Copacabana Beach, Brasil

Life is a beach in Copacabana. Football means soccer in Brasil but that doesn't stop them from playing American football on their beautiful Copacabana Beach. Most sports are played on the sand in Rio. Volley ball and soccer "fields" are marked out in the sand. Copacabana has something for everyone. A beautiful cobblestone walk way extends the length of the beach. On Sundays when foot traffic is heavy, the road along the beach is closed off to cars to allow people to walk, jog or skate. Copacabana is located on the Tropic of Capricorn so it's winter there now. Days are still sunny and warm so all you need are your sandals and shorts.

Crochet bucket hat with Capricorn brim

Hemisphere Matters - I'm back home in Athens Georgia USA where leafless trees silhouette the winter sky. I'm missing the heat and color of a southern hemisphere summer. Traveling from summer to winter is not easy. Three months of sun, singlets and sandals living close to the Tropic of Capricorn does not prepare you for the numbing winter temperatures of North America.

While I was in Queensland I designed a new hat. It's a lot like my Melbourne bucket-style hat for travelers but it has a wider brim. I have named this brim the Capricorn brim - it offers shade on a sunny day. It's available in neutral colors like khaki and black but I have since created a wild looking one called "A Key West kind of sunset". I have adorned it with a frangipani to overstate the tropical theme.




The e-pattern for the Capricorn brim hat is now available from my travel headwear blogspot.