2006: A Wrohan Odyssey

"at the Copa, Copacobana..."

Hello friends and fam!

Well we made it! It only took 24hrs of travel and some shady airplane food but we did in fact get here.

Rio De Janeiro is everything we thought it would be. Although the city smells (in my opinion) and the drivers are mad men, the beaches, friendly people and beautiful sights make up for it.
Chris and I have been spending the last few days lounging at a leisurely pace. Poor Chris thought it would be a good idea to introduce me to Caipirinhas (tequila shots on steroids -- look it up and replicate it..trust me, you won't be disappointed), so we've spent the majority of our time soaking up the rays in a half drunken state on Copacabana beach.

Copacabana beach

We did however drag our beach bums up to Sugar Loaf hill today, which is an amazing mountain you access by cable car from the town below. Some of you may know this landmark from Moonraker, the 1979 James Bond film where Bond battles Jaws on top of the cable car. The thought of attempting to re-enact the scene with Stoffe was tempting but in the end, the scenery thankfully negated that thought. The view was unreal and as the locals would say, "it's so beautiful, even God himself comes down to have breakfast with you".

The food has also been amazing. We've been surrounded by fresh fruit and delicious bbq which is to die for. Rio apparently is also known for its sinful deserts...this place is a diabetics hell! =)

Anyway, off to dinner and then out on the town and back to the room. I'm making Christoffe catch up on his beauty sleep as tomorrow we have Samba lessons and I need him in top Swedish form.

Hope all is well wherever you are.

Xoxo,
Bex

Posted by bex at September 4, 2008 2:37 PM