Our first evening in Rio, we went out to eat at a self service restaurant in Larangeiras neighborhood. It is so great to be able to assemble your plate depending on what you are in the mood for. We served ourselves mostly veggies and salads all super fresh and some churrasco - barbecued meats. After selecting your items, you have your plate weighed which determines how much you pay. Once you sit down, servers come to offer drinks. We got choppe - draft beer which came to the table ice cold! From there we went over to Xuxa's house and met his brother Daniel who lives in Belo Horizonte. He was visiting for the weekend. We visited with him and his date for a while, and went from there to an old downtown area, and ended up meeting up with some people we had met before, and our good friends Tete and Frede! We enjoyed some wonderful pagode music in Maua and had a couple beers, then went from there to Estacio de Sa samba school. I took this in the quadra - the central rehearsal and party space for the samba school.
I tried to take some video of the scene there, but it is really diffucult to show the scale of this space. It is the size of an airplane hanger, and packed with people. There is no air conditioning, only fans to keep semi cool. The funny thing is that we were the only ones sweating! Everyone is dancing from 7 year old kids up to the oldest was in her 90s! The music is so intense you feel it through your whole body! You really can't help but dance!
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