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We arrived in Rio bright and early this morning after a 10 hour flight. There is only a 2 hour difference so jet lag is minimum. We were met at the airport by a Tauck employee who was very congenial and gave us good tourist information on our 30 minute ride to the hotel: don't drink the water, don't flash your phone and jewelry around, don't flush the toilet paper. He mentioned a nice Bosa Nova bar which we will try to find and enjoy. Our hotel is the Copacabana Palace, a very luxurious place where we were escorted to our room by a hotel guest server. Check out the video on Flickr of the room. It's larger than many people have for home. We are here a day prior to the tour beginning and took advantage of that to have a small rest. Rested, we strolled across the street to the beach where you can see above I have outlived my bikini days. It is very hot and humid.After we walked toward town to a local store for water, wine and sunblock. Upon returning to the Copacabana, we had brunch at the hotel Pergola restaurant adjacent to the pool. We napped in the afternoon to catch up on missed sleep. Then, after a walk up and down Atlantica Avenue, we returned to the hotel for dinner at the Pergola. It was a quiet recuperative night with wine on the balcony. A few more pics are on flickr
