Flying into Rio and seeing the first glimpse of the Christ was pretty cool! The airport is only 2km out of the city so landing was amazing, though did bring a few scary memories back of sky diving....still can't believe I did that!
We went to Copacabana this eve for dinner. There is a certain song that is on repeat in my head, slowly driving me crazy! Very surreal place to go to, but I liked it.
Without being completely vain, it is nice to be noticed! All but one of my male friends in São Paulo are gay, so we normally frequent gay bars, which I don't mind, but us girls do feel rather invisible! It is nice getting complimentary glasses of wine again and having smiley men around. Also, seeing the horizon! Who would have thought that that was something to miss. I love being closer to nature here, and having the ocean. I do have independence in São Paulo but its something different here. It's so much smaller and so getting the metro is easy, as well as being in holiday mode so everything looks cool and is rose tinted. We've booked and organised a four day stay here during carnival....it will be a completely different place, so we are trying to make the most of sightseeing now. When Rachel and I went to Cologne carnival a few years ago (amazing, giggly, tutu adventures!) the city was on shut down and it was insane....I cannot imagine what it will be like here with thousands upon thousands of locals and tourists....just over 4 months to go!
Without being completely vain, it is nice to be noticed! All but one of my male friends in São Paulo are gay, so we normally frequent gay bars, which I don't mind, but us girls do feel rather invisible! It is nice getting complimentary glasses of wine again and having smiley men around. Also, seeing the horizon! Who would have thought that that was something to miss. I love being closer to nature here, and having the ocean. I do have independence in São Paulo but its something different here. It's so much smaller and so getting the metro is easy, as well as being in holiday mode so everything looks cool and is rose tinted. We've booked and organised a four day stay here during carnival....it will be a completely different place, so we are trying to make the most of sightseeing now. When Rachel and I went to Cologne carnival a few years ago (amazing, giggly, tutu adventures!) the city was on shut down and it was insane....I cannot imagine what it will be like here with thousands upon thousands of locals and tourists....just over 4 months to go!
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