Blast to the Past
Theatro Solis, Montevideo Free day for English speaking tours
The Theatro Solis is a renovated landmark in Montevideo dedicated to the performing arts, fine arts, and community awareness of the arts. It was restored completely in the 1950s and looks now like it did in the 1800s. When you walk inside you are greeted...
The Bill Nailed down/ 1950’s Remembered Pocitos diner
Pocitos doesn't awake until ten in the morning. My first time past the little diner on the corner, a block from the beach, the sign in the window says Cerrado. Doubling back, Albierto is now in its place. A plaque on the exterior says this establishment,...
Gaucho Stuck in a museum
One of the first things I pick up in a new place is a local map. I find main streets, find plazas, find the river, find the bus terminal or airport, a good place to eat, the farmacia, and someone who knows a little English if I get in a jam. The map the...
Casa Pueblo Reminding me of home
When you come towards the end of the winding road that leads you from the highway to the water, you look down and see a turnaround where buses and cars are parked and people are standing on stone walls taking snapshots of the ocean for their scrapbooks....
Cathedral San Fernando, Maldonado, Uruguay The influence of the church
The influence of the Catholic church is everywhere in South America. There is a church near most squares and church bells can be seen and heard from most anywhere in most cities,towns or villages. Huge wooden doors open in the morning and stay open until...
Truth is stranger than fiction National hero
Jose Artigas is to Uruguay what George Washington is to the United States. You see enough statues in enough places and finally you wonder about the men behind them. You do a little research and discover that Jose Artigas is a real person with a real...
Piriapolis Rambla Four stars
The beach at Piriapolis is paralleled by a walkway for pedestrians and sightseers, as well as locals taking a lunch break in their vehicles with the doors open to give the breezes a better chance to cool them. A point of interest on the Rambla is a...
Houses in Piriapolis Neighborhoods
This day is spent in a small town that offers beach, shopping, a boardwalk,surrounded by hills and wooded areas, somewhat off well trod tourist tracks. To get here we pull off Route 1 out of Punta Del Este and cut through gorgeous hills and grasslands...
Mermaids Goddesses and old men
I haven't been to Greek islands but they must be similar to this place. Following the Rambla past the port, past expensive homes, you reach the end of the Punta Del Este peninsula. At the end is a parking lot with exercise equipment, two mermaids, a...
Colonia Del Sacramento A beautiful place
A picture is worth a thousand words, some say, so here are fifteen thousand words. Colonia Del Sacramento, new and old, is quiet, peaceful, scenic, and makes for rambling, sightseeing, day dreaming. There are many Europeans who come here to live...
Colonia Del Sacramento Cars Lots of antiques
The first two or three antique cars I see here seem like anomalies. After four or five, though, I wonder if this place attracts people who love old cars, or just turns them that way? Walking around stone paved streets of this old city, one sees old cars...
Pencil Museo/Ruta 1 You thought they were just to write with
The first stop on our day trip is a farm and museum off Route 1 that takes you from Montevideo to Colonia Del Sacramento through some of the best vineyards and cattle country in Uruguay. The Museo and farm are the creation of Emilio Arenas who not only...
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