BUZIOS, BRAZIL
This morning we pulled in Armacao dos Buzios. (Buzios) This is a tender port. The seas were very calm, a great day to go on shore with the tender boats. We had no excursions booked in this town, as most of it is right off the pier. We ventured of on foot along the boulevard road by the water. it was about a couple miles walk to an old church from 1740. First of all this town was put on the map by no one else then Brigitte Bardot. She visited this town very regular, to the point that the locals erected a statue for her along the boulevard. I sat down beside the statue and Carol took a nice picture of us. (felt good to snuggle up to her) After walking by numerous little stores and cafe’s we found the church. The church was not very large, unfortunately the door was closed and we were only able to peek through it to have a look inside. After the church visit and buying a local t-shirt from one of the small stores, we ventured back to the other end of town. The streets are all made of cobblestone in this town. There are a lot of houses in this town owned by people from Rio, as it is only 3 hrs away by car. There are also several nice small boutique hotels along the boulevard. All along the boulevard you find sandy beach areas. At some point we had to stop at a small cafe to have a bathroom break and also cool down some. It was way to hot for coffee, so we decided to have a ice cold cervesa (beer), that hit the spot. After our stop we wandered of to the other end of the town along cobble stone streets lined with more small stores and cafe’s. We even did see a Mc Donalds in this town. At one point we run into a couple we met on the ship. The four of us decided to walk along the sandy beach back towards the pier. Half way back we stopped at a tiny beach side restaurant it had only 4 tables and chairs right on the sand. The table and chairs are the plastic ones you see a lot in Mexico. We stayed here for about an hour and enjoyed the breeze from the ocean. They served us local ice cold beer from the freezer acompanied by fresh calamary. (yummy) By 3 pm we got back to the pier and tendered back to the ship. We spend an couple hours before dinner on the back of the ship enjoying the nice cool sea breeze. We pulled up the anchor around 5pm and sailed of tomorrow’s destination RIO. This was a very lovely visit, to a very nice spot. I would definitely like to come back to this spot again to unwind and relax, I also recommend it to everyone if they have a chance to visit this place.
Tchau
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