Howdy Family and Friends! Another relaxing day here in the city of Rio! Since Thiago has class in the morning, we slept in again feeling refreshed! We had Brazilian doughnuts for breakfast. Mine had a chocolate filling and Dave’s was just a round doughnut that had cherry bites on top. They are solid though. They also put a powdered sugar on them. Different from the American doughnut.
After Thiago got back from school, we went and had lunch with Gabi at a restaurant called Fagulha.
After lunch we caught the taxi over to Thiago and Gabi’s college where Gabi had afternoon classes. We also saw the American Consulate. The lines for people waiting to get their visas were very long. We snapped a picture in front of the building very quickly before finding out that was not allowed. They say it’s against the American rules to protect the building…interesting information!
From there we toured on foot around the middle of the city. Thiago pointed out the building where his Aunt works as a lawyer, where he is completing his internship, the courthouse, and many other places. We ended up at the ocean and caught the Rio-Niteroi Ferry to the other side. It’s about a 20 minute ride from one side to the other. After arriving in Niteroi, we went to Icarai Beach and went swimming in the ocean. While we were swimming, we found many seashells. Dave was out playing in the waves and stepped on “something” so he kept his foot on it until he could go down and pick it up. When he did, it was a hermit crab! What a find!
Today we tried coconut water for the first time. Straight from the coconut—very different, its like a sour/sweet taste. The first original taste is sour but the aftertaste is sweet. A sip was enough for me! We also saw a man who was building a sand castle on the shore. It was ornate! Thiago said usually there are several of them working on the beach.
As the sun went down, we made our way back to Rio, back to his home but not before stopping at a McDonalds to have supper! Yes we had to try McDonalds. We had stopped by for ice cream earlier in the week, but this time we were going to try a meal. The fries and Big Mac are the same, but that is where the comparison stops. The sandwhiches are different. I had a hamburger with a slice of pepperoni and Dave had a chicken bacon onion sandwich. They were really good! The biggest difference was the size of the buns and the freshness of the bread. We ended the night with ice cream and a walk to our first ride on the subway.
We went down several escalators to the subway and rode to Thiago’s neighborhood. We didn’t realize just how tired we were until we tried to move to the door as the subway was stopping. We looked rather funny waddling around grabbing on to anything we could to stay upright. We exited the Subway and then had several blocks to the house. On the way, we found a cow expo that had the Olympic theme. Reminded us of the Burwell Longhorns!
From our tired but fun Brazilian picture window to yours, have a great day!
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