The Pohl Family: BRAZIL

We were so excited to get to travel to Brazil with Brandon the end of April. We FINALLY got our visas, packed our bags, and headed out early one morning. We had plans to go to the beach and Corcovado (Christ the Redeemer Statue) after Brandon finished working. We arrived and drove 3 hours from Rio to Macae where Brandon had to go for work. That evening we headed down to the beach, checked out the ocean and the sand, had dinner and decided we'd head down to the beach the next day. That was Wednesday. Thursday it rained all day and Friday we had just enough time to head to the beach to walk around and play in the surf a bit before heading to Buzios. After that, it was all downhill from there. Adalyn started running fever before we left and did not feel well at all. We got to Buzios, had dinner with Brandon and some others in town for a golf tournament and headed back to the room. We spent the whole weekend in the room except for venturing down to eat. Then, when Brandon got back from the tournament on Saturday he wasn't feeling well. He and Adalyn spent all of Sunday sleeping before we had to leave for Rio. We got to Rio that evening, had some dinner, and spent the rest of the evening in bed. Poor Brandon still wasn't feeling well on Monday, so Adalyn and I ventured down to Ipanema Beach and played in the sand and surf. Even though we didn't get to do everything we had planned, we still made the most of it! We'll head back, hopefully, in the next month or so. (we all 3 ended up at the doctor on Thursday when we got back to B.A.--it was either the flu or bad colds!)