ANOTHER GLORIOUS DAY RIGHT ACROSS THE BOULEVARD FROM OUR CONDO
WE ARE SO ENJOYING WATCHING THESE GUYS SHARPENING THEIR FOOTBALL SKILL WHILST PLAYING FOOT VOLLEY BALL...RIGHT ACROSS FOR WHERE WE WAIT FOR THE BUS INTO RIO DE JANERIO
THE FAMOUS AND BEAUTIFUL BAKERY TEA HOUSE, CONFEITARIA COLUMBO, ESTABLISHED BY TWO PORTUGUESE ENTREPRENEURS IN 1894. THAT'S ME IN THE GREEN CAP....
SPECTACULAR MIRRORS REFLECT THE LAVISH INTERIOR...WE ATE LUNCH CONSISTING OF DIFFERENT MEAT, CHEESE, HEARTS OF PALM AND CHICKEN STUFFED PASTERIES AND CROQUETTES. NOT QUITE AS GOOD AS DEMEL'S! WE ARE GETTING PRETTY PROFICIENT WITH HAND GESTURES AND CHARADES!
TRYING TO FIND THE TRAM STATION TO TAKE US UP TO THE SANTA TERESA NEIGHBOURHOOD ABOVE RIO WE STUMBLED UPON THIS MAGNIFICENT 10-SIDED CATEDRAL METROPOLITANA DE SAO SEBASTIAO
BUILT BETWEEN 1976-1984 BY EDGAR DE OLIVERIA DA FONSECA...HIS USE OF STAINED GLASS AND CEMENT IS AWE INSPIRING
AH! THAT IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR...THE ACCOS DE LAPA USED TO BE AN AQUADUCT BRINGING WATER DOWN TO TOWN - NOW IT CARRIES THE TRAM UP TO SANTA TERESA. WE JUST WALKED A COUPLE OF EXTRA KILOMETERS TO FIND THE STATION!
SANTA TERESA WITH VIEWS OVER THE CITY AND GUANABARA BAY...THAT IS MY THUMB, WE DID NOT HANG OFF THE SIDE EXCEPT FOR THE PICTURE!
MOSIAC TILE STEPS LEADING FROM THE LAPA NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE SANTA TERESA NEIGHBORHOOD
THE TRAM WE RODE BACK DOWN ON
MONUMENTO NACIONAL AOS MORTOS DA II GUERRA MUNDIAL COMMEMORATES THE BRAZILIAN SOLDIERS KILLED, IN ITALY, DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. WE OBSERVED A NAVAL GRADUATION CEREMONY TODAY.
