O praia, O sol, O Carnaval..... Rio de Janeiro

We, Anne-Kjersti and me, got to Rio last night. The flight went well. We drove to the bus station to buy a ticket to Bahia for after Carnaval and then continued to the hotel in Arpoador. Check in and after the necessary amount of Caipirinha's and some good "Peixa Brasileiro" we crashed. Ever since we met in Lisbon and on the plane we have been making plans for our stay in Rio. We got the crazy idea that since we are in Rio, at Carnaval, and the tickets to go into the Sambadromo cost about 200 Euro for one night, and it costs abou the same to join the parade and buy a costume, we might do the last one. So, everyone who will be switching on the TV in the next few days, we'll be parading in the Sambadromo on Sunday. Below there is a picture of the costume that we have ordered.



Today we went to the beach in order to try to get a tan so that we look a bit like in the picture by Sunday. Not all went as planned and especially Anne-Kjersti is looking like a tomato right now. My skin is feeling quite allright.During the afternoon we started drinking Caipirinha's on the beach and we are continuisly amazed how good any caipirinha tastes here. 10 times better than anywhere else in the world!!!!

Time to go to bed now in order to save up enough energy fot next weekend. A few more nights sleep and it's Carnaval. Yeeeeha!!!!