17 December 2009

After a little scare as to whether they would be ready by the end of the week, we were able to pick up the kids' visas today!  (Yay!)  We hopped on the Metro after lunch today and headed downtown to the US Consulate.  After a brief visit to pick up their passports and some very important documents in sealed envelopes, we walked around downtown a bit to get a feel for the Centro and for Pai to see a few buildings he'd been hoping to see in Rio.

The kids were real troopers, although Maynara had some interesting comments about Pai's rampant photo-taking:  "It's just walls and windows," and "where's the art in that."  Mae had to remind her, "remember, your Pai is an architect, which means he designs buildings, so he likes to visit them and take pictures of them."  The highlights of the walk were the 2nd floor roof garden on the Ministry of Education & Health building, and the Cathedral of São Sebastião.