- Yesterday the South American version of the Amazing Race was filming on Copacabana beach.Apparently the contestants dressed up in Prefeitura orange jump suits and everything!
- The ups and downs of being an expat wife - had a fantastic week in the pleasant mid-20's weather, biking around with the Canadoca, going to the park, getting together with friends ,enjoying ourselves and yesterday's holiday. Today, Mr. DRL was back at work and when I called him at 5:00 to see when I should expect him, he figured he "would not start anything new" today before coming home. After his meetings he still had to have, of course. Nice.
- In the headlines this week:
- a Brazilian futebol (Soccer) player, Adriano is questioned for financial ties to the Commando Vermelho, one of Rio's prominent drug gangs
- Brazil's police are criticized by the UN for their number of casualties (11,000 since 2003), and it's been stated that something needs to be done before world cup is hosted here - read more here.
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