Rio getaway

Language class is over and my work is still not set. So I’ve taken off for a few days to Rio with Chinyere, Gaetan, and Alexis. We arrived on August 2, on the night bus from Sao Paulo, which only took 6 hours. The weather has turned to be more winter-like which does not make for the ideal time to visit Rio, but there are still plenty of sites to be seen. Our first day in Rio involved walking on the famed Copacabana beach in the rain. It’s hard to believe but even with this less than perfect weather the scenery is so amazing that we were compelled to brave the elements.




After hours of walking around, we ended up at a shopping mall where we were hoping to see a free concert of Brazilian Rock, unfortunately when we got there, there was no concert to be found. At the end of our long day, we set out an itinerary to hit up some points of interest in Rio. Alexis took charge as our tour guide by mapping out the most efficient route for us to see all main points of interest up in Centro Rio. Here are some of the pictures we took.



























The city is amazing. It is much older than Sao Paulo and you can definitely feel it. People also seem to be more laidback up here and they are more diverse with a stronger African presence than we’ve seen in Sao Paulo. I don’t remember the names of all the places we visited, but there were a lot of churches including this really cool church that was built in the 1970’s with some amazing stained glass windows. But of course, no trip to Rio is complete without a visit to Corcovada, the hill with the giant Jesus. Though I must remind you that the largest freestanding statue of Jesus stands in the slightly less exciting city of Cochabamba, Bolivia.