buzios is a tiny beach town about 120 miles outside of rio. we took a bus up on tuesday morning and checked into our little inn/bed and breakfast. the website i booked from showed me the room we would be staying in, but for some reason i still thought it would be a smaller room with a worse view…but we scored big time. the entire inn was so beautiful. the room was so beautiful. the view…beautiful. it was the most amazing place i’ve ever stayed. even compared to the $3,000 per night place i stayed in barbados with the family i nannied for. we knew it was going to be a really amazing few days. i will have to remember to thank my two clients who highly recommended buzios to me. i can’t imagine our trip without it! it was the best part, jake and i both agreed.

there were these two beds we looked down on from our balcony. i laid in them and read my book a few times. and i felt like i was in a lifetime movie. the kind where your husband doesn’t kill you.

it was really the most charming little fishing town i’ve ever been to. look at this little bay!

these beautiful trees with red blossoms were everywhere. the red against the bright green is stunning.

jake on our balcony

inside the main part of the inn

i know, again with the bed.

fishing boats everywhere!!

in the 1960s, buzios didn’t even have electricity or running water. then Bridget Bardot visited with her boyfriend and suddenly it started to become a real destination for beach-goers. the town is obsessed with bridget bardot today, and this statue is near the main square. ok, i’m not trying to be conceited, but i have been told on many occasions that i look like a young bridget bardot. usually by 60ish year old men who knew of her back in the day. the first time i was told that, i was so curious and wanted to know all about her. i have always had a fascination with the 60s and i guess i love to pretend that i am somehow linked to that decade. btw bridget bardot is in my opinion one of the most beautiful women in history and although i am extremely flattered, i unfortunately do NOT see it myself.

so, here is me with the statue. i guess we do kind of look like twins here.

i love buzios so much that i will definitely be doing another post about it.

ps look at my handmade leather sandals in the bottom pic. i bought them in rio from the very woman who made them!