Last night we all had an idea to go to the beach first thing this morning from 6 to 8 o'clock to have one last day at the beach. That didn't work out due to having such a busy schedule today and the weather was unpredictable. After breakfast we checked out of our hotel at 930 and loaded all of our stuff on the bus. We drove to Sugar Loaf which is two mountains connected by a cable car. The cable car was mostly glass and had a great view of the ocean, the beach, and the city of Rio. The first mountain was the lowest mountain which gave a closer view and had lots of little monkeys jumping around on the trees. The second mountain was higher so you could see farther, and this is where my team took a picture with Copacabana Beach in the background.
Next we took the oldest train in Brazil to the top of another mountain to see Corcovado, the Christ statue, which is the equivalent of 13 stories high and a wingspan of about 8 stories wide. The statue was built with Christ's arms outstretched to bless the city. In 1984 the pope visited Corcovado, and blessed the city. A lot of us took pictures in front of the statue with our arms outstretched as well. It was a great view of the entire area.
We had our last meal together in Brazil at a restaurant where you weigh your plate of food to see how much you pay. We all loaded up our plates and enjoyed the food.
We headed to the airport 5 HOURS early because of the Bastian family but I think it was because Fernando was excited to see us leave. He worked so hard for 2 weeks we had everything we needed and wanted and really took care of us. I think he will sleep well tonight.
In our downtime in the airport we played Ninja destruction and with the brazilian souvenirs we picked up along the way. All in all it has been a pretty great day. I can't wait to get on the 24 hour plane ride home :)
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