Parque Lage

We ate lunch at Parque Lage which had a beautiful old building with a courtyard. Afterwards we walked around the park. Monkeys were leaping from tree to tree above us (unfortunately, that photo didn't turn out well) and throwing fruit at us. Fortunately, none of it hit us!











Check out that floor!

Graffiti

Rio has a lot of graffiti! Most of it is really well done.


This woman probably has no idea how well she matches!



The scream. This woman is dressed in a typical gym outfit. People here love to workout!

Portuguese Tile

My shower tile. The tile in these apartments is great!

Devassa

My friend's brother visited her while she lived in Seattle and discovered microbrews. He took this new found knowledge back to Rio and started his own mircrobrew called Devassa. Devassa is a play on the word "open" meaning "open woman" (thus the logo) or the fact that the subsequent bar/restaurants he opened were also open to the sidewalks.


This is one of the Devassa coolers in a store.

Samba!

What to do after a day at the beach? Samba of course! I saw this amazing singer and her band: Teresa Cristina e Grupo Semente.

Beach Day

When in Rio, one must go to the beach at least once, right? Though not really a beach person, I had to prove I was there by attempting to get some sun, so we headed to the beach today. Believe it or not, this was not a crowded day since it was Fall. Still, a tad on the crowded side for my liking, but it was a nice day nonetheless.


Nothing like sand between the toes!



Now that is a sandcastle!






Ahhh, young Brazilian love...

Jardim Botanico

Today I went for another quick trip to the Market to pick up some spices as a special request for someone who is supposed to make me dinner using them. With her culinary skills, I'm sure she'll come up with something great! In the afternoon, we went to the Botanical Garden (Jardim Botanico).








I discovered that using a flash with flowers produces quite a nice effect.



Sculpture in the garden. Quite lifelike, isn't it?

Corcovado

At the end of the day we went up Corcovado which has the large statue of Jesus overlooking the city.





View from part way up.



Our tour guide being interviewed by a BBC journalist that I befriended on the tour.



The base of the statue was remarkably clean!



A bored employee.



You see a lot of this going on.



The rock is amazing!