Royal Toucan Looking for a Bride

Visited the Botanical Garden yesterday. Orchids, a Japanese garden, and many beautiful and different indigenous trees and other plants. A toucan showed up out of the blue and announced himself! Our teacher put all of this in context and got us practicing our Portuguese at the same time. A beautiful and relaxing afternoon in a gorgeous setting in Rio.

Leonard Leverson, United States

 

Every time we visit the Jardim Botânico of Rio de Janeiro, something auspicious happens. This time it was a Royal Toucan looking for a bride. We were only heading to the Japanese Garden, practicing Portuguese and checking some tree names, when a Royal Toucan looking for a bride showed us the way and led us through the alley.

 

The Jardim Botânico was created over 200 years ago. However, the Japanese garden was only created in 1935, then reinaugurated in 1995 by princess Sayako, the Japanese Emperor’s daughter. Thanks Sayako, Your Highness !

 

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See on the links below how RioLIVE! Jardim Botânico visits were:

		December 2018	October 2018
August 2018	July 2018	May 2018	February 2018
January 2018	July 2017	March 2017	December 2016
June 2016	April 2016	March 2016	January 2016
August 2015	July 2015	February 2015	January 2015
December 2014	November 2014	July 2014	May 2014
February 2014	December 2013	October 2013	May 2013