My Friday consisted of:
1. Waking up and running along the beach
2. Acai smoothie and a mango for breakfast
3. Group meeting/soccer watching
4. Body surfing in the Altantic on Copacabana beach (workout number 2 for the day!)
5. Beach futbol
6. Continuing to acclimate to the skimpy swimwear that Brazilians flaunt....
7. Riding in a cable car up to Sugarloaf Mountain (Pau de Acucar)...the light-colored one you see in the picture above) and seeing what must be one of the most spectacular views in the world. I even hiked through a little jungle and saw some monkeys on the mountain...and it was even cooler because we were in a cloud! Nighttime fell when we were up there so we saw the lights of the city come and and the Christ the Redeemer statue appear through the darkness! Talk about awesome
8. Eating yet another fantastic dinner at a buffet which are a gazillion times different and better than th US idea of a buffet
9. Capping the night off with a full evening of samba dancing in Lapa. The samba band was incredible and the locals were so nice about teaching us what to do. Clearly we stayed til it closed :) I think I will be ready for Dancing With the Stars by the end of the four weeks haha. I already found a sweet remix by the black Eyed Peas of one of the songs they played....so I will be happy to give lessons upon my return :)
....I was SO sore Saturday though....
I guess you could say weekends are kinda nice here in Rio...
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