a cool butterfly exhibit was closed and guarded by ferocious dogs.
What we did find was a fun little nursey that sold all sorts of Orchids and other flowers for a reasonable price.

Then we spent the evening eating dinner and chatting with our friends while letting the kiddos play on this not so safe swingset (if you can call it that). Any how they had a great time playing Tarzan and swinging from the vines.

This is really not a great picture but it brought me little warm fuzzies. On our way home I looked out the window and told R that looks just like a temple and it made me a little homesick. Then we figured out it was in fact the Campinas Temple. I had to get a picture because it reminded me of all the late nights driving home from my parents house and seeing so many temples lit up in the night.

I loved to see the Temple. Especially that night.