Day 10:

Thursday was spent touring Rio de Janeiro on a cloudy day that ended with showers as we returned to the ship; and then clearing for our sail out of the harbor around midnight (that’s right, children and grandchildren – we stayed up past midnight!). But we all agreed that the overcast and drizzle was better than the 120 degrees they said they had a few days ago!!! Thought we would share some of the scenes of the day – our tour included a visit to the huge, concrete, open-air cathedral of San Sebastian, a cable car ride to the top of Sugar Loaf mountain and views of Rio, a drive along Copacabana Beach (Ed got the cap) and Ipanema Beach, a Brazilian barbeque, the cog railway ride up to the top of Mt. Corcovado to see Christ the Redeemer statue, and views of the city along with a history lesson. Back at the ship we had a very colorful (and brief) Brazilian show, dinner and then on deck to watch the city as we left. Since it had cleared off the Christ statue dominated the skyline the whole time we were moving through the port and out to sea. Today is another beautiful, sunny day at sea!