Saturday, September 08, 2018

Coasting on a holiday weekend



Friday was Brazilian Independence Day, and we spent it like the locals - on the beach. We headed to Búzios, a couple of hours outside of Rio, to enjoy the peninsula of beaches and clear, blue waters together with some friends.

On our first day, we wandered around from beach to beach to beach, enjoying gorgeous weather in the mid-70s with sun and marveled at the landscape and other beach-goers. Búzios is the playground of people wishing to escape Rio and was crowded for the weekend with families and groups of young people there to soak up sun, swim, and enjoy the nighttime parties in town. We enjoyed ourselves immensely and ate fresh fish on the boardwalk while enjoying passion fruit caipirinhas.






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