Hello all! Well this, unfortunately will be the last blog of the holiday! Can you believe that one month has gone and we are sitting here surrounded by suitcases, packed and ready to leave for the airport to fly home. Our last two days have been pleasantly busy. On Monday, after a slow morning, we spent the afternoon in Julia's school, where we were invited to "teach" four groups of children each. This basically meant some getting to know you games and a writi...

(Another Sam blog due to content of the day's main activity!) With a few days to go in our epic month away, being spent back in São Paulo, things are rather winding down a bit- although there are still several exciting things to experience before we leave. Today we went out and about with Gisela on shopping or other errands either side of a fabulous barbecue lunch where we feasted on delicious steaks cooked to perfection. Then in the evening, we had the opport...

Sam again, checking in for blog duties again as Donna is busy giving a makeup masterclass! Yesterday (Thursday) was our last in Rio as we travelled through the afternoon back to São Paulo over two short flights. Before we left, we mooched along Copacabana beach one last time, stopping off for a snack notable for two things. Firsts, my first experience of acai- a taste like nothing I can describe but a nice one! Secondly, the bizarre situation of a boy approachi...

Hello once again! It's been a few days since we've been able to sit down properly and give an update. Last Friday afternoon, we were collected from our posh pousada and driven back to São Paulo. This particular journey really was unlike anything else we've experienced. The mountains really were spectacular with winding roads going through the mountains or round them; the drops on either side at times were quite scary! Most of the return journey was done in th...

Hi all, Finally got some time to sit down and update the blog to let you all know where we are at and what has been happening! So I'm going to begin with: Wednesday: on Wednesday morning we found out rather suddenly that we were going to be leaving the farm that afternoon instead of the following day which we had all thought. So at about 3pm we (Sam, Camila, Giulia and myself) set off to Cascavel airport. We were driven their by one of the lead farm workers. T...