7th day: Farroupuilha - Linha Paissandu (Dec 24, 2006)

From Farroupilha I take the old road to Garibaldi, cross the railway with a tourist train pulled by a steam engine. Bypassing the town I take the Rota do Sol, a very good asphalt road. I asked my way to Linha Paissandu, a region settled by German immigrants, where I am welcome by Dona Cida Lindemann, the mother of a friend of mine. Her son and a farmer who lives in the same house take me to several places, I visit poultry and pig farms, as well as a protected forest area with fish ponds on a hilltop. I really manage to have a German-like conversation with some elderly people, some of which really do not speak Portuguese.