Today we went to see the world famous statue of Christ. The statue itself is round about 30 m high and is located at the peak of the 700m Corcovado mountain overlooking most of Rio. The view is breath-taking…
Maracana Stadium where we saw the WM tile coming!!!
Yes we have been in the stadium, yes we have seen the German national team win the World Championship, yes it was amazing, awesome or what ever other superlative you could possibly think of! But lets start at the beginning…
Besides Neymar every single Brazilian was cheering for Germany before the game. Brazilians were even more friendly than they have been the last days (as far as that’s possible). But there have also been way above 100.000 Argentinians reported by officials in Rio de Janeiro at the day of the finals. They were everywhere and not all of them have been friendly towards Brazilians 😉 Most of the German fans met up at the northern end of Copacabana. From there we walked together to the next metro station, taking the train to the stadium. The atmosphere on the way and in the stadium was amazing. I guess everyone has seen the game itself, so no words will be lost about the ref, two yellow cards in the first half, off-side goals and so on. Lets put it that way: we nearly died 😛
Making friends with some agentinian
Meeting with with my colleague Maik 
Long after the game
There is nothing more to say…
Today we “climbed” the Sugar Loaf…
View of Botafogo and Flamengo (and also some CBD)
To the left: Leme and Copacabana – To the right: Botafogo and Flamengo
Copacabana
Copacabana zommed in (including the fan fest)Papfkfsdjf
Panoramic view
Our ride home…
The “dramatic mode” of Baules camera works well…
Rio, where should we start? It’s a fantastic city with the most spectacular settings we have ever seen! The people are among the most friendly we have met so far, its flanked by gorgeous mountains, white-sandy beaches and forests. We stayed 250 m from the Copacabana close to Ipanema. The city itself is very green. The world-famous beaches of Copacabana and Ipanama are truly amazing and the scenic outlooks of Corcovado and Pão de Açúcar are breathtaking (two posts will follow the next two days :).
Morning sun at the Copacabana
Rio is soccer!
Ipanema Beach
A street in Hamburg? Nope… its Rio! 
Nice view of Rio: Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon 
A night out with Helena (she saved our lifes by guiding us to the supermarket) 
Baule in his chair/bed in our cozy apartment 😉
The world famous Ausländer