March 11 – Rio

I took the shuttle into the Copacabana Palace to see the hotel and do a little shopping. The hotel was beautiful but had very little shopping so I took to the street to get an idea of shopping in the area. There wasn’t a ton of shopping within 4 blocks but I was able to get 6 postcards. I then went across the street to the beach and spent a little time walking in the sand and surf. The water was a little cool and the sand was wicked hot in the 90 degree heat. I then caught the shuttle back to the ship to eat lunch, walk and swim. We sailed at 3pm so the sail out looked a lot like the sail in which was beautiful. Pinky asked me to dinner so I ate with her, the Pastor Ed and his wife, Ruth. It was a nice meal but I look forward to eating on my own.