The day we first came to Campo Largo, we noticed all the billboards for porcelain stores that were along the freeway. We were told the Campo Largo is the Porcelain Capital of Brazil. We decided that we had to take some porcelain back to the States. It took quite an effort to find the stores of two factories to visit, which included finding out which bus to take and when, where to get off, and which direction to walk after getting off. We found Schmidt's and Polovi, both of which send their porcelain to countries throughout the world. Here are some pictures of what we chose to get.
Dennis has a fascination with butterflies, which started way back in the 1960's when he was here on his first mission. Since it is now illegal in Brazil to kill butterflies for commercial purposes, this large bowl will be just right. | We got just 1-2 of each of the above items, just for fun, for display at home...if we can get them home safely...especially the butterfly bowl! |