Monday, March 10. 2008Rio De Janeiro...sortaWelcome back to my travel blog. This day I am down in Rio De Janeiro on a layover. Weather is quite nice for a change as it has been raining quite a bit down here of late, but alas, it turned out to be a fine day. After I woke up anyway. Staying at the Intercontinental Hotel Woke up Tuesday morning to another fantastic day. The weather looks like it will hold for a while so after making these entries and checking email I plan on going for a run and maybe stopping for a bit to watch the hang gliders and paragilders that launch off a mountaintop on the south end of the beach. I guess that after that I will work some more on our travel website, Travel-Ascending . Then we will head for home once again back to MIA. Next day my family and I depart on our annual snowboard / ski vacation. This year we are headed to Steamboat Springs, Colorado. I can't hardly wait as the snow this year is at near record levels. Barring any unforeseen consequences I will be back on another trip to Rio in about two weeks and I will report on our Colorado vacation. Until then... Tuesday, March 4. 2008Winding the Day Away in Montevideo
As this is my first entry using this blog software I will keep it short and sweet and see how this works out. Look for more entries, better well written in the future. Well, back from my run, did about thirty minutes or so. Drenched...yes I am, the rain started again about the same time I completed my first minute, and the wind was nothing too friendly either. Now I am back in my room, soggy and upset as I have just found out that my favorite football player, Brett Favre, of the Green Bay Packers has announced he will be retiring from football today. |
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, south of Copa Cabana and Ipenema, on the beach in an area know as Sao Conrado. The night ended with us having a great dinner at a Churrascaria in Barra called 
Overeat..oh yes I did. The selection of sushi and grilled meats was superb though the prices have risen since I last went there and with the falling exchange rate for the dollar against the Real. Oh well, It was worth it. 
near the hotel in which we are staying. That hotel, the Sheraton is located in a suburb not far from downtown. The hotel is attached to a large 3 story shopping mall called Punta Carretas 
, which incidently happens to be on the site of the old city jail. 
