Month: October 2019

Today we took the ferry from Montevideo to Buenos Aires. The ferry is a catamaran and goes fast, more than thirty miles per hour. The speed was impressive. I’ve never been on such a fast boat.

We are staying in a very nice area of Buenos Aires. There are lots of nice restaurants on the tree lined streets. We went to a great barbecue place.

Afterwards we went to a jazz club nearby called Thelonius and listed to a great group.

Here is a link to the video I made today.

Today was rainy, gray and cool. When we finally roused ourselves to go exploring we visited the Carnival Museum.

We walked around and people watched.

Here they are bringing in wood for the barbecue fires.

We stopped for coffee.

Tonight we again had steak for dinner at another barbecue place.

Uruguay must have rules about disclosing salt content. The menus list items with no salt and we saw this sign in the restaurant tonight.

It says less salt more life.

Tomorrow morning we take the ferry to Argentina

Today we explored Montevideo a bit. We walked to Independencia Plaza and visited the memorial to General Artigas, the Father of Uruguay.

We visited the Gaucho museum. And of course Duke was inspired to try out his Gaucho skills.

My Gaucho!

For dinner we had steak at one of the barbecue places in the market across from our hotel. When we walked through the market this morning the barbecue fires were roaring.

Here they are bringing in wood for tomorrow.

Our steak tonight was superb.

We had an interesting exchange with our waiter at dinner. It illustrates how much people all over the world follow American politics. The waiter asked where we were from. We said the U.S. and he asked what state. When Duke said Nevada the waiter said “Nevada is very important in the election isn’t it?” He was aware that Nevada is an early caucus state!

Here is the link to the video I made today.

In Salto Tuesday morning we walked to the post office and then explored a bit. Our bus to Montevideo left at one. The six hour ride was comfortable with few stops. It rained for much of the way.

We are staying at the Don Boutique Hotel, a very nice place. We enjoyed a welcome drink while we checked in.

Here is the video I made today.

This morning a taxi driver took us across the Uruguay River to Salto, Uruguay. The temperature was a steady 50 degrees here with rain all day. Crossing the border was easy and the immigration check was fast and painless.

This afternoon we walked around Salto. We visited a small art Museum and went down to the river.