Rio de Janeiro in the time before humans (Rio and Me supplement one)

I’ll make this confession at the start: Those of you who read my initial posts about Rio might recognize most of the text to follow because for the second time in this series I’m going to simply copy much of …

Notes on the XXI Olympiad – Rio de Janeiro 2016 (Rio and Me addendum two)

Let the competition begin. The U S led all competing teams with an impressive total of 121 medals including 46 gold although falling far short of the 83 gold and 174 total medals the Americans won in Los Angeles in …

Notes on the XXI Olympiad – Rio de Janeiro 2016 (Rio and Me addendum one)

With the opening of the XXI Olympiad in 2016, Rio de Janeiro became the first South American city to host the Olympic Games and as befits Rio and the Olympic movement, it was a combination of dizzying celebration, moments of …