O Veleiro Bed and Breakfast Rio de Janeiro
Rua Mundo Novo, 1440 Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, 22251-020, Brazil
Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this B&BO Veleiro Bed and Breakfast Rio de Janeiro
Rio
We´re already behind on blogging so the next few will be too the point...
Rio Lessons
1. Rio´s beaches are great if you want to stare at gay men in tight speedos but for a more natural beach experience heading just out of town is the way to go. We spent a day in the south of Rio and another couple of days in Parati (see next blogs …
Back in Rio
Forgot to mention we went to the football at the Maracana stadium... lesson learned...
Don't believe everything you read. Lonely Planet suggests that if you sit in the open area at the bottom of the Maracana stadium the locals will throw dead chickens and bottles of **** on your head. After some time Dave convinced me to sit with the rest …
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Dia 15 - Aventura do regresso
Último dia, havia que escolher entre praia ou piscina. Nós escolhemos a piscina e ainda bem. A água estava quentinha e deu para dar uns mergulhos. Depois de toda a manhã na piscina, foi arrumar as coisas e... preparar a parte psicológica para o regresso. Combinámos com o nosso transporte às 17:00, uma vez que o voo era às 20:00 e o check in estava feito, parecia perfeito. O que não foi perfeito ...
First Day
... without dinner. Something I have NEVER done on a flight. We were starving, but they came round with a 'gourmet' wrap an hour before we landed. Credit to the flight attendant for saving us the chicken option as again by the time they goto us all they had left was sweet potato salsa (Andrew would have loved that), but it was like cardboard! Note to self: always buy snacks before boarding! We've had a glorious first ...
Back to Rio
... When we tried to order our food, the staff were trying to communicate something to us in Portuguese. We said we didn't understand, but they just continued to speak faster as if that would help. I finally realised that they were telling us to pay at the counter first. So we went over to the counter and said "Croissant with ham and quejo (cheese)". We were lucky the cashier was a smart cookie and knew exactly what we wanted. We handed ...


