Hurricane Sandy's progress up the east coast is a major discussion topic of the delegation today. Our flight tonight to JFK has been cancelled, but People to People is working to route us through Dallas. In all likelihood some of us will have to wait out the east coast storm closings in Dallas.
One Sundays, the city of Rio actually seems to close down--shops are closed and it seems that everyone in the city heads to the beach for the day. We take the subway to Ipanema to experience the Hippie Market, an open air handicraft market. After shopping, we walk the three miles back to the hotel along the Ipanema and Copacabana beaches. The city closes to cars the major road that front these beaches on Sundays and it becomes a festival of bicycles, skateboards, and pedestrians.
Will leave shortly for the airport to begin the long (and clearly going to be longer an planned) journey back.
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