RIO DE JANEIRO (PART 3) INCLUDING PETROPOLIS, THE IMPERIAL MUSEUM, AND CRYSTAL PALACE--Saturday, December 21, 2013 December 22nd 2013 PETROPOLIS, THE IMPERIAL MUSEUM, AND CRYSTAL PALACE--Saturday, December 21, 2013
This morning we walked down the street to the next door hotel to wait for the van for the tour to Petropolis. I don't know about your education, but Valerie and I had never learned that Brazil had been ruled by a monarchy that set up Rio de Janeiro as their capitol. This came about when on 27 No ... read more
South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro » Petrópolis Following three centuries under the rule of Portugal, Brazil became an independent nation in 1822. By far the largest and most populous country in South America, Brazil overcame more than half a century of military intervention in the governance of t... ... read more
We are sisters who began our love of travel with our parents when we were in grammar school. We grew up in Northern California and had traveled most of the Western States and Mexico before the 8th grade. Sharon traveled to Europe the first time when she graduated from high school to be a Girl Scout camp counselor and Valerie lived in Europe 7 years teaching the US military community at the graduate level. We rarely take a tour and usually travel on a low budget, by car, plane, and train. We have recently both retired and Sharon bought a Roadtrek RV, that we named Rosie II after our parent's "R... full info