One Carnaval, one wedding, one Rio
We spent four amazing days on the beach of Barra do Una for Carnival. Brazilian beaches are truly spectacular with white sand and warm clear water and surrounded by the green jungle.
Although the town was small, we got a taste of what Carnaval is about: music in the streets, costumes and samba. Gadi walked around the streets with his father's professional camera and people started posing for him-very funny.
We returned to Sao Paulo to celebrate the wedding of Gadi's aunt. It was a nice celebration where I meet relatives for the first (and most likely the last) time. We wish Luci and Clelio a lifetime of happiness.
Now on to Rio de Janeiro...we were shocked when we first entered the city. It looked old and delapitated; not the Rio we expected. We then entered a tunnel going under one of the many hills and emerged in another world, a world of beautiful beaches and beautiful people.
Yesterday we visited the Botanical Gardens. We were walking alone along one pathway when we heard rustling in the trees above. Monkeys!!! Then some loud german tourists came along and scared them all away...We then made our way to the famous large Christ monument overlooking the city (very Jewish of us). The views of the city were amazing. We ended the day by walking along Ipanema beach watching the sun set...ahhhh...
Today we walked around downtown and the historical part of the city. Nothing much to report other than some more cathedrals.
Tomorrow we plan to spend the day on Copacabana and Ipanema beaches. It's such a hard life.