Pomerode
Another surprisingly quiet and cool night of sleep and free too. The kids spent the morning playing while I dumped and filled water. We had a long day today to make up for the short day and traffic of yesterday. 
Last night they watched the Minecraft movie and in the tense scenes they covered their stuffies' eyes and said, "close your eyes" to them.
We drove until lunch. The scenery changed from corn fields to lumber and pine trees. We stopped at a truck stop buffet. It was $9 per adult and kids were half price. The food was not great but Christine was able to try different gluten free foods. 
We continued on, skirting around Curitiba and then down the mountains to sea level where there appears to be limestone formations and palm trees and rice fields. The sun was going down and there it is so tropical to see the golden light on rice fields with palm trees. 
We continued on, skirting around Curitiba and then down the mountains to sea level where there appears to be limestone formations and palm trees and rice fields. The sun was going down and there it is so tropical to see the golden light on rice fields with palm trees. We made it to the town of Pomerode, the most German town in Brazil. Germans immigration started in the 19th century due to political instability and failed revolts in Germany. Germans constituted the 5th largest immigrant population after Japanese in Brazil. Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian make up the first three. The Germans were the fastest growing. Records indicate 1st generation German women had 8 kids on average and 2nd generation German women had 10 kids. Their population in the southern Brazilian states doubled every ten years and soon they became the largest population and economic force in these states. Up to 90% in these cities consider themselves German and many speak German and Portuguese.
We found a campground close to the city center that had three other RVs spread out. It was super clean and only $16 for us since the kids were free. We were told two large camping groups just left today. 
We walked to the city center visited an amusement park right before closing. Alles Park has a snow. 
We then went to find food and settle for a place in the center of the city. We ordered a German picada plate and a pepperoni pizza for the kids. The family sitting next to us spoke English and were from northeastern Brazil and spoke to us and gave us some advice on what to order and what to see. Then the husband went on a long talk about Brazil and it's problems and on and on. It was very interesting. We had Guarani continuing our daily consumption.
We then went to find food and settle for a place in the center of the city. We ordered a German picada plate and a pepperoni pizza for the kids. The family sitting next to us spoke English and were from northeastern Brazil and spoke to us and gave us some advice on what to order and what to see. Then the husband went on a long talk about Brazil and it's problems and on and on. It was very interesting. We had Guarani continuing our daily consumption.
We walked back and stopped for ice cream and our daily fix for acai. 