About where I live I live in the south of Brazil, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is an interesting place, because it received lots of german, italian and portuguese immigrants decades ago. Here, we have a closer connection with uruguayans and argentines compared to other brazilian states, so we can say that we have the brazilian culture and the "gaúcho" culture. Gaúcho is how brazilians call people who live in Rio Grande do Sul. We use some words and expressions that other brazilians don't use, for exemple. Here is one of the few states of the country that actually have cold wheater. Most of the states in Brazil don't get temperatures below 25ºC in the winter. We have temperatures below -5ºC. I like it, because we can have hot days (more than 40ºC in the summer) and cold days (-10ºC in the winter). It is known as the best barbecue of Brazil and for the special drink that we take: Chimarrão. It is like a tea that we drink in a cup mande of gourd (a kind of plant) and share it in a circle of friends, sitted to talk and drink. It is similar to the argentinian "mate".