Renata was an accounting acquaintance of my aunt who showed
her friend and I around today. We
started off at a market that sold flowers, Portuguese food and assorted other
things, drove by the stadium which will host the finals for the World Cup then
went across the bridge to Niteroi, Rogerio’s town, which surpassed my
expectations (although I didn’t have many expectations haha).
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| One of the many beautiful views... the church on the hill in the background is supposed to be full of secrets haha |
There were gorgeous views of the bay,
people playing on the beach in their thong bikinis and speedos and interesting
old buildings. We went to the
Contemporary Art Museum, a spaceship-shaped work of Oscar Niemeyer. The art inside was pretty strange but
you couldn’t beat the views! We
ate lunch in a very nice restaurant underneath it, looking out at the sailboats
in the wind.
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| Me at the Contemporary Art museum
After that, we went up a verrry steep hill with hairpin
turns up to the Parque da Cidade where parachuters jump. We saw three people jump and glide
through the sky. It looks more fun
that skydiving but I don’t know how much training is required.
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| Parachuter in the sky, one getting ready for lift-off |
After that, we stopped at a church that’s a popular wedding
spot for its excellent views. And
she pointed some sights out on the way back- the samba school, site of
Carnival, her workplace, etc. and she dropped me so I could get ready to meet
Vitor, my professional futebol playing CS-friend. Time to go meet him!
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