“Marshmallow mountain”
We started off the morning by hopping on the subway to go to Maracana Stadium. This stadium was built for the sole purpose of the World Cup game held there in the 1950’s. It was really cool, but we couldn’t get in ☹. Steven wanted to jump the fence but I told him that I was not going to bail him out of Brazilian jail and since this was his first international trip he decided he’d like to come home not in handcuffs. Here are some pictures:
After we went to the stadium we headed to downtown Rio to get some lunch. The restaurant we ended up at didn't have any waiters that spoke English and they handed us a menu in Portuguese. After the 5 of us fumbling through the selections, the waiter brought some delicious looking meat out to the table next to ours and Steven yelled "I want that! What is it?" Evidently, his tone was universal and the waiter figured out we didn't speak Portuguese and brought us an English menu and we were able to order the best BBQ we've ever had. Now, for all you Texans and Oklahomans out there, this is not BBQ like we think of it. This is grilled over a flame with very little flavoring (except lots of salt), not meat swimming in BBQ sauce. I know, it was the biggest culture shock Steven experienced the whole time! :)
Here is a picture of a beautiful theater we saw downtown after we ate lunch before heading to Sugarloaf Mountain....
After we visited downtown Rio, we headed back to the subway to go to Sugar Loaf Mountain, or as Donlan calls it “Marshmallow Mountain.” Sugar Loaf is basically two mountains in different heights that have cable cars to take you to each mountain. The highest mountain is about 2500 feet tall so the views were incredible! We actually stayed for a few hours to we could watch the sunset. It was quite the sight, see our beautiful pictures below:
Video link of Sugar Loaf cable car
Video link of Little Monkeys at Sugar Loaf
Video link of Helicopter take off
This was our last day in Rio so we had our last dinner there, went to bed and got ready to head to Campinas, Sao Paulo for the wedding!
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