Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

We arrived in Rio de Janeiro yesterday. It’s our second time visiting Rio so we’ve been to Sugar Loaf, Christ the Redeemer and Copacabana Beach and didn’t need an excursion. With two days here, we decided to do some shopping and I’d look for a haircut. When we were last here, I’d bought shoes and a necklace and wanted to return to those stores, which we did. And, we found a place for me to get my hair cut as well.

The temperatures here are around 40 Celsius and humid right now so you get hot and sweaty in no time. While we spent a great deal of the day indoors, we did walk down to have lunch at Ipanema Beach.

Today, we bravely set out for a steamy three-hour walking tour of the historic area which we really enjoyed. Brazil has a fascinating history. We then had lunch at a legendary cafe called Confeitaria Colombo. Opened in 1894, Colombo is the oldest Rio restaurant in its original building. It’s made for Instagram as you’ll see in the video I’ve included in this post.

Sufficiently cooled down, we walked to the Museum of Tomorrow.. a stunning futuristic-looking building on the waterfront. It’s a science museum focusing on emerging and ongoing issues such as climate change, population growth and dwindling natural resources.Read more