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Friday, March 02, 2012

Pathways of the Lagoa

I am posting MTFSO pretty late in the day.  I’ve had a long day, no make that a long two days.   We came back up to Friburgo on Tuesday, a day later than planned but home at last.  Arrived up at the house after a long 3 hour bus trip, then grocery shopping;  after thawing broth from my stock in the freezer and cooking a lunch we were finally feeling that the day was complete.   We had just gotten settle in for a nap when Camillo received a phone call from a friend and colleague from the mid 60s – yes that is the sixties – and the friend would be having a dinner in celebration of his birthday, ‘and could we come’.  So Thursday afternoon, back to Rio we went.  Arrived at the apartment, took showers and dressed up in our party gear, took a taxi to Barra Shopping and had a great time.  Old stories, discussion of the changes in geophysics, good food and, of course, good wine.  Back to the apartment at 1 am, on the bus back up here by 10 am…. you’ve got the idea.  It was worth it to see Camillo enjoying so many old friends but my bum is dragging a bit. 
This past month we spent so much time in Rio and I walked the Lagoa and the seawall for my exercise.  A few walks were meandering around the neighborhoods between the Lagoa and the beach with my camera.  I caught a couple sunsets which I posted at the first of the week for your enjoyment, and generally added to my massive number of archived photos.  Other walks though were marching along at a good clip, working up a sweat and getting the feeling that I had the right to eat lunch later.  Walking the path around the Lagoa has always been a favorite of mine.  The full circle or should I say kidney shaped path around the lake is 7.1 km long but has lots of things to see and enjoy, and that makes the walk go by easily.  When I take my camera along I seldom take shots of the actual path…. it is just a path after all, but along the way there is public art (many that I have shown you before), trees and shrubs flowering, birds on green feet and others on tall wobbly legs.  For this post I tried to find shots that show you a bit of the path and of other things to help you pass the time.DSC00822DSC00844DSC01492


  
see it is just a path – but along the way….
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there is something different to see each day.
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8 comments:

  1. These are lovely, Ginger. I like that black-white artwork on the boardwalk (or is it a plank?)

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  2. What a busy life! You remind me that it's not so much about the path we take, but what we experience along the way that's important. Your last two shots are so tranquil!

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  3. I love that third picture, I don't mind walking there , with such gorgeous view of the mountains and the sea, I'm mesmerized!
    This is one reason I love joining the FMTSO, I can see gorgeous places so far away from home without spending money. Just love it.

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  4. my water fowl looks like yoursm but is blue.

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  5. The first photo deserves to be on a tourist brochure, Ginger! And I love the last two, and the artwork and - oh, what the heck - they're all great!

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  6. @Kerry, The Ipanema area as it is now is only about 75 years old - before that it was sugar (and other) plantations. The farms got their products into Rio via mule and boat. this is a concrete slab possibly at one time a dock - someone very considerately put artwork on the otherwise unsitely protrusion into the lake.

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  7. Love the wide vista and the painted pier. Rio just seems so beautiful.

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