Chapter 32
32 Tyler I wasn’t ready to meet more of Gabi’s family, but they started arriving around six in the evening, despite my wish to just watch a movie and go to bed early. Gabi took me outside to a large back patio with a pergola, where there was a long table with two benches, and a wide brick pillar with a hole in the middle. Gabi explained to me that it was called churrasqueira, and that they made Brazilian-style churrasco with it. Luis Carlos put pieces of steak through long metal spear things and placed them on the churrasqueira. “That’s called espeto,” Regina said, handing me a cold glass with beer. “I think his head is going to be a huge knot soon, for learning so many new words so fast,” Gabi said with a smile. “Trying to learn, you mean,” I said. “It’s too many. I’ll have forgotte
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