Winter is the best time of the year in Southern Brazil

"BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion" (pbs) 07/21/2014 at 23:18 • Filed to: None

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But this year, we've been having temperatures as high as 15 Celsius, so it's too hot to light up the firepits, too hot to wear our traditional pala, too hot for soup and too hot to cook pine seeds. Screw this.

ly2v8-Brian > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion 07/21/2014 at 23:23

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It's bender time now.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion 07/21/2014 at 23:31

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15 Celsius, so it's too hot to light up the firepits.

Dude us northerners (Americans, and Canadians) have fires out side when it's 80F (Like 25+) so it's never too hot for a fire.

*Edit* Don't mean to come across like a dick, but it's something we do up here.

EL_ULY > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion 07/21/2014 at 23:43

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Duude! don't tell me that lol. Me and the Mrs. want to visit Brasil but like I said earlier, not Rio or Sao. I was planning to beat the heat around this time of year there

BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback 07/21/2014 at 23:52

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Yeah, but the firepit is actually inside! :p

Brazilian homes aren't built with central heating and ventilation systems like american homes, ours are kind of still built with simple masonry or brick walls, a coat of plaster and paint so large gaping firepits are our central heating hahaha....

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion 07/21/2014 at 23:53

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Ah, that's different. If we have an older house unless someone put it in later it's kind of the same thing.

BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > EL_ULY 07/21/2014 at 23:54

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Well, it's winter right now and it's pretty hot... So we'll either have a very cool summer, which I'm hoping for, or next year's winter will be the kind that literally kills homeless and the elderly :/

EL_ULY > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion 07/21/2014 at 23:57

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dang! it gets that cold then huh.

BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback 07/21/2014 at 23:57

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Yup, it's just like those. We have this massive pile of firewood here at my parents' home, and no use for it so far...

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion 07/21/2014 at 23:59

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We have a giant pile at my grandparents we use for winter. But a New York winter is like anywhere from -15 to 30F at night. Very cold.

BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > EL_ULY 07/22/2014 at 00:02

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Yup. My state is divided in four regions, which can be neatly translated to the northern highlands, the central depression, the midland and the southern fields, or pampas, and the highlands and Pampas often go as low as -10 celsius on the good days during a good winter. I'm from the north myself, but I've been living in the capital, which is in the midland, since 2009 now, and I never cease to be amused of how sensible to the cold they are down there, it's almost like a different state hahaha...

EL_ULY > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion 07/22/2014 at 00:27

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yup, reminds me of my Texas. Hot and humid cost, cool plains of the north, desert of the west, farming of the south, and the hills of the center. Where do you recomend us visiting?.

BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > EL_ULY 07/22/2014 at 01:16

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To be honest, Rio Grande do Sul and Texas are eerily similar... for example, they're both in the business of growing crops and raising cattle, they're both known for their rustic peoples and they're both fiercely independent. Ask any gaścho worth his salt and they'll tell you 4 or 5 things they're loyal to before the union, hahahaha... not to mention both states were important in defending the rest of the country from their neighbors. Even today, we don't have a police in the traditional sense, we have a Military Brigade, which can be directly incorporated into the armed forces in case of a conflict.

Anyways, the most interesting parts of the state are the Highlands, specially the "Serra Gaścha", which is a chain of mountains in the region around Caxias do Sul. You'll want to go there in the winter, as it snows regularly and people celebrate christmas twice a year. The population is mostly of italian descendants, so the food is great, even though there are a few lousy cantinas among the good ones.

The Pampas are also worth seeing, specially if you plan on crossing over to Uruguay. Stop by Pelotas, which was the major city of the charqueadas period and the starting point of the first of many separatist revolutions, then take the highway south, through the Taim Wetlands to see lots of capybaras and finally get into Chuy, pass the border and get to Uruguay. Once there, you'll want to see the fortress of Santa Teresa, and if you can spare a day, I recommend spending a night at Punta del Diablo. There's a small hotel by the beach, called Marisma, that's where you want to stay. You can easily go as far as Montevideo from there, and then to Sacramento and to Buenos Aires by boat, depends on how much time you can dispose of :)

edu-petrolhead > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion 07/22/2014 at 11:59

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@BlazinAce

I live next to the Cambirela Mountain, in Santa Catarina. Yesteryear we had snow in a third of the state, and the Cambirela (which I can see from my window) had snow on top for 3 days. Snow may be common elsewhere (except obvious locations like sahara), but it is a damn rare sight in Brazil, even more when it lasts 3 days.

But this winter is hot. Yesterday we got 12°C in Florianópolis, but that's it.

BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > edu-petrolhead 07/22/2014 at 12:32

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I'm Jelly... :p We occasionally have snow in my part of Rio Grande do Sul, but it's been years since I last saw some. This year is by far the worst in a long time.

edu-petrolhead > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion 07/22/2014 at 13:03

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I do agree with you. This year's winter feels like an average autumn.

I found some pictures I took of the snow, after some of it melted. The Defesa Civil and the Bombeiros (Civil Defense and Firemen) checked Cambirela's top and said the snow coverage was over 1m thick in some places. For brazilian standards, this is a shitload of snow.

BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > edu-petrolhead 07/22/2014 at 13:07

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Yeah, that definitely is... I wasn't alive back then, obviously, but my old man has some pictures of him and my grandparents in their backyard, in the 70's, with snow up to their knees. It's downright impressive for Brazilian standards

Cupom de descontos > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion 07/26/2014 at 18:54

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Really nice winter down here in Serra Gaucha, anyway I run a coupon site in Brazil named Cupom de desconto and you could find the best local offers and deal as well, check out when you go in a trip to south america. Cheers !

BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > Cupom de descontos 07/26/2014 at 20:29

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Not sure if serious, but in case you are, spamming isn't allowed here. And that is spamming. Also, why would I travel to South America, I already live here. Mods...