Keep calm and go to Rio Whenever possible, I try to escape the Dutch winter. When the mercury starts to drop in the Netherlands, I travel towards the sun to settle at some exotic place with temperatures above 30 degrees. Right now, I am celebrating the summer in Rio de Janeiro. I spent a few weeks in the north of Brazil and decided to fly to Rio for New Year. I started 2020 at Copacabana beach with three million people dressed in white watching a dazzling firework show. It was amazing! In Holland we know how to celebrate New Year, but this was a total new experience!
So far, Brazil has been amazing. It is the largest
Janeiro yet. There is something magical about this
country in South America with an estimated
place. The people are very open and free, street art
population of 216 million. It has stunning beaches,
is legal, the caipirinhas taste better than anywhere
tropical rainforests, historical towns and famous
else and the views from Sugar Loaf Mountain and
waterfalls. Usually, I want to see and explore as
Dos Hermanos are simply incredible. It is also the
much as possible, but I don’t want to leave Rio de
right time to be in Rio: the biggest Carnival in the
