Sofia Somewhere

Back in Rio, we decided to spend the day seeing Niterói since Daniel invited us over for churrasco for the finals. We went to mass first in the morning at the chapel in a school (finally, an English mass). After mass, we were asking the guard for directions to the bus or metro, and an American couple who had been living in Brasil helped us out with translation. It was so nice because they asked if we were from the Philippines (there were some Filipinos attending the mass as well) and shared that they had lived there for a few years back when Cory was president. We were originally planning to take the bus to the ferry terminal, but when we were waiting at the bus we found one that goes straight to Niterói. At Niterói I showed Ange the Caminho Niemeyer and B met up with us there. View of Rio from Niterói + the ferry on the left Pão de Açucar and Corcovado

On my last full day in Niterói, B and I decided to walk up the mountain to Parque da Cidade . We took a taxi to the base of the mountain, well not exactly street level but a little further up, and then walked up the rest of the way. The first half was pretty hard mainly because the roads were steep. But it didn't take as long as we thought and in about 15-20 minutes we were at the road entrance of the park. The view from halfway up

I spent all of Friday at the hotel, in the morning catching up with my sister and planning our South America trip, and the afternoon watching the games. Delcimar (the dad of B's friend and the owner of the hotel) decided to cook us some barbecue for dinner and we watched the Brasil v. Colombia game at the bar with barbecue and drinks. Delcimar grilling the barbecue Meaaaaat and cheese bread. The meat was never-ending.  Delicious meat, but super gutted for Colombia's loss. :(

I left São Paulo at around 10am and was set for the bus ride to Rio. Took a picture of the snacks because I love it when you get free stuff Not much of a view on the way to Rio (or maybe it's just because I was asleep most of the ride)