Busy in Marechal

We have been in Marechal Candido Rondon for a couple of days now and it has been non-stop ... and great! We were greeted by a large crowd of welcoming Rotarians on Tuesday afternoon at the gates of this European-founded city and whisked off to some tours of local whey processing facilities. A yummy German style dinner with our hosts at a local brewery ended our first day in this new city.

Our second day in Marechal began with a visit to the Mayor's office, followed by a tour of the city. In the afternoon we visited a property out in the country that makes ice using power from the river. It was really cool. Pun intended. We also had the opportunity to check out the construction site of a new hydroelectric dam, and had coffee and wonderful cakes and goodies at an orchid farm. A successful presentation at the Rotary club meeting ended our night. 

Today we were taken to the nearby town of Palotina to spend the day with some new Rotarian friends. Palotina is an agricultural town and so we spent the day touring various operations - leite, frango, peixe and porco. Lot's of farms!