Rio de Janeiro

RIO DE JANEIRO CITY TOUR
Thursday, October 4  After the usual breakfast, we asked the helpful receptionist at the hotel for directions to downtown Rio.  The Metro Ipanema/General Osorio station was just a block away from the hotel and then get off at Cinelandia. We paid R$ 7 for the train ticket.

Rio's National Theatre

The National Museum of Fine Arts - Free

Bought T-shirts and souvenirs in the market place.

 The Metropolitan Cathedral

 The Aqueduct of Santa Tereza

http://youtu.be/rS_dCVCULfg

The area where poor folks live up on the mountainside is called the "Favela."  Ronaldi, the popular Brazilian soccer player was born and raised at the Favela.  There's a 3-hour Favela Tour for R$95.