back in time = visit in Fazenda Santa Maria

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On Saturday we ( me , Dri and Luisa- her host sister) went to the Fazenda Santa Maria .
Fazenda is a farm, and this one is historical, traditional, old one.
The "climate" there was like in the brazilian soap opera, styled on the old times...
It was soooo nice there, I could have felt like in the old times...
This farm was set up at the end of XIX century...
the first picture you can see , is the museum - but it was the house where the family - owners of the farm used to live...
actually- our "guide" was the descendant of the "founder" of this farm .
in the museum we could have "smelled" the old times- old books in "library homepage", could have listened to music from gramophone, read some old newspapers, sign in to the"guests' book"

I need to expain the picture with Dri - on "funny chair".
This double - chair was for children. Usually the parents were sitting on the left and on the right, and in between them there was a chair for children to sit- this chairs' location enabled family to talk ;))) interesting- isnt it ???

and this fazenda specialized in coffee, and stilll specializes in it nd exports coffee to Europe.
Close to the aqueduct ( on picture ) - there was a big place where the coffee was stored ( after it was transported from the plantation, once a year - in June) and dried.

The interesting thing about our sightseeing and visiting this fazenda was that there was group of 4 american people ( foreigners are unusual to meet in Sao Carlos ;PP) but it is not the point.
One of the guy was the man who was considered as the candidate for Nobel Prize in physics ;)
what a luck ;)))

and then in the way back, when leaving the fazenda we were witnessing the birth of lamb, so we stopped the car, went out to see the first steps of this small creature in the world....

what a day ......!!!!