I thought I would also add a picture of my hotel's neighbourhood and my local bar/restaurant. It's a nice safe area and an easy walk to the two beaches and the Metro.
It's about a 10 minute walk to the Metro station that I use to get many places. The organizers gave us each a pass that is free transit on the subway and the buses. The station I use ( General Osorio is the name ) has one brand new line built for the Olympics that heads west to various Olympic facilities and the other two lines head north into various parts of the city. There is even a square named after the General who apparently lead the Brazilian army in a war with Uruguay.
The square is pictured below.
The metro can be a very busy place especially at rush hours. Even so , if a senior (that includes me) or a disabled person comes along , people regularly offer their seats to them. There is also preferential seating. All the announcements are in both Portuguese and English. Carioca ( the people of Rio) are typically friendly and helpful even if you can't speak their language.
Before I went to work late in the afternoon I took a tour of Fort Copacabana . It's an original military installation on a point beside the beach and was built in the 1800's to defend Rio.There is a museum there and it's very interesting. The large gun shown below swivels but right now is pointed at Visa Olympics Superstore ( the white tent like structure across the water) . Probably a commentary on the prices there!
I did go to my venue today to actually put in some work. When the gold medal match was over and before the medal ceremony they had some entertainment:
Final thoughts for this post . Because I work all evening shifts I have little or no opportunity to go out with my Canadian and international colleagues. At least it saves my liver from punishment. Some of them were out this evening having a good time without me ! Some of my fellow Canadians.
Tomorrow is going to be a long day at the venue so there may not be much to write about.
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