Jan 14

Riki and I arose at 9am fresh and ready to enjoy the day. We scuttled out of the apartment and walked to pick up our freshly laundered clothes and enjoyed an Açai, and two new experiences - Acerola juice which is a kind of Amazonian berry -kind of tart but good; and Caju juice which is quite creamy and yellow. We then wandered through some markets and ended up buying Brazil headbands and planned our team outfit for when Peter woke up. We then took Tomas and Peter some lunch and then drove out to Ipanema Beach where we walked up and down the promenade enjoying beers and coconuts on the way while admiring the view. We introduced Peter to the slice and contemplating slicing some Policia Militar, but decided that perhaps it wasn't the best idea. After enjoying a caipirinha and watching a volleyball game with virile young Brazilian men (ahaha) we got into our car and drove to Copacabana Beach. Here we wandered around and then stumbled across a Samba band with some young girls samba-ing. It is crazy how they can dance - Brazilians seem to be just born with this innate ability to shake their bootys.
We then bought some yellow Team Havaianas - we all match now and headed back to the apartment where Riki and I enjoyed some caipirinhas before preparing a dinner of pasta and chicken for everyone. We all then enjoyed the delicious Brigadeiro (dulce de leche with chocolate mixed in) made by Gigi, and Peter and I had a Brigaderio off. Nadine won of course.
The boys cleaned up and then we prepared for the night ahead...
We all drove out to a bar called Casa da Matriz where we danced the night away with Frozen Grape flavoured vodka juices, with random people wandering around with Jelly Shots. The bar was situated in an old house with multiple rooms and dance floors.