Grande Dame Mama Ruisa... Ate Logo Rio!

Terrace for breakfast, and school!

Thanks Jean-Michel Ruisa and Flavia of Mama Ruisa for the warm Rio welcome. It was like staying in the home of an eccentric local aristocrat, one might imagine a distant relation? Colonial and cosmopolitan, overlooking the city and the sea with its own garden of orchids, hyacinth, birds of paradise and banana leaves. One could get used to the grandeur of the tall ceilings, the vintage marble bathrooms, the faded splendour of 60s high society. 

And ecstatic moments in the pool. Iris has made real progress, and is now swimming freely! The girls improvised carousel horses from floaties, and raced "Tom and Talulah" like something out of an aquatic Mary Poppins. 

If we were to eat these fruits and juices for breakfast every day we'd live forever. And in a place like Rio living forever might even be a blessing - urban and wild, chaotic but well kempt, here the sun shines on everyone. 

Our relaxation was so total that we missed our flight, left our bathing suits behind, of all things... our return seems assured.

Acucar peering off the horizon

Biding time, rebooking flights

Rio airport billboard - strangely familiar!

Ate logo Rio!