With yellow feathers in her hair,

Yesterday morning, after a slower start to the day than usual (blame the capirinias) we headed off to Copacabana (copa, Copacabana) to see the crazy beach life we had seen on AmazingRace and heard about.

After a bus tour of the city (read: bus driver says "yes, this bus goes to Copacabana" what he forgets to add is "...eventually",)we arrived. It was great-- soft white sand beaches, beautiful blue water, hot sun and hundreds of people. Hundreds. The beaches at Copacabana and ipanema are busy on weekends, so the Sunday of a national holiday... busy.

We walked on the surf for a while, soaking in some sun (while we still can) and enjoyed the whole experience. The beach was packed with umbrellas and people wearing bathing suits of every variety on every kind of body type. It's actually kind of nice to see people just not care about an extra big of squish and just be comfortable in their skin.

Once we got too hot we went to a ubiquitous beach side stand and shared a capirinha. (Shared because it's just 40% booze, sugar and limes-- delicious.)

Beautiful beach, great people watching and $4.50 drinks on the beach... Lake Erie you have been outshone.

Location:Copacabana, Rio, Brazil