In Brazil, a Rooftop Deck Takes a Mountain Home to New Heights
Photo by Evelyn Muller
Nilma Ribeiro and her husband, Luiz Butti, are happy to live on a mountain known for its sorrows.
"When translated from the language of the native peoples, ‘Serra da Mantiqueira’ is ‘the mountain that cries,’ due to the many springs of pure water that emerge from the slopes," says Nilma.
Back in 2013, the couple bought about 120 acres of land in southeast Brazil, far from coastal cities. "It’s in the middle of this high-altitude forest, in a mountainous region in the south of the state of Minas Gerais," Nilma says.
