Day 8 ... Our first day in RIO
We had a
great night’s sleep and awoke to have breakfast at the hotel at about 8am.
There were tons of good things to eat some of the fruit we were not even
sure what it was... But everything was good.
Soon after
breakfast we walked from our hotel to the Sugar Loaf Mountain... which really isn’t
a mountain at all but rather a LARGE ROCK... no make that 2 LARGE TALL ROCKS.
It took us
about 25 minutes to walk to the Sugar Loaf from the hotel. We got our tickets
and soon were on our first gondola to the first rock. For those who did
not like heights nor the slight bounce of the gondola they stood in the middle
of the gondola. For the more adventurous they stood next to the edge of
the glass for the best view.
it only
took 3-4 minutes to arrive to the first rock. As we gazed out over the
ocean and the sprawling city of RIO... we almost forgot that we were only on
the "SMALL ROCK" and still had one more to go....
We walked
to the other side of the LITTLE ROCK and were amazed at the size of the BIG
ROCK it was twice as high and the gondola was twice as long.
As we
neared the top of the BIG ROCK the temperature was a little cooler and the air
seemed fresher. Once on top we took our team photo and then we had about
1 hour to take individual photos and get a bite to eat.
Soon it was
time to return to earth... and down we went back to ground level. The
walk back to the hotel seemed to take a little longer ... but soon we were back
to the hotel and it was time to go eat.
We walked
out to Copacabana and walked down the beach to one of the beach cafes.
The views and the atmosphere were better than the food ... but most
everyone was happy to be there.
At about 7pm we went to dinner just around the corner from the hotel to a restaurant facing the beach. The food was GREAT compared to the lunch.
About 9pm we went back to the hotel and called it a night.
Tomorrow is our visit to Corcovado.
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