RIO

Thor-Inge and I went to Rio this week-end :-)
We stayed in Barra Tijuca were we had never been before. It's mainly a residential area with a wonderful beach! It's much more quiet than Ipanema!

I have an infection in my foot/toe, and it was really painful after all the walking at the beach. I knew I was going to stand the whole evening at the concert, so I rested at the hotel for a while. The remedies I found in the mini-bar :-)

Our special dish in Rio is bacalao. We always have it there.

This one was the best ever!!!!

I'm cheering for Hilde ; it's her Birthday!!

After a terrible rainstorm, caos in the traffic and NO taxies anywhere - we got kind of worried how to get to the show. T-I has learnt a couple of Brazilian corruption tricks, so he "bought" a taxi to take us there - just in time for A-HA to enter the stage :-))

It was a GREAT concert. We loved it :-)

The morning sun at 6.am.

We slept less than 5 hrs because I was gong to run.....

Ready for Corrida da Mulher - around the Lagoa.

Happy and optimistic before the race. Before I knew that this should be the warmest and most terrible experience of my life!

The heat almost killed me, so here I am, very close to collapsing!!!

I even had to walk a little and I drank one liter of water during the race.

I NEVER run if it is warmer than 25C. Here is the proof that we had 35C at 8am.

It turned out to be 40C a few hrs later.......

Wonderful with a lot of fresh fruit afterwards.

Look at the women around me - even the Cariocas were exhausted by the heat!

My coach hiding in the shade :-)

Even though I had a terrible experience and used 10 minutes more than I planned to, I was number 335. Almost 2000 started - so I was definitely not alone to have a bad day!

Funny tree

Beautiful tree

This man doesn't bother the heat. I tried the beach for an hour, but in 40C I had to give up and hide in the shade in our balcony! T-I went for a run at the beach!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A wonderful week-end in a wonderful city. Wonder if we can squize in yet another trip before we leave the country?