Thursday March 5, 2015 - Buzios, Brazil

Thursday March 5, 2015 – Buzios, Brazil

We got up at 7:30 and went to run and walk on the track.  It was already hot outside, but the setting is beautiful.

We showered and had coffee and went to the Lounge to get our excursion tickets.  We left the ship via tender for the short ride to shore.  We met our guide Gorka and went to the bus for our Buzios Highlights tour.  We mostly saw beautiful beaches and he told us where the nudist beach was.  Beautiful rock formations and some spectacular houses.  We stopped at 4 places – a beach and 3 lookout points.  It was a good 2 hour tour.  We then walked all around town stopping for pictures with the Bridgette Bardot statue, the fisherman’s statue and the statue of the former President who liked to sit on the Bardot Road and watch the sunset.  We walked to the old city and Tim bought a dive t-shirt.  We walked to the commercial district and walked all around – lots of shops, restaurants and bars. 

Colorful water taxis lining the coast in Buzios, Brazil

Beautiful coast line near Buzios

Taking in the sights

Island where they used to collect guano - bird poop!

Beautiful flowering plants with tall stalks

Sandy beach near Buzios

The pink sand beach in the background

Another selfie!

Stunning rocky cliffs

"The turtle" rock formation

Downtown Buzios

A statue in the water:  The Three Fishermen

Plaque for "Tres Pescadores"

Statue of the former Governor - he used to sit here and wave to people

Larry with "The Governor"

Pretty cottages with colorful windows and doors

More cottages

Posing with Brigitte Bardot!

Helen and Stan enjoying their lunch at O'Barco where we ate lunch

We walked back toward the old town to the restaurant the Helen and Stan had told us about – O’Barco.  We sat outside on the porch and had a fabulous fish lunch with a fish stew and fish fillet in shrimp sauce.  With a bottle of Chilean wine the total was only $55.  Delicious.  We really like Buzios.  Maybe a return trip here?

We headed back to the tender point and met Helen and Stan.  Short ride back to the ship and then a well-deserved nap.

We went up on deck for sail away but it ends up that there was a chain wrapped around our anchor and the captain had to have it cut away.  We went had several glasses of champagne and ended up in Horizons with Helen and Stan and the Alabama crew.  We saw the sun set to the west and then the full moon rise in the east over the mountains – it was beautiful.

We finished our champagne and then dressed for dinner.  We headed back to Horizons for another glass of champagne before our special dinner in Toscana at 8:30