Went to the most representative places of Rio-the beach! Both Copacabana and Ipanema~ the streets next to the beaches are amazing. They are wide and clean. Most importantly, they incorporate beautiful landscape into the design. Huge palm trees made the outline of the streets. Then many kinds of other tropical plants also being incorporated. All of these are interacting with the beach, ocean and sky, which makes the city looks so harmonious. Which really surprised me is the speed limit of e streets next to the Ipanema beach, 70… This makes me want to explore the whole city on their roadway design. It is so different!

In the afternoon, we went to Hipple fair. I always believe this kind of fair is a good representation of a city and it dose in Rio, too. There were lots of local handcrafts, and food as well. I found that leather products are the things that they really like. Leather bags, belts, purses, bracelets, etc. I got two book markers and a small map there, oh, and a blended juice~ I really like these handmade things, they make people feel the originality and the effort of the artists. And from the using of colors, I can almost feel the sprit of Brazil~ Hot hot hot~