“Brazilians are the Italians of South America.” -hotel driver Hey y’all and welcome to our post! Hopefully this will be informative for you, and you can plan your dream trip to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Let me start by saying that upon exiting the airport in Rio, I told my husband that I could already feel this would be one of my top places to travel. There was something about the energy, the weather, and the people that I took an immediate liking to. I was fully convinced of this notion on the way to the hotel when our driver said, “Brazilians are the Italians of South America.” He assured…