The Visit

Here are the promised pictures from the past week!

Kari and I at dinner in Buzios at Don Juan's.... I know a argentine restaurant in Buzios for their first meal. Such a bad host!

Casey and Nate at the restaurant. The rain at this point was a steady sprinkle. After a few drinks for the group they had no problems.... as for me, I won't melt :)

After a late night out stumbling the cobble stone streets of Buzios and listening to bad English rock we managed to all pull ourselves out of bed and grab lunch. Of course that morning I work up around 7 am finished a book I was reading, got breakfast, got ready for the day. These late night trip to the bathroom are killing my sleep!

At Fishbonze eating Moquequa (sp). It's a brazilian fish stew and usually found in Bahia Brazil. Nate and I love it though so we always get it when we find the chance.

More food! We sat at the beach under umbrellas to fight off the rain.

At least we had some entertainment while we hung out by the beach. I would like to think that the two guys in the mini mankini's (sunga's) are famous soccer players. They had crazy muscles in their legs and well everywhere!

After our trip to Buzios we returned for some fun in Macae. Basically we just took them around our tiny city. The usual grocery store trip and walks on the beach. The sun actually came out for two days and they were able to leave Brazil with a tan!

Friday morning we woke up early and headed to Rio for all the touristy stuff. You have to see these things while you are in Rio. Who know when you will ever get the chance to visit again? 

Nate and I on our way to Christos by bus this time. The line to take the train was ridiculous! Of course the driver from the hotel kept trying to talk us into doing this private for us. We declined because initially she wanted R50 to even take us one way to Christos. We laughed in her face and said we would grab a yellow cab.... then she came running back to tell us she would lower it. So when she wanted to take us to up to the middle we just didn't want to deal with her! In the end we wished we would have listened to her :( but everything turned out great anyway.

Good thing we took the bus because it stopped halfway to the top and let us all take pictures. Normally this wouldn't be a big deal but with all the clouds we wanted to be sure to get a great picture of the city!

My favorite: Sugar Loaf. 

Playing around in the bamboo forest.

Check out the ant in this photo on the wood in the left of the picture! It's huge... and I would hate to see that guy in my house.

At the top of Christos and the clouds moving away briefly to catch a glimpse of the city below

Well this is better than the first time we came with Nate's sister Amy.... beggars cannot be choosers and we will get our good day at some point!

The classic pose. Check it off the list.

Drinks in Copacobana across from the famous Copacobana Palace hotel.

I feel like I have to show the boys every once in awhile!  The two of them together stuck out like never before. Each of them are 6'4" and are not small by any means. I don't think the entire time I have seen a bigger Brazilian than the two of them. Definitely makes me feel safe.

I am surprised he is still smiling because I made him take so many pictures!

Back at the hotel. We are actually standing by a railing to lead down to the beach but it's so dark you can't tell.

Sitting out by the fake fire they had. This is where Nate starts to protest the photos.

The next morning we traveled to Sugar Loaf

This day I was feeling really pregnant. You can see the belly band sticking out from under my shirt and I probably will not be able to wear those shorts any more. A little to tight for me.

It started raining while we were on top of Sugar Loaf so we put my scarf around our heads- look at the ladies behind us. They thought is was great idea too!

One last photo of Nate being the funny guy to end the trip.

Afterward we took them to eat and then dropped them off at the airport. I can't even tell you how exhausted we both were. I don't even think that we spoke on the drive back to the hotel. The next morning we each got massages and called it a day :) 

Now I am preparing for possibly spending next week in Rio because I have an ultrasound and Nate has a safety course. Then Friday I leave to visit home! I am so happy and the usual 'I know that I am going home soon homesick'. I just can't believe I go home again already....  I do need to buy things for Belle though!

Tchau,

Sara