Saturday trip to Colonia

Alcito has been very busy enjoying Uruguay so there's been little time to blog. On Saturday our Uruguayan colleagues treated us to a whole day in Colonia. We took the bus from Montevideo and the we walked around the old part of Colonia, climbed up the lighthouse, had a delicious Uruguayan dinner, stopped by an art exhibit, had a quick merienda, then returned to Montevideo.

We could see Buenos Aires, Argentina, off in the distance when we climbed the lighthouse. It looks like an ocean in the photo but it's a river, the Río de la Plata.

Colonia

Dinner ( lunch time for us) in Colonia

   

Chivito, a popular dish. It's usually served as a sandwich but we asked for it 

without the bread. This dish is for 2 people. Lots of food!

Near the old train Colonia train station. There are no trains in all of Uruguay now.

Colonia street

A lighthouse in Colonia

Buenos Aires is off in the distance, on the other side of Río de la Plata, from top of lighthouse.

Alcito saw a big whale skeleton when walking to the port.