Category: Brazil -Rio De Janeiro

9 months in South America and North America

When I was in my early 30's, I made a promise to myself : "Girl, by 35, I want you to do be in a place that you would have chosen, not imposed on by the routine ! It can be a new home, a new city, a new job, but it needs to make you happy and you need to enjoy your life !". It is only lately that I have remembered that promise... I'm now 35 and I have realised that I'm the only one responsible for my own happiness. So I have quit my comfortable job in London and decided to go on another adventure...

Rio de Janeiro - Carnaval / Carnival !

4/3/2017

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04/03/2017

Après avoir célébré le Carnaval de Recife et Olinda, me voilà 2500 km plus au Sud au fameux Carnaval de Rio de Janeiro pour la parade finale au Sambadrome. Cette parade réunit les 6 écoles de Samba gagnantes de la semaine, donc un concentré des plus beaux costumes et des plus beaux chars durant 7 heures de défilé toute la nuit jusqu'à l'aurore. Chaque école comprend 7 chars et plus de 2000 personnes qui défilent pendant 60 minutes dans une ambiance déchaînée. Ce fut un spectacle grandiose...

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After having celebrated the Carnival of Recife and Olinda, here I am 2500 km further South at the great Carnival of Rio de Janeiro for the final parade at the Sambadromo. This parade gathers the 6 Samba schools winners of the week, so a concentrate of the most beautiful costumes and floats during 7 hours of show for the whole night till the sunrise. Each school includes 7 floats and more than 2000 people who march and dance for 60 minutes in an unleash atmostphere. The show was spectacular...

C'est parti pour la parade finale !
Let's start the final parade !