Coming to our last days we had a lot to accomplish!
First we hit up the fruit market right in Copacabana.
We then walked over to the Hippie Fair in Ipanema where we found some cute souvenirs and then took a close look at all the art. I found a piece similar to one we like in Ilene's house depicting a Carnaval scene. We talked to the artist who was a friend of Ilene's and wanted to be friends with Swapna :) We had been told that the frames were worth buying here because they were so cheap so we each got frames for our paintings. Swapna's was a nice large wooden frame that was too big to carry on so they had to deconstruct it and wrap it up which was traumatic but ended up working!
We had wanted to get feijoada, a classic Brazilian dish, so we decided to stop at the Casa de Feijoada for lunch. It was delicious. Very heavy for a hot day but we managed to pack it in :) I was exhausted so we grabbed our purchases and headed back to Ilene's for a rest.
Rejuvenated, we got dressed and headed out to have a drink at the famous Copacabana Palace Hotel. Turned out they were closed for a private event but pointed us to another part of the hotel where there was an open party. The party was more than we were looking to get into at that moment but after watching the hoards of young, beautiful people pour in, we decided to join the crowds! It was called the "Por do Samba".
After realizing that the drink selection was not ideal (red bull, anyone?) and that they only had hot dogs for food, Swapna used her charm once again to convince them to let us out briefly for "food". We headed to a Samba club that came highly recommended by our new artist friend - the Casa Rosa. But after taking a long cab ride there, it turned out to be completely closed. We instead headed back to Centro/Lapa where we knew a bloco had been going on so we would find something to do. We stopped at a restaurant to get some snacks and whet our whistles with some strong caipirinhas and then headed back to the original party.
We enjoyed listening to the various bands that were playing and cheers'd to Swapna's birthday at midnight!!
First we hit up the fruit market right in Copacabana.
We then walked over to the Hippie Fair in Ipanema where we found some cute souvenirs and then took a close look at all the art. I found a piece similar to one we like in Ilene's house depicting a Carnaval scene. We talked to the artist who was a friend of Ilene's and wanted to be friends with Swapna :) We had been told that the frames were worth buying here because they were so cheap so we each got frames for our paintings. Swapna's was a nice large wooden frame that was too big to carry on so they had to deconstruct it and wrap it up which was traumatic but ended up working!We had wanted to get feijoada, a classic Brazilian dish, so we decided to stop at the Casa de Feijoada for lunch. It was delicious. Very heavy for a hot day but we managed to pack it in :) I was exhausted so we grabbed our purchases and headed back to Ilene's for a rest.
Rejuvenated, we got dressed and headed out to have a drink at the famous Copacabana Palace Hotel. Turned out they were closed for a private event but pointed us to another part of the hotel where there was an open party. The party was more than we were looking to get into at that moment but after watching the hoards of young, beautiful people pour in, we decided to join the crowds! It was called the "Por do Samba".
We enjoyed listening to the various bands that were playing and cheers'd to Swapna's birthday at midnight!!
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