Petropolis

Marcus and I took my mom to the Summer Home of King Don Pedro. It is a great place to visit and I could see why the King and Queen liked it, it is much cooler in the mountains. We were not allowed to take pictures of the inside but they had a lot of neat things, from what we were told this palace was used as a school when the King and Queen were asked to leave Brazil, so not everything inside was original, but rather they were collections of things the family still had and donated, in any case, it all still was very interesting. I think the best part was the Crown, it was on display along with Don Pedro Cape and Staff, the Crown is 4 pounds of diamonds and pearls! Every girls should have 4 pounds of diamonds and pearls in her jewelry box!!

this is the side view and front garden of the Palace

Marcus found a picture of the Crown of Don Pedro on line. He used the jewels from the crown in the upper left corner, which I believe belonged to his father. Don Pedro was 15 when he became King.