Day 32 – Rio de Janeiro – Lazy dayz!
Monday morning after the party we were a bit slower to get going and with no preset plans we planned on the fly. We headed to Leblon for some shopping in the morning. We managed to finally get the beach paddle sets that Michael has wanted for years. I also found a nice pair of sandals from a company out of Rio who make all their own shoes.
Toniko again treated us to lunch – this time Brasilian jerk beef. It is marinated dried beef with onion, fennel, salt, pepper, balsamic, olive oil and parsley. Liana made fried cassava to have with it along with the standard rice and beans (feijao).
After lunch we headed off to the beach to catch the sunset over the 2 brothers from the end of Copa Cabana beach near Ipanema beach. It is obviously a favourite spot with many people out to watch the sunset on a beautiful evening. Mike even ventured with his camera and we survived quite well.
After sunset we taxied to the Universidade de Cachaca where we had many delicacies – cachaca of course but also feijao with bacon and parsley, cassava con queso, a layered dish with beans and beef and more cachaca… We bought a bottle to take home also.
I see caipirinha’s in our future…..
Is that fog or smog rolling through the peaks?
Great pics