Banana Stand

On the beautiful, scenic drive from Florianapolis to Canela (six plus hours, partially do to construction of expanding the highway), we stopped along the way to pick up bananas.  Carolina and Martina had a ten minute conversation about the bananas with the woman running the stand. 

Now, I might not speak Portuguese, but I’m fairly good at reading context clues and guessing what is going on… but for the past few days, when I watched Carolina and Matina interact with shopkeepers, waitresses, pretty much anyone, I was completely lost in the back and forth … I chalked it up to being a Brazilian thing, thinking they all asked incessant questions about the mundane. 

Finally though, after ten minutes of watching them examine different bunches of bananas, I just had to know… I asked Tiane, who was hiding in the car, what they could possibly be talking about.  Laughing, she rolled her eyes and said she had no idea ~ they were just silly girls with boring questions.  Ah, the universal power of chat!

Negotiations at the Banana Stand Begin

Bacon Chips are funny

Sampling the goods

Finally, success!

Obviously there was PLENTY of room for banana and luggage for four girls