Brazil 2015 – Rio
A work trip had a bonus of a hotel on Copacabana Beach, plus finally meeting longtime online friend Simone!
on my way to Brazil!
23 August 2015
I’m headed to Brazil for a week of work, then a weekend finally meeting Simone in person! Let’s see if embedding my Facebook posts works…
The cab arrived 15-minutes early, so it wasn't until I was already at the airport that I realized my camera charger and…
Posted by Britta Peterson on Sunday, August 23, 2015
My super-long braided cloth Lightning cable from Bed Bath & Beyond has already proved its worth. Wish my iPad cover…
Posted by Britta Peterson on Sunday, August 23, 2015
Landed on time, got my luggage, now to find a cab straight to the office for our first day of workshops. Sure wish I slept better on planes!
Posted by Britta Peterson on Monday, August 24, 2015
Day 1
From a sunset at the Houston airport to a sunrise at 40,000ft, my first day in Rio saw glimpses of the city by plane…
Posted by Britta Peterson on Monday, August 24, 2015
Brazil – Day 2
25 August 2015
Day 2 in Rio was more work, a cool graveyard, tasty buffet lunch, and a cool dinner at Rio Scenarium!
Sadly no blue skies today, and more rain in 2 days than I've seen in California in months…but as the hotel car drove…
Posted by Britta Peterson on Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Lunch today was a 3-story buffet with Brazilian, Italian and Japanese food, another place a decent stroll from our RJ1…
Posted by Britta Peterson on Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Rio Scenarium in the "bohemian" Lapa district with old buildings and cobblestone streets was a lot of fun! Live samba…
Posted by Britta Peterson on Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Brazil – Day 3
26 August 2015
Day 3 was more work, another tasty lunch, and a playoff soccer game!
More gray skies this morning but by lunchtime we can see some blue and sunshine behind the RJ1 street corner! I…
Posted by Britta Peterson on Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Tonight our Equinix Brazil hosts took us to a playoff game for the Brazil Cup, my first ever soccer game. Boy can these…
Posted by Britta Peterson on Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Brazil – Day 4
27 August 2015
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
Brazil – Day 5
28 August 2015
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 6
29 August 2015
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 7
30 August 2015
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
last day in Brazil
31 August 2015
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
home again
1 September 2015
I made it all the way home safely, set up my souvenirs, and only a couple kitty surprises greeted me. Glad for a great time my first trip to Brazil!
Made it to Houston before sunrise, through immigration & customs, got my bag, checked in again and through security,…
Posted by Britta Peterson on Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Finally all the way home again, even with all my luggage! Onyx greeted me with plenty of meows, perhaps trying to…
Posted by Britta Peterson on Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Some souvenirs have found their homes, at home and at work. The special Rio-style Hard Rock Cafe shot glass was a better…
Posted by Britta Peterson on Wednesday, September 2, 2015
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