Happy Christmas! I haven’t really written anything because unlike usual, our trip so far has been rather tame. We arrived in Rio de Janeiro on Friday the 22nd after a grueling 7.5 hour flight from Miami. We’re staying at a great hotel two blocks from Ipanema Beach. It was a little overcast the first two days but the sun came out to greet us today, much to our delight! My coworkers/friends, Ed and Luis are also down here and we hooked up with them for some drinking, eating and more drinking yesterday. It was great. We went down to the beach again today and just frolicked like a bunch of kids. It was fantastic. There are these pop-up shelters along the beach where you can rent beach chairs, towels, and umbrellas. They also serve beers and
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