Day 9

This morning I slept late, the first time on this vacation and it was desparately needed :-D I took my time for everything and treated myself a typical Brazilian dish: Pastel de Carne with Caldo de Cana. It is like a puff pastry but deep fried filled with minced meat and the drink is made out of sugarcane mixed with lemon juice -> very delicious. I knew it is going to be the last beautiful sunny day with hot temperatures and without rain, so I decided to spent a day on the beach. And I wanted to enjoy it as most as possible because my trip is turning to an end very soon and I am not that often at such nice beaches. I haven't been to Leblon so far, that is why I have chosen that one and because it seemed to be more quiet than Copacabana. In the end it wasn't calmer at all, there have been almost more salesmen than in Ipanema and Copacabana together ;-) Still it was relaxing and I was soaking up some sun. For the sunset Maira and I went to the neighbourhood of Urca to hike up the Morro da Urca. This is the hill in front of the Sugar Loaf Mountain. We enjoyed the sunset and the view, later we had dinner in a nice restaurant in Urca.Read more