Jurere in the Summer
When we leave in 4 weeks time it will be just as 'Spring' starts and we will not experience a summer here in Jurere.

We have been given 2 different perspectives on summer in Jurere this week.

A lady who works in a local shop told me that she loves the summer here - so many different people, so much going on, so much work, busy from 7.00 in the morning until 10.00 at night every day between December and March. She much prefers the summer to the winter. In the winter (i.e. now) business is too slow and there is just not enough going on.

Then we met a woman on the beach who has recently retired here (with her husband) from Sao Paulo, who told us that summer here is terrible - the beach is so full of people that you can't walk on it and there is loud music and noise from every direction until the madrugada (dawn) for the three months. This is what we thought it would be like here in the summer. I don't think we would enjoy it. In addition, I think we would probably find it too hot.

We probably are returning home at just the right time, but its a bit difficult to believe at the moment!