Rio ICT conference

I was lucky enough to go on an ICT conference to Rio de Janeiro in November as I am ICT coordinator for the Primary school. I went along with Andy and Claire, colleagues from BSQ. Apart from 3 days of workshops, we managed to see a bit of the city. We were staying in a hotel off Copercabana beach. The beach front was lovely but not as busy as I would have expected because the weather wasn't great. As it is the capital for haviannas, I managed to buy 10 pairs! I also tasted the best ever caipirinhas at the British School Rio, they made them out of whatever fruit you fancied, the strawberry ones were the best. We add meat in one of the famous restaurants where they come along and slice the meat off in front of you, we also went to a samba club in Lapa, I did not even try to dance samba, they move so quickly. We took the cog train up Corcovado for stunning views beneath the open-armed Cristo Redentor, I forgot my camera though and was not happy. We went up the cable car to admire the Cidade Maravilhosa from atop Pão de Açúcar, otherwise known as sugarloaf mountain. It was lots of fun.