Rio Day 2: Corcovado

Larger than Life

Saturday is what we called "Rio in one day." Being the travel warriors we are we did it all. We woke up rather early got some breakfast and then were off by taxi to the train station in order to catch the first train up to Corcovado; we wanted to make it there before it got crowded and was still clear. It was just perfect timing and the start to the perfect day.

Train up Corcovado. Great views.

View of Rio de Janeiro from Corcovado

The masses and lovely Rio de Janeiro

Classic

D Squad Picture

Me and Danny

Me and Laura-Travel Twins

(seriously, someone asked if we were twins)

The Deloitte interns taking in Rio atop Corcovado and bonding like we didn't just meet each other less than twelve hours ago

Sure I saw Christ the Redeemer but seeing the live wild monkey afterwards was the highlight of the morning

I have to say one of my favorite parts of the day was the fact that we weren't on a tight schedule and could just take a million photos in order to find the perfect Facebook profile picture and spend time just looking at the marvelous and famous sights of the world. After spending a lot of time taking it all in we went back down on the train and took a taxi to Copacabana. Our tour was meeting at the Copacabana Palace Hotel and it is one of the world's most famous hotels so we had to check it out. After all, it has a whole song about it.

We walked around and went to the pool and stopped in the bathroom. They had a bidet and I wanted to see what all the fuss was about so I went to turn it on (I was not sitting on it, just looking at it) and this stream came from the bottom and sprayed me in the face. And of course, since it was spraying in my eyes I couldn't figure out how to turn it off. It was one of those real life cartoon moments. A few seconds later I could out of the stall with my face all wet and Laura asks if I'm ok, but I assure her that I wasn't crying, just unfamiliar which French plumbing.

We met up and after paying ridiculous fees to go to a Brazilian ATM we found a place with a patio next to the beach for lunch. The food was mediocre and afterwards we walked along the famous mosaic path of Copacabana while making our way back to the Palace Hotel for our tour.

The Copacabana Palace Hotel

It may not seem like a big deal, but something about it just holds this mythical quality, like it is some glamorous paradise of Old Hollywood.