Where are we now?


View Where are we now? in a larger map Jo, Annie, Miles and I are living in Northport, Alabama and working at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. We've been glad to be in one place for a bit after what appeared to be semi-permanently traveling (in actuality for a period of 2.5 years).We started this blog to catalogue some of the adventures when Jo and I were sequentially conducting our dissertation research in India and Brazil. While we've fallen off the blogging bandwagon somewhat during recent trips to Brazil, we're trying to pick it up again now that we're back in India!


Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Teatro do Paz

Another one of the jewels of Belem is the 19th century Teatro do Paz, which has been immaculately restored.



I have been lucky enough twice to be in town when there is a show on there, and it is always worth the price of admission to just sit in the theater.



This time, K. and I took the opportunity to take a tour of the theater during the day time.



It was pretty boring, actually, i.e. this marble came from Italy. This chandelier from France. But what was nice was to be able to walk throughout the theater taking photos of anything and everything.











Working on renovating one of the ball rooms


Close up of original wood floor built from local Amazonian woods


Purty tile floor made with tiles from Italy.


No way are you going to get that Amazonian mud on my floor! Wipe your feet on these fine brass treads from America!


wooden chairs-surprisingly comfortable


How much they spent on these fancy brass gutters... I don t even want to know...


Boa noite ao teatro

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