
Walking through Copacabana and Arpoador

Esta vez la actividad de la escuela de portuguΓ©s fue la visita al Fuerte de Copacabana y Arpoador. ElΒ Fuerte de CopacabanaΒ fueΒ construido en 1908 para reforzar la defensa de laΒ BaΓa de Guanabara yΒ separa a las famosas playas de Ipanema y Copacabana. Los alumnos visitamos elΒ Museo HistΓ³rico del EjΓ©rcito y despuΓ©s fuimos al inicio de la playa de Ipanema, donde se encuentra el punto Arpoador. Desde ahΓ, disfrutamos de laΒ vista panorΓ‘mica al “Morro de los dos Hermanos”, uno de los puntos mΓ‘s bellos de la costa que encantΓ³ e impresionΓ³ a los visitantes.
Manolo Tello, Spain.
At this time the activity consisted in going walking through Copacabana and Arpoador, our students from France, Sweden, England, Spain and Switzerland started the activity in a very pleasant Β way walking through Copacabana’s shore and making our first stop at Β Forte de Copacabana (Fort Copacabana), a very Β historical place built originally to protect Rio de Janeiro’s coast from the invasions. Nowadays there is a very nice museum where people can go and meet a little about its history and also many cafes where people can stay in and relax.
After the visitation we followed our way towards to Arpoador, a place that is between Copacabana and Ipanema and very popular among people who live in Rio. Students could take a nice walk and also enjoyed the beauty of the place, the next and final stop was Pedra do ArpoardorΒ (Arpoador’s Stone). There, there is a very nice view from the whole beach and also Ipanema’s neighborhood, they could enjoy the view and also wait for the sunset talking a lot and having a lot of fun. In the end, they were one Β more time amazed and satisfied with this one more piece of Rio’s beauty.