Opening Ceremony -4

Seven days and we're now only four days from the opening ceremony. Rio seems to be coming alive. I had about one hour of time to myself yesterday and was able to make a quick visit to the "Mega Store" set up on the beach. I noticed it was beginning to get crowded.

Mega Store

One of the routes we take to walk from the Windsor Atlantica to the Porto Bay Hotel (where our hospitality programs are) has also changed significantly. Each day there is more and more security and one particular area is not a very large "flea market." One minute it was clear, the next it was full of stalls selling trinkets made in China.

Finally, one knows this is the Olympics (in case you missed the signs) because of the pin trading. It's already started. This pic is a little blurry as it is not good "form" to take pictures of pin trading, however, I did notice at least five groups outside of the "Mega Store."