Aniversários em Londrina

Last weekend we had a tri-birthday party for two of the professors at UEL, Kilda and Telma, and Telma's nephew, Raphael. They had the party at the family "chakara" which, since most of you probably aren't familiar with, is basically a country house with a pool and a barbeque area where friends and family can go on weekends. Barbeques are extremely popular here! This party food was a "galhinada" - chicken and rice, Bahian style(very good!).

Singing Happy Birthday - Parabéns
In Brazil, the whole family goes up behind the cake and everyone claps and sings to them - much livier than in the U.S.!!:) Here are the birthday guests and their families: Fernanda and Paloma (Telma's daughters), Mirian (Rapahel's mother, Telma's sister), Leni (Telma and Mirian's mother), Kilda (Telma's former sister-in-law)

Fernanda, Leni, Raphael, Paloma and Telma

Kilda, Leni, Raphael, Telma and Paloma

Leni, Raphael, Mirian, Telma and Paloma


Guests:Denise (Prof. from UEL) and her new baby, Paula

John (visiting prof. from Indiana Univ.), me and Telma

Me with Leni, Telma's mother, who I stayed with my first two weeks in Londrina.


Rotary exchange students from Germany


Me with Kilda, one of the guests of honor

Carolina (Rapahel's sister) and her boyfriend, another Raphael

Regina, Alamir (from UEL), John, Telma and me


Klaas (visiting prof. from The Netherlands), Simone, from UEL, and me

Professors from UEL: Loreni, me, Kilda, Simone, Klaas (Holland), Lincoln, Marcus and Telma