27.12.16 - Beleza não se põe à mesa

Halloooo, hope your Christmas festivities were suitably joyous...   Ours certainly were, including a full-table spread at Gaby's grandma's on Christmas Eve, followed by a follow-up lasagna binge at Adny and Ridaut's the following afternoon.  I discovered rabanadas, a festive spin on cinnamon toast which I must learn to make, and gorged onpudim and prosecco as custom dictates.

On that note, let's get the phrase of the week out of the way: it translates as "beauty doesn't put food on the table", meaning appearances aren't everything if you can't back it up (with food, obviously).

Prior to the aforementioned feasts, we went to Taynah and Rafa's new flat for a tour and a go on their custom-installed circus cloth (well, Gaby did - I was deemed to tall to be safely dangled above the floor), before seeing the latest Star War at a nearby cinema (my review: took a while to get going, but I was fully on board by the time Darth Vader starting laying into a corridor full of Rebel henchmen).

Yesterday I went to Vila Madalena for some lab-brewed coffee, and today was mostly spent getting to Ilhabela, via land and sea. Should be good! Will try and Skype you from here, send photos, etc.   In the meantime, have a compilation.

Ciao for now,

Fred-om 90