Pavelka the German Don't put anything here Don't put anything here Page Content Page Name (for URL) Page Title Breadcrumb Text To continue with the food theme, there is a restaurant/store in Petropolis that we often stop at when we go there. (Petropolis is a town up in the mountains about an hour away from Rio.) It's called "Pavelka the German" (Pavelka o Alemão). Now, "Pavelka" doesn't exactly sound like a German name to me. I am guessing that Pavelka wasn't really German, but wanted to attract customers from the nearby Casa de Alemão ("House of a German") - a big chain. In general, though, Petropolis has a German theme about it. The story goes that when the Portuguese crown moved to Brazil (to escape Napoleon), the Emperor was kind of bummed about the local population and figured that he'll fix it up by bringing a lot of Germans. (They wanted to compensate for the African blood, perhaps, so the Portuguese genes weren't good enough - they needed whiter population.) Many of the Germans who came settled in Petropolis - near the Emperor who loved them so much. <2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2007-03-17-pavelka/20070317_004_4660 2007-03-17-pavelka/20070317_007_3781 2007-03-17-pavelka/20070317_008_9992 2007-03-17-pavelka/20070317_012_0506 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> Eitherway, Pavelka sells excellent hot chocolate - very thick and creamy without being too sweet. They serve similar hot chocolate in Porto Alegre, but it tastes kind gross. At Pavelka it tastes great. They also sell a variety of sausages. Don't put anything here Advanced Fields Category 2002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014E. AsiaE. EuropeL's FamilyL's FriendsN. AmericaN. EuropeS. AmericaS. AsiaW. EuropeY & LY's FamilyY's Friends Prototype Redirect Permissions0 Actions Config Markup Module HTML/Meta/Keywords HTML/Meta/Description Save Hook HTML Fields Main Head Body Header Menu Logo Page Content Template Sidebar Footer Tags Allowed for XSSFilter HTTP Fields Cache-Control Expires Guru Fields Templates Translations Fields Edit UI Admin Edit UI A summary of your changes Edit Summary Don't put anything here Don't put anything here Don't put anything here save preview cancel
