in Brasil

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We spent several days in Brazil. We stopped in Curitiba, in the state of Parana, in southern Brasil, where we saw Don's former student Sergio Ahrens, his wife Suzanne, and their family. We then moved on to Rio de Janeiro. There, we walked Copacabana and Ipanema beaches, rode the cablecar to the top of Sugarloaf (the famous headland at the entrance to Rio's harbor), and rode the cog train up to to the Christ the Redeemer statue, high atop a mountain overlooking the city and harbor. Rio's setting is spectacularly beautiful.

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Photos

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Pedestrian street in Curitiba

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City Square, Curitiba

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Curitiba ... people enter the "tunnel" to get on to the bus

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Sergio Ahrens showing Don some notes he took when Don taught him a course in regression about 20 years earlier!

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With Sergio and his family at a fabulous Italian restaurant in Curitiba

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Ceal and Corey, with Sugarloaf in background

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Rio, from Sugarloaf

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Coastline near Rio harbor

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Island off entrance to Rio harbor

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Copacabana Beach, as seen from Sugarloaf

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Fort at entrance to Rio's harbor

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Looking down on the Sugarloaf cablecar, from top of Sugarloaf

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Rio under clouds, as seen from Christ the Redeemer

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Ceal and Corey (next pic Ceal and Don) near Christ the Redeemer

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Christ the Redeemer (also next two pics), on a mountain top high above Rio.

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A cluster of fishing boats on the south end of Copacabana Beach

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The catch (many still alive), for sale, on the beach

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The fish cleaning station