After 12 hours of flying and watching boring movies, we landed in one of the most beautiful city, in my opinion, Rio De Janeiro. Our collaborating Professor, Prof. Esteban Walter Gonzalez Clua, along with Erick Passos (Phd. Student of Universidade Federal Fluminese), greeted us and gave us a ride to our stunning apartment overlooking the Beach of Niteroi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niterói). The views are breathtaking there seems to be unless amounts of activities one can partake in on the beach. Our apartment overlooks Niteroi beach, Rio de Janeiro Airport, downtown Rio, Oilrig, O Cristo Redentor (Super Jesus), and Pão de Açúcar(Sugarloaf Mountain), and that should be an indication of how panoramic the views are! After arriving at the apartment we all had lunch at the restaurant in The Museum of Contemporary Art, which our flat happened to be walking distance from. After unpacking and getting adjusted to our new environment, Erick took us to the super market for supplies and some grocery shopping. Everything is walking distance, but is set atop a small hill so the walk can be quite steep. Our first night in Brazil ended with some Pizza at a local restaurant called Paludo.

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