Carnival

Vitória, the capital of Espirito Santo, is the fourth capital city of our tour and was kind of a random choice. We became interested in visiting because our guide book mysteriously skipped the state altogether, making it attractive. We did a little research and found that Vitória, like Florianopolis, is technically an island, and rated by some organization as the second most livable city in brazil (behind Florianopolis). It has warm water and lots of beaches, so why not visit? 

We ended up here for Carnival, which wasn't intentional or as specific as it sounds. We were in Belo Horizonte for the Carnival warm up, and in Ouro Preto for pre-Carnival, and Vitória did their Carnival a week early, so technically we are here for post-Carnival. We went out because I wanted to but we misunderstood the directions at found ourselves at the end of one of the parties, walking through the streets with the revellers to the next party. Getting to that party was all we had in the tank, so we walked back through what remained after the revellers revelled and before the cleaners cleaned. In Carol's words, "gross."