Estamos em Ouro Preto
Ouro Preto – our first Brazilian colonian town… and in spite of all the hype which usually means a place can’t live up to expectations – Ouro Preto did! In fact Ouro Preto far exceeded any expectations I had 🙂
We spent 3 days hanging out in Ouro Preto, walking the hilly, cobbled streets, taking yet another picture of a church or a picturesque street with colonial buildings! It was a bit grey, and overcast but that just added to the atmosphere…
Check out some pictures of Ouro Preto…
Ouro Preto was also good as we weren’t in a big bad city so were able to venture out after dark… okay so I admit that this is possible in a big city also… but hey taxis and uber are what makes this much safer, and we find it easier not to bother and to relax, in our hotel/hostel/airbnb, after dark with dinner ready to go – obviously the quality of dinner varies according to the cooking facilties we have!!! But hey I’ve become quite a fan of crackers and cheese (No – I’m not losing my memory – I know I’ve always been a fan of crackers and cheese, but that’s when there’s a nice brie/camembert/taleggio/goats cheese etc but this is different… pre-sliced yellow cheese that resembles a cheddar but never is, or a tub of cream cheese…)
So, the eating and drinking scene in Ouro Preto served us well… not just for lunch with the traditional Brazilian ‘all you can eat’ buffet of beans and rice and salad, or the ‘pay per kilo’ buffet which tends to have slightly more exciting options… but also in an evening… we not only ate well, but also found places to drink craft beer… although I’m not convinced that an IPA we found in Ouro Preto was a true IPA… and of course we tried the Brazilian national drink – caipirinha…
So, in a nutshell it’s thumbs up all round for Ouro Preto!!!!