Rio de Janeiro🇧🇷
🥗🥗 Food in Brazil is simply amazing! 🥗 🥗
There are cheap buffet restaurants on every corner (plate portion about 2.50 euros! 🤑) & here you really have everything to choose from, whether healthy 🥦, greasy 🍔, vegetarian 🥬 or grilled 🍗! The plates are weighed (about 70 cents per 100 g). Beer or a delicious Caipirinha freshly mixed will cost you 2 euros (also at the beach!). I especially LOVE Acai, whether as a milkshake, ice cream, or bowl! It just tastes SUPER 😍!
When shopping, every little thing is packed in an extra bag. Usually even directly in 2! Whatever 🤷♀️
We've gotten used to always bringing a cloth bag 🤓
Museu do Amanhã😊
Museum of Tomorrow
Science, Technology, and Knowledge in Sustainability 🌿🌿
The museum was super interesting! But also somewhat frightening to see the "expected" future of the world… 🥺
Every day is great with my sweetheart! 🥰
Escadaria Selarón😊
by the artist Jorge Selarón
He called it "my homage to the Brazilian people".
You can't believe how crowded it was 🤯! People formed whole lines to get the "perfect" photo on the colorful steps 📸.
We just took one on the side 🤓. At 35 degrees and a lot of steps, we don't need to climb to the highest step 😝
Cristo Redentor🤩
… one of the 7 new wonders of the world…
The Christ the Redeemer statue on Corcovado Mountain was really impressive at 30 meters high! 😯
But at least as cool was the amazing view! 🔨
And not to forget: the cool train ride through the jungle! 🍃
Cost: about 15 euros per person for entry + train ride // Tip: the earlier, the better & book on the official website! 😉
Walk over the market
Ohhh how I love markets! You never know what to eat or drink first.
Super cheap, freshly squeezed juice and traditional food! Yummy! 🤤 Yummy!🤤
Max has discovered his love for Caipirinha 😂
Karneval🥳
A little taste of it 🎉
Once again, our dear friend Corona spoiled the fun for us ☹️. The carnival was canceled. Of course, the hotel prices were not canceled though, they were totally overpriced. Accommodations were at least twice as expensive as usual and almost fully booked weeks in advance 💸. Nevertheless, some people still partied in the streets. Most people were dressed liberally or in funny costumes 🤡. Many men and women were topless and mostly wore thongs or swimsuits 👙. It was absolutely crazy. Everywhere, there was a good mood. People were covered in glitter, painted in bright colors, and dancing wildly in the streets 💃🕺!
The fact is: We want to experience the real carnival! That's why we're coming back at the end of April (new date for this year's carnival).
Beach Meet up ☀️
That's why I love Facebook so much! We found a great group that regularly meets up at the beach.
Together, we chatted a lot and enjoyed some delicious passion fruit cocktails! 😍
Maracuja Cocktail 😍
Afterwards, we indulged in some delicious pizza! 🤤🍕
Pão de Açucar
Hike to Sugarloaf
It took about 40 minutes steep uphill. We were surrounded by magnificent plant life! 🌿
Unfortunately, we didn't see any monkeys or snakes, but we did see a Blue-chinned Sapphire hummingbird 😍
Good to know:
It is also possible to take the cable car up. There are two stages. You can hike up to the first stage, but you need a cable car ticket for the second stage!
The next few days, we saw the beautiful
Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro
☀️☀️ Small conclusion from Rio de Janeiro ☀️:
Rio is totally beautiful 🥰! The wide beaches, the delicious food, the fruity cocktails, the party-crazy people, and the impressive sights.
Unfortunately, there are, as in almost every country, also downsides here… Every day you are confronted full-on with the homelessness of people. They lie around randomly on the sidewalks. Among them, the garbage and one, two cockroaches. Feet as black as I have never seen them in my life. Some beg, some desperately try to sell something, and others just lie motionless. Definitely, there are also drugs in play more often. One day I even saw a child lying on the sidewalk. Opposite him, his father. Just terrible… 😔
But now it's time to say goodbye to Rio again! 👋🏻
We'll see you again soon! Keep your fingers crossed that the carnival won't be canceled again!
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