Before the closing Rio ceremonies: a spread in my 7 Continents AB

Let's take one final look around Rio before the closing Olympic ceremonies tonight.

Rio sites should be quite famous by now, like Ipanema beach.

The Brazilian flag has flown high these past 16 days, while Christ the Redeemer has stood guard over the games of the 31st Olympiad.

There's been a carnival feel to the games and in the streets,

and tourists have flocked to the Copacabana and Sugar Loaf Mountain to take in the local sights and sounds atmosphere that Rio is so famous for.

Materials include a used file folder for my substrate that I colored with chalks.  I included images from three different travel magazines, a flag, and some wonderful 3-D embellishments I picked up last week when my friend Kathy came to visit and we went shopping.

I found a great photo of the Meeting of the Waters on the internet, so thought it was a far better photo than the ones I used on my spread yesterday.  This is something I really want to see in person.

Thanks for visiting today.  Tomorrow we will visit the Amazon as promised.  But today, it's time to say good-bye to Rio and the Olympics.