Travel Log

This is my third day in Rio and have decided to stay a couple of days longer as the city is truly addictive. What a beautiful place to be. Probably because I am not over the time difference yet I wake up early still, so when I wake up I walk down to the Copacabana for a morning run. When I did that for the first time yesterday I was amazed. It was not even 7 o´clock yet but the beach was packed with people doing all kinds of sports, it is really amazing how much the locals are into sports. I ran down the beach and on the way back I got a fresh coconut to cool down again. Today I hit the Ipanema beach and also there loads of people doing sports.

I am feeling like a true Carioca already. During the day the beaches are packed with sun bathers, but once the sun is setting the people become active again, I saw an amazing game of foot volley yesterday, now I understand where the Brazilians get all their football skills from. I also found out that the last weekend I am going to be in Rio, Vasco is playing in the Maracana stadium. I am definitely planning to go see the game.

Foodwise I couldn´t have come to a better place, loads of seafood and amazingly cheap capairinhas. Even bottled water is more expensive than a capairinha. So I am mostly drinking non-water.

The nicest thing about Rio though is how easy it is for people to smile. So I am signing off with a :-)

Recuerdos,

Guilherme