Happy 2009 !

Copacabana Beach Today ( New Year´s Eve )

My New Year’s Celebration this year was by the beach watching
the fireworks and drinking Champagne !

It was really cool ( even though a little too crowded for my taste ) to celebrate it by the ocean again after all these years.
It is so peaceful ... even with all the noise .

Wishing all of you my dear friends a 2009 full of joy , peace and health !
Next year I might try spending it in Copacabana. Right down there in the crowd .They calculate that this year two million people spent the festivities in Copacabana and another one million along the rest of the coast.

HAVE A GREAT NEW YEAR !

Like they say in Brazil , Axé !

This was taken earlier today by the beach

... and yes , I did drink coconut water ...