Friday was another fun day. After breakfast I went to my room to work (boring!) while the students went walking around Copacabana looking for souvenirs. We met at noon on the roof of the hotel. There is a very small but nice pool there along with some chairs and tables. Some students took advantage of the situation and tried to get some sun (some are turning a bit red - I guess they aren't applying the sun block very well!). My professor friend Helaine from the University of Sao Paulo in Piracicaba flew up to join us for the weekend. She met us at the hotel at 1:00. Here are some photos of the view from the roof of the hotel, you can see the Christ the Redeemer statue and the beach. Notice how even though there are tall buildings all around that there are still trees planted along some of the roads. Very nice.
