Day 23 - Christ the Redeemer

We set our alarms for an early wake up this morning so we could explore! We ate our delicious included buffet breakfast complete with DELICIOUS FRESH sliced mangos! Next, we headed to the hippy markets, because Mariano had suggested we go! On Sundays they shut down one way of the road on Copacabana beach for pedestrians only, so we walked on the road 2 miles to the markets.We got some bathing suits, shorts, and some other trinkets! We ended up walking home and there were multiple sandcastles on the side of the beach, so we snapped a couple pics! We then put on our new suits and headed to lay out at the beach for a little before our tour. We had a quick lunch at our hotel and hopped on the bus to go to the Corcovado Mountain to see Christ the Redeemer. On our ride there we had headsets that told us little tidbits about Rio. We got to the bottom of the mountain and took the train up. The statue was magnificent! Way better than I was expecting. You could see great views of the city from above as well. We got an acai smoothie, which is the national fruit, at the top, while we looked at the beautiful scenery. We hopped back on the bus and got dropped off at our hotel! We worked out, which was much needed after all the carbs Marite feeds us, and got ready for dinner! We decided to go to the Copacabana Palace for dinner which is next door to our hotel! We ate at Pergula, by the beautiful pool, where the Obamas, Madonna, Will Smith, and many more have ate! We ordered the famous drink here, a Caipirinha. It's their sugar cane rum, sugar, and limes all together! We weren't fans. After a super busy day we are exhausted so we are tucked in bed, sent out our fathers day texts and are ready to sleep!
Taylor