last weekend in recife.

views from our apartment at night.

 We've been in Recife now 5 weeks & it's time to continue on our journey.

We will be traveling from here to salvador in bahia, fortaleza in ceara, manaus in the amazon & finally Sao Paulo. Our new adventure begins on Monday and we will miss Recife a ton but we are also so excited to visit new places. 

Here is a map to give you all an idea of where we will be in Brazil.

(the hearts indicate the city's location)

Highlights from our time here so far:

+the variety of fruits. I can't get enough fresh fruit juice.

+the beach as our backyard with the crystal, turquoise water & beautiful reef.

+the ocean breeze.

+acai bowls with banana, granola & leite condensado

+the portuguese style homes like in olinda.

+the rivers that run through the city.

+our church ward here in piedade.

+the water falls we went rappelling down.

+our school ABA & listening to wonderful lectures from our teacher :)

+the sunset over the city (not the ocean :P).

+our day visiting families in the sertao.

+seeing the prehistoric cave drawings.

+our fourth of july party at ABA.

+teaching sports at the American School.

+painting homes in the favela.

+painting CCJ.

+spending our 2 year anniversary here.

+going to carauaru the capitol of forro.

+porto de galinhas-the most amazing beach in the world in my opinion!

+riding the dune buggy through natal.

+attending festa junina party at CCJ.

+visiting the temple of recife.

+seeing the first synagogue in all of south america.

+visiting the most charming town I've ever seen, Olinda.

+visiting the ricardo brennand institute.

so grateful for our time here.

we love recife.