Day 3
Jesse and I slept in this morning to find a wonderful breakfast prepared for us by our hosts. I am still a little nervous (probably for no good reason) but so far there hospitality is outstanding. They are definitely showing us the best of Brazil. After we ate we made our way to the fruit/veggie market to pick up lunch for the day. I wish I had a pedometer on as once we started walking for the day we didn't stop. We went to Impanema and Copacabana Beach which were beautiful. Jesse swam a little in the large waves while I just waded. We then made our way to the famous sugar loaf (Paodeacugar? ). We decided we would hike up to the first peak. The beginning of the hike reminded us both of the grouse grind and I was cursing my choice to where sandal s. Luckily the hike didn't take as long as the grouse grind or as long as they told us. We made it up in about 20 minutes. I think this was the highlight of the day for me as half way up Jesse froze and pointed into the thick jungle and said look.... Low and behold a monkey!!!! Then there were 5 climbing around the trees around us. Unfortunately they were two quick to capture a good picture. The trip up the Gondola was also spectacular, again, we had arrived around sunset and the view of the ocean sparkled and the city was starting to light up. It was a little bit chilly at the top and we could see dark clouds rolling in so we decided to head down after snapping our photos. Our legs were exhausted riding the subway back to our room.
Another day well spent in Rio!
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