Walking around Olinda

After another good breakfast including sumo de caju (cashew), and on another hot and humid day, fortunately with a sea breeze, I was given a tour of the Casa Museu Marroquim within the hotel's extensive grounds. It was built in the late 19th century and restored by Murilo and Giscella Marroquim in the 1960s. He was a war correspondent who also interviewed Chairman Mao. In addition to memorabilia of his career, there were lots of Chinese items from Macao plus English china. Starting in the 1980s, their son developed the site and opened it as a hotel in 1998.
I walked down to the beach past many election banners for the candidates of the Partido Trabalhodores of Lula who was from Pernambuco. There were warning signs on the shoreline about sharks
The Igreja do Carmo was being renovated.
The Casa Estacao da Luz had an exhibition of photos about carnivals in Pernambuco plus a permanent exhibition about a famous singer of the nordeste, Alceu Valenca, who used to live there.
The Museu de Arte Contemporanea is housed in a former Inquisition gaol. There were two early Hockney lithographs from his LA period.
The Igreja Misericorda was being renovated.
For lunch overlooking the town, I had feijoda, and palmonha (sweet corn) com queixo. I returned later for a suco of a local fruit similar to acerola.
After having my photo taken by a sign for Olinda and buying a souvenir of the colourful houses of Olinda in wood, I walked up to the Igrejas Amparo and Sao Joao which were both closed. The Museu Regional had some chinaware from the UK but there was nothing about the indigenous prior to the arrival of the colonists. I reurned to the hotel past the Convent de Sao Francisco.Read more