Today was a completely free day to explore Rio on our own and each of us took full advantage of the opporutnity. Several of the group shared cabs and went to the botanical gardens. Frenchy crashed a local five star hotel and enjoyed an full day on the 16th floor and the pool. Sara caught up on her sleep and email. John and Amelia met friends recently moved to Rio and spent the whole day with them. Tom and Bobbie visited the gardens, then had lunch at the famous "Girl from Ipanema" bar, then enjoyed a couple of hours in the surf of Ipanema Beach. In the late afternoon many of us took advantage of the tour of the gemcutting exhibition at H. Stern jewerlers.
That night we enjoyed our last dinner in Rio at a Mexican Restuarnat with lots of margaritas and the Brazilian method of cooking Mexican food...quite amusing actually and nothing we got was what we had expected to order.
After dinner many of the girls went to a theatrical Samba show while the rest enjoyed the cool night air and a last walk on the beach. It was a great day.
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