Time at the Zoo
The newspaper press
Today we moved on to Gramado where you can see a very clear European influence in the layout and buildings which look Tyrolean - very pretty, but starting to move to higher ground and it certainly was cooler
We arrived and went to the local school where the head teacher was a Rotarian and we spoke to about 120 children about us, England and whether we had met the Queen. The scholl had a project where they were harvesting the rainwater for the toilets etc. We then had lunch at a small hotel whose selling point was that they did all they could to ensure they were as environmentally friendly as they could be with their own cows, chickens and blankets made from recycled material.
We visited the Mayor's office and met the Environment Secretary who explained what they were doing and they seemed to be ahead of many other 'cities' we had visited and wanted to progress further. Then off to one of the local papers for a interview and from there to another where we saw the paper presses - this one seemed to be a 5 or 6 man operation but behold the next day we were in their publication.
Then it was off to the Zoo a fairly small zoo but well stocked with a variety of indigenous animals. It seemed some of the nclosures may have been a little small but the animals seemed healthy and an all round enjoyable visit.
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