Rio

Greetings from Rio!

This is our third day here and the differences between and Salvador are absolutely drastic. Rio is a metropolitan city compared to Salvador, which now in retrospect is like a small town with three million people. So far the weather has been great, though they predict rain for the rest of the week. It is way less humid than the north and the breeze keeps the 31 degree sunshine not feel too hot.

We visited Christ the Redeemer, spent a quick afternoon on the sandy shores of Ipanema, introduced Nina to Acai (which she now is wants to eat for every meal), we explored by chance the Parque Lage and discovered the coolest set of rock caves, had a picnic in the park, and we hit up the Jardim Botanico. Today we are headed over to the famous Lapa stairs and to explore Centro a little more.

We are staying up at the top of this hill in a neighborhood called Gloria in this funky guest house with a bunch of other Europeans (mostly students or volunteers). There is the cutest kitty, dog, and turtle that live with us as well as an extremely friendly, a little eccentric owner who can speak every language imaginable.

I'll have to post pictures later.