Final Brazil Post

We've decided that best places to take vacations are when you know someone who is from or lives there. We got hooked up on all kinds of ways in Brazil. Wednesday Diego's dad took us out on his boat for a day of fishing and hanging out on a less-crowded beach.

The boat was an awesome, old school, wooden boat!
We were on the boat for about a half hour going up the coast. One thing that was interesting was all the cactus' if you look at this picture carefully you can see all of them.

The men dropped us ladies off at the beach to hang out while they went out fishing. This picture is just to show a little of the eye candy we had all afternoon.
Diego had a family friend who owned a restaurant on the beach, so they took all the fish they caught to the kitchen and they cooked it for us for lunch! Talk about fresh fish and the catch of the day! This is one of the fish Ryan caught. Doesn't he look proud?

The finished product. Another thing I want to point out....they eat french fries on top of/with everything!!


On our way home after an incredible day at the beach.
Diego's dad! Gotta love it! Here's a funny story.......You can't tell from this picture, but Diego's dad, has quite a beer belly. Diego was joking around with his dad and told me his dad was pregnant. He patted his belly and told us the Brazilian women are so demanding they have now made the men start having the babies! I thought it was funny......




Thursday we ate our way around the city, eating new things and things I knew I would miss.
That night we went to a really nice restaurant on the canal and it was beautiful with a wonderful ambiance!
Friday we went and spent some time in Rio. Diego's cousin, Miller, drove us around the city and we flew out that night late. In this picture if you look close you can see the Christ Redeemer statue on top of the mountain the mountain that is always shown in movies!
This is on the little hike up to the statue with Rio in the background.


Everyone was taking pictures like this, so we figured we needed to as well.

Miller's friend, in the pink shirt, came with us. And Ryan and I joked that we were traveling with our tour guide, and body guard. They took really good care of us in one of the most dangerous cities in the world, we always felt really safe.

Later we went to Copacabana! We had our final Brazilian dinner before we headed to the airport. Except at the airport they still had pao de quiejo(so I had my final meal at the airport)
We had an amazing trip in Brazil. Ryan loved being back there and using his Portuguese again. The people we incredible and made us feel so welcome and loved. My favorite part of the trip was the food and the beaches! We both agreed we would love to go back, maybe not during the busiest time of the year, but we loved it. And our visas are good for 10 years, anybody want to come with us? This is the only vacation when I haven't been sad to come home.....because I was going crazy without baby! I missed him so much and cried several times while I was gone, so I was so good to be able to hold and squeeze him again! It was back to coats and winter hats again real quick! We brought Hudson back an official Rio Fluminence soccer jersey,and although it's still a little big,I think it's a sign of things to come!