![]() ![]() It was well kept, even if its dimensions were distinctly unorthodox. There is a grass pitch just outside the house in which I was staying. With little to do, I soon found myself wishing I could play soccer with someone. Eventually, even the tasty steaks, breads and fine local beers lose their charm. ![]() The youth of Teresópolis migrates to the city during the school holidays to escape their parents and the cold. You can almost see Rio itself from the summit almost feel its sands between your freezing toes. There is a mountain trail that weaves through a jungle before coming up for air above the canopy, eventually scrambling up one of the mountains that flank the town. In the sleepy town square, old men gathered to play dominos and chat, whiling away the hours under a winter sun rendered impotent by altitude. School children ambled between shops whose wares they must have known by heart. I had been in Teresópolis, Rio de Janeiro state, for two days and already I was running out of things to do. ![]()
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