Party Day in Copacabana...

“You have everything at the beach. You can eat, drink, buy newspapers, sunscreen, cigarettes, sunglasses, swimsuits ... and you have all type of food, sandwich, salad, cheese, fruits... The only thing you can’t do at the beach is sleeping. ”

“ Really, it’s always a show to go to the beach in Rio. Brazilians go to the beach like other people are going to a bar. It is a meeting point for friend, family, couple...”

“Rio is magic, right ? That´s why its nickname is “Cidade Maravilhosa” (wonderful city). Maybe it’s cliché, but just go to walk along the beach when you wake up, at 6.30am… You’ll forget negativity and only see positivity.”

“For me who have lived in Paris and Hong Kong, here I learned "le lâcher prise" / " let it go"… Working is not the most important thing. In Rio, we learn to enjoy life, time, friends, family. I also learned to be more simple. It’s relaxing.”

Quotations by Jean de Just, Interior architect and Caricoca of heart for 5 years
Pictures: Angela Perigot
Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, November 2018