So it's been an eventful last few days. The last entry, I believe, was just before we went to the Parade of Champions, the winners of the formal Parading of the Samba Schools. To sum up, there are no words that come close to appropriately describing the event. (I seem to be saying that alot lately). We arrived at 2100hrs, to see the Sambadrome, the site of the event. This is a really long structure, made entirely of concrete. It was constructed by the famous Oscar Neimayer, the same architect who designed the city of Brasilia. To get an idea of what the Sambadrome is like, imagine the Commonwealth Stadium, stacked about 6 lengths back to back, with a long white stretch of 4-lane pavement in between the 2 sides of the stadium. On one side
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