Raining in Rio

So we made it to Brazil...despite missing our flight from London...but we are here in Rio De Janeiro! Rio is absolutely beautiful - huge beaches, super friendly people, amazing sushi...the first day here we just lounged on Ipanema beach working on our sunburns :)

We went out for a traditional Brazilian BBQ meal the first night, the food was good, but I think we ate about 4 steaks a person...then passed out from a food induced coma...the next day it was Easter - Copacabana beach had some big swimming race, we walked down there a while, found a great little breakfast place off the beaten path, and hung out at the beach the rest of the day - kind of overcast but so warm it didn´t matter in the least! Just laid there with the guitar (I obviously only listened) By that night it had started raining some...after my tradition of having my Cadburry egg for Easter, we decided to go out on the town and do some heavy drinking - some caipririnhas, we found a beer called ´Colorado´, and ended up at a sushi restaurant. Apparently there, when you order saki, they proceed to bring you and ENTIRE bottle...so needless to say, neither of us have a clear understanding of how we made it home that night...but we survived :) But if I remember correctly, the sushi was amazing!

Monday the rain started...we took our slightly hungover selves to this cool outdoor gym right on the water, between Ipanema and Copacabana beaches - all the equipment has been made out of random items, but it is so cool that anyone can go workout there and enjoy! Beautiful (I´ll post pictures when I have access to a SD drive) Then on to our breakfast place, and the beach...until the wind and rain picked up...We decided to go out to dinner at another sushi place we had heard about over in Leblon - thought it was a fine idea to walk that far - okay, honestly I just thought it was a lot closer than it was - but then the rain started dumping down...of course we had no umbrella, we did get one which promptly broke...and continued to the restaurant. It dumped rain all night, and all day yesterday too, I have never seen so much rain! When we were walking, we actually had to wade through some puddles, we saw a rat swim through one, and a bus drove by and sprayed me completely drenching what was possibly still dry on me!

Yesterday was a lot of reading in a cafe, reading at the hostel, and eating at a couple restaurants to kill the rainy time. Apparently they are some of the worst rains here in a long time: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/brazil/7561101/95-dead-in-Brazil-floods-after-heaviest-rain-in-decades.html

Today it is now 7 am...and it is raining again...I´m going to cross my fingers that hopefully it will slow up so I can get some more beach time before we head to Sao Paulo...but we will be back through here next week, so I guess worst case I have spent some time in a super cool city, and maybe round two we can hit up some of the sites we are hoping to, such as Sugar Loaf Mnt, Corcovado, Ihla Grande, etc.

But despite the rain, it is warmer than London, warmer than Colorado, and we are a couple blocks from a gorgeous beach and some of the coolest mountains I´ve ever seen! Perfect!

And pictures will come soon...promise! xo

Oh, and PS - this keyboard is Brazilian, and spell checker says every word is mispelled due to the fact none of the words are in Porgugese, so I apologize for all the poor spelling and will also check that when I am back on my computer :)