Warning for the reader: what you are about to read is not objective. I am, when I speak of Rio, never objective. Rio has been part of my life for a long time, even before I went there the first time. It has always been a part of me. Simply when I arrived for the first time, twenty years ago, all my thoughts took concrete form. What I feel for Rio is an unconditional and inexplicable passion, perhaps even a little unjustified. But… that’s it. It is necessary that you, who are reading me, are aware of it. Eventually, as you read, you could put some filter, if you want to bring things back to a more real dimension.