I'm in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
And now I'm going to show you guys what's the best in town
I lived here for close to 10 years
so I know this city pretty well
Good morning! We're coming for breakfast today in a place I really like
It's a park in the neighborhood of Jardim Botanico called Parque Lage
Here you have this contact with nature and it's also a really beautiful place
Christ the Redeemer!
This place here was a sugarcane farm when the Portuguese first came to Brazil
in the 16th century until in the beginning of the 20th century this
mansion was built. Yes, this was a house!
It was built by the family Lage hence the name
And then in the second half of the 20th century it became the Visual Arts School
The most important art school in Brazil, and it was also like a political and
cultural center for resistance during the dictatorship,
the military dictatorship here in Brazil
Here's the beginning of the trail to Corcovado. Next time! Today I'd rather go to the beach
This beach here is Leblon, it's my favorite!
It's a very quiet beach
Normally only those who live here in the neighborhood come here
Cariocas from other regions or also tourists prefer going to Ipanema or Copacabana because of
the hustle and bustle! Today I'm going to walk all this here,
from one end to the other
Over there there's a canal which is the exact border between Leblon, back there
and Ipanema here. Welcome to Ipanema!
Today it was really hot!
It was close to 100 degrees F
So we stayed the whole afternoon at the beach, the water was perfect!
So here to finish the day we came to Arpoador
It's right at the end of Ipanema
We came here for the sunset and look at how many people had the same idea
In the next videos: Sugarloaf, Christ the Redeemer, Barra da Tijuca, Copacabana, Maracana and much more!