It's Christmas Day, and I feel silly for lagging behind in writing here but I really didn't want to forget this day! I'll catch up more on Sunday with our last adventures at all the parks in Rio, then to Leblon, and Barra. But right now we are in Barra de Tijuca (arrived Friday) and it is glorious! Last night we watched the Polar Express in Portuguese with Evie snuggling with us absolutely rivited on Christmas Eve, pointing out the tree and presents and very excited we'd be opening presents under our Christmas tree on the porch tomorrow. Then, when we woke up, we opened a few presents, it was a beautiful morning. I just loved to sit on that porch and look at the unobstructed view of the ocean, it's nice to be up high and have a great view!
And then we headed out to the beach. The walk to the beach is so short, yet so beautiful, right next to the golf course and the beautiful flowers. The white, yellow, and pink plumeria trees among the palm trees are my favorites. This community here looks like Elysium, I cannot believe it is real! Such tall and elegant apartments in blues and greens like abalone, I never thought complexes could look pretty but these really do, and so spread out among the golf course, clube, and playyards/gardens/golf course, I've never seen anything like it!
Anyway, when we get to the beach we decide to have lunch first so we eat at a restaurant right on the beach: fries, cheeseburgers, acai and guaravita, yum! Evie and Rosie met 2 friends, sisters exactly their age and they played together in a blow-up pool. After lunch we went down onto the sand and took a few pictures and played around, the water was so clear! Hard to see on the pictures since it was somewhat cloudy earlier in the morning but wow, and the little islands are gorgeous.
On the way home we stopped by the amazing 3 layer pool our the entrance to Golden Green. And we were the only people there! Shocking on Christmas, then again I imagine most of the rich people who live here go elsewhere for the holiday like the US. So we played around, Rosie fell asleep in my arms, and Evie played a bit in the plaground right next to the pool.
We came home and then opened a few more presents on the porch, Evie especially loved the play dough and bubbles! Then we all took naps, and then woke up to open even more presents!!! Evie goes through them slow, but that's ok we enjoyed just spending time together on the porch and watching the sun set. After it set, we went downstairs to play at the playground right next to our building, it was really nice and fun to see all the Christmas lights while they're still up. The babies enjoyed themselves immensely.
We came home and then called family, and now here we are! Such an amazing Christmas, I love my family, I'm a very lucky lady. :) I want to relive this day in heaven.
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