We were sad to leave pretty Tiradentes but looking forward to hitting the road again and most of all, meeting our next Couchsurfing host and friend, Jonas. We had contacted him a couple of days before leaving Rio and he had called us immediately to let us know that we were very welcome at his place and we had stayed in contact since then. We had read up on Sao Joao del Rei, its rich history, many churches and historic buildings and it seemed very promising to stay one day at a place like this, hosted by Jonas and his family.
We arrived at Jonas office - he is a dentist - around noon. We left the bikes and bags there and went to his home in his father´s amazingly shiny and super wellkept VW beetle - I have never seen as many old but wellkept beetles (´fuscas´) as in Brazil and had fallen for. Finally I go to ride in one of them - and it even had a badge with a German flag on the rear window - ´que delicia´! When we arrived at Jonas´ house it was a joy to meet his lovely parents - they welcomed us with open arms and typical mineiran food. It was Flavio´s first couchsurfing experience and he had been a bit sceptical - but after meeting Jonas and his family and indulging in what turned out to be the best food on the whole Estrada Real - I could see that he had been convinced :-)
Unfortunately Jonas had to work in the afternoon (in a couple of days he wouldleave for his first long backpacking tour through Europe, so of course he was especially busy) and we went to explore the city.
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