Copacabana de Manhã

The next morning, I managed to catch the view of the sunrise from the balcony of the hotel. A lot of buildings, but it’s pretty in its own urban way.

Copacabana de noite

After we got back to our hotel, I smoked a cigarette before calling it a night, standing on the balcony and watching the passing cars down below.

View from Hotel Augustos

We stayed in the Hotel Augusto's in Copacabana while we were in Rio de Janeiro, and this was the view from our hotel at the end of our first day. If you look carefully in the first picture, you can see a glimmer of the ocean. I suppose describing our room as "ocean-front" is a bit of a stretch....

Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro

A friend of mine from Kansas, Clarice, who is from Recife, Brazil was also spending the week in Rio de Janeiro for the LASA conference. As soon as we got checked into our hotel the first day, we met her before spending the day at the beach. Since we were staying in Copacabana, we started our beach excursion there.

Ultimately, we plopped at a beach-side café to indulge in a bolinho de camarão (shrimp fried goody), batatas fritas (fries), and an agua de coco (coconut water). I have to admit that my personal favorite was the agua de coco!!!