From Petropolis to Cabo Frio

Cabo Frio lies sandwiched between sand dunes, a lagoon with many cosy little restaurants, and the sparkling green Atlantic.

Today Monique and Dilson drove us to here,where they have a holiday apartment near to the beach. The drive took close to three hours. We walked around the little town, saw the canal, the centre and the beach, everything is at a close reach.

After having shown us the flat Monique and Dilson left back for Petropolis and left us to enjoy Cabo Frio for the rest of the week. They are so friendly, and have taken such good care of us that it woudl be nice to pay back the hospitality in Finland. We tried to lock them towards Finland, but they seemed to prefer Italy and France...

Our plan in Cabo Frio is to take the bus to Rio at least a few times to spend the day there, but the beach, Praia do Forte, also looks tempting here, so we'll see.

Here some huge flowers that had fallen from trees lining the streets - everything looks so exotic here.