Olá one last time from Rio!
This week, we experienced everything — a heatwave, monsoon rains and a double dose of Brazilian culture.
One of the highlights was a visit to the Catedral Metropolitana de São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, a modernist church based on the Mayan pyramids. It’s one of the most awe-inspiring cathedrals I’ve ever seen. (I’ll share a picture in a minute.)
And that brings us to this week’s question: What’s the most impressive religious monument you’ve ever visited in your travels? Whether it’s a shrine in Japan or a cathedral in France, we’d love to hear about it. And please tell us why it was so meaningful to you.
This is the interior of the Rio Cathedral. Really, we’ve never seen anything like it, and we highly recommend you check it out if you’re in Brazil. Even if aren’t religious, you’ll appreciate the architecture and the attention to detail in this one-of-a-kind building.
One of the other highlights was the Rio Carnaval Experience. It’s a workshop where people create the floats and displays that you see during Rio’s famous Carnaval parade. We’ll have more in the podcast.
They even teach you how to dance the Samba in this fully immersive experience. We admired the skill of these dancers from a safe distance.
Ah, but you can’t escape the Carnaval! At the end of our tour, it was dress-up time. If we had actually participated in a Carnaval parade, this is what Aren and I might have looked like.
These costumes are heavy, and I’m not sure how people dance in them in the summer heat without passing out.
Thank you for joining us in Rio for the last few weeks. It’s been a lot of fun! We’re headed to Central America next. Stay tuned for details.
Don’t forget this week’s question: What’s the most impressive religious monument you’ve ever visited in your travels?
Brazil Confidential: Our last days in Rio