Monthly Archives: August 2015

last day in Brazil

31 August 2015
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Day 8 was my last day in Rio with my flight not until the evening, so the hotel kindly kept my luggage after late checkout, I strolled the couple blocks around the hotel for shopping, spent a little time at the hotel’s section of Copacabana Beach with a caipirinha, and even a fresh coco water at the hotel rooftop pool before I headed to the airport. It was so hot I had to swim laps in the pool to cool down!

Last day in Rio! I got late checkout which was good to stroll around the hotel for shopping to pack away before they…

Posted by Britta Peterson on Monday, August 31, 2015

Brazil – Day 7

30 August 2015
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Day 7 we saw stunning views from Sugarloaf, had lunch next to cute monkeys, caught the fading sunshine at Ipanema beach, then cleaned up for a delicious churrascaria dinner before we said goodbye!

What a gorgeous view from Sugar Loaf mountain! We can ever see Christo Redentor from here! (Lucky they have wifi too!)

Posted by Britta Peterson on Sunday, August 30, 2015

Hooray for monkeys! These tiny marmoset monkeys were really close to the rail, then one came up the tree so close I…

Posted by Britta Peterson on Sunday, August 30, 2015

We saw more monkeys during our lunch at Sugar Loaf, but we took so long that we ended up taking a cab to Ipanema, then…

Posted by Britta Peterson on Sunday, August 30, 2015

Churrascaria Palace was only a couple blocks from our hotels, and not only was all the food delicious, but I finally…

Posted by Britta Peterson on Sunday, August 30, 2015

Brazil – Day 6

29 August 2015
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Day 6 was a day a decade in the making! Simone found my Hogwarts Celebrations website and started emailing me back in 2005, and I finally met her in person TEN years later! She hadn’t played tourist in Rio herself since she lives in Sao Paulo, so she brought her daughter, her brother & his girlfriend for a fun weekend with me, including Christ the Redeemer at sunset…gorgeous!

I slept in this morning then met Simone and her gang for a stroll along the beach, some codfish balls and fried fish for…

Posted by Britta Peterson on Saturday, August 29, 2015

Due to traffic we missed our scheduled time for Cristo Redentor, but they let us on the next train available at 4:20….

Posted by Britta Peterson on Saturday, August 29, 2015

Since I already went to Rio Scenarium with my co-workers this week, and we had two separate recommendations for this…

Posted by Britta Peterson on Saturday, August 29, 2015

Brazil – Day 5

28 August 2015
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Day 5 was another clear morning, a great buffet lunch of Minas food where several of our hosts are originally from, the end of our busy work week, then a margarita at the rooftop bar in honor of my Margarita Friday friends back home!

This morning it was clear enough to see Christ the Redeemer from my hotel balcony, and a third different taxi route to…

Posted by Britta Peterson on Friday, August 28, 2015

It took them so long to mix my drink that I almost missed the whole sunset up at the roof bar! Too bad Cristo was hiding…

Posted by Britta Peterson on Friday, August 28, 2015

Brazil – Day 4

27 August 2015
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Day 4 finally some morning sunshine, a team lunch at the mall near the RJ2 data center, and evening at the hotel pool bar…

Today was my first sunny morning on my hotel balcony, but the clouds rolled in from wind by lunchtime. We are at fancy…

Posted by Britta Peterson on Thursday, August 27, 2015

Today was the first day we stopped working before sundown(!), but RJ2 is so far away and traffic was so awful we still…

Posted by Britta Peterson on Thursday, August 27, 2015

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