Corcovado, Santa teresa e pão de açucar

Day 3: Corcovado

It was again a cloudy day but it was clear. the night before i´ve spoken with a senora de colombia con sa hijo, i already have problemas with English now . okay, a woman from colombia and her son. can´t put names here because i don't have permission hehe. but they were really nice persons and the first time i´ve encountered with the indigenous people from america del sur. really nice persons. and a girl from German, her name is Mathilde, that has been traveling for 5 months now. okay back to today, at breakfast i met another nice person. this time a Mexicano from mexico city, name Jose Luis. he speaks a little English but we decided to speak Spanish with each other for me to practice the spanish. anyway it seems to be a clear day so Jose and I decided to go to Corcovado, the highest hill in Rio and the one with the statue of Christo o redento (Christ the redeemer) on it. get a bargain with the taxi driver and we went to corcovado.... the panorama from above the hill is so amazing. you can see the whole city of Rio de Janeiro from the top of the hill, and under the statue of Christ. after that we decided to go to the Ipanema beach. were we discussed much about the politic of South America (because Jose studying politic science). it was really a blessful day.






day 4: Santa Teresa e Pão de açucar

A cloudy day yet again, Rio is a bit shy for the sun but the climate is always warm. this day is the day that me and carlos went to the escadaria Selaron, Santa Teresa and Pão de açucar. escadaria Selaron is a really great artwork. its a stairs in the district of Lapa (where the artist and the maker of the stair ,Selaron, lives). the artwork contains countless amount of tiles from around the world. including a lot of Delft blauw. If u saw the picture of the stairs in origin state, the improvement that Selaron gave to it is almost unmeasurable. it is truly amazing. the district of Santa Teresa is next on the list. with the typical eye candy the old tram that ride through the district. it´s Similar to the trams of San Fransisco in the states but on a smaller scale and it is really amazing. the district it self is a sleepy district not much too see, but the view overlooking a great part of Rio. it´s all about the tram ride. after that Jose and I went to the pao de acucar. another place in rio thats really incredible. the combination of hill, and jungle and the sea esta perfecto. yo hablo siempre de espanol!! lo siento, i´m sorry. its amazing how quick my ability to speak spanish rose in just 2 days of extensive spanish speakin. and i think i´m going to boost it with spanish + tango lessons in Argentina.