060506 Rio We had a great time with Eileen & John Fees parents and Terry. We visited street markets in Copacabana, the Gypsy Market in Ipanema and spent time at Copacabana & Ipanema beaches and walking around old Rio. Fee and John were boogieboarding but the surf was getting the better of them. We all met up with Felipe and Silvestre on Sunday for lunch at a local Kilo restaurant (these are buffet restaurants where they weight your plate full of food - a...

01.05.06 Rio The flight was ok but fee had a temperature and was still not feeling very well. We took a taxi to our hotel in Copacabana the most expensive we have stayed so far! The sun was shining and it was 30 C. Lovely. The reason for the expensive place was this week is Fee's 40th Birthday. The surprise that had been kept from me by everyone for 3 months was that my parents were coming to visit us in Rio for 11 days. The following day we took the ...