Yesterday evening we just went for a stroll along the beach and stopped for a beer and an empenada.

We decided to visit a little bar that was mentioned as one of the top spots to go to for a different kind of night Bip Bip. Well it was a tiny little place where you helped yourself to drinks and then some people started playing guitar and singing. Trouble was it wasn’t very good and you couldn’t really hear it. And then it started raining really hard and you definitely couldn’t hear it, so we cut our losses and went home.

This morning we got up for the walking tour. We managed to navigate the metro successfully and ended up in Lapa – the more historical area of Rio. There was a big street party going on because of carnival so the route was altered a little bit.

We saw some amazing places and learnt a lot about the history of Brazil – invasion by the Portuguese, the French, becoming a monarch country and then a republic.

We also tried Brigadier – a sweet made from condensed milk and chocolate

And like all the tourists we posed on the Selaron steps.

We rested for a couple of hours before getting ready to experience carnival Rio style!

More about that in my next post.