2nd south american country: Uruguay. cities:
Colonia y
Montevideo. purpose: weekend getaway :) Friday was definitely an adventure. First, Lauren and I had planned to meet outside my homestay at 8 am to share a taxi to the Buquebus station in Retiro and make our 9:45 ferry. Since Lauren has a tendency to be late (read: ALWAYS), we decided to meet extra early. Cue 8:50 am and Lauren's still not there. Since she doesn't have a phone, my best option was to book it to the station and see if something came up and she was already there. And wouldn't you guess the ferry is the ONE THING in Buenos Aires that actually runs on time. Making it there at exactly 9:45, I watched Steph and Callie board and then had to buy a second ticket for 12:30. Lauren finally got to the station a little after 10, having slept through her alarm. She was so upset with herself I couldn't be mad. And at least I had a friend for the ferry :) One hour later, arriving in
Colonia, we met Steph and Callie who were waiting for us. REUNITED AND IT FEELS SO GOOOOD. We rented a golf cart (yes, really) and made our own sight-seeing tour of the small town of
Colonia, stopping for lunch, merienda and a full-on photo-shoot at the coast. We then hopped our bus to Montevideo, our real destination. Lauren's friend from home, Amy, is actually studying in Montevideo this semester and has been here since March, so she already knew all the great places to take us. We hit up a huge outdoor
feria (which was totally different than the
ferias here in BsAs), visited
Ciudad Vieja, the old part of the city, and had an unforgettable
parrilla experience. Steph literally almost died sampling cow intestine. There are pics to prove it. Sunday was rainy, so we traded a tour of the park for a movie at Montevideo Shopping, the huge shopping center. We saw Pase Libre (Hall Pass), which was equal parts entertaining, raunchy and stupid. Love it. We caught our ferry back to BsAs at 8 and were welcomed back at 11 by freezing rain and biting winds. But I'm not complaining. No matter how much I travel outside the city, Buenos Aires always has a way of calling me back :)
2nd south american country: Uruguay. cities: Colonia y Montevideo. purpose: weekend getaway :) Friday was definitely an adventure. First, Lauren and I had planned to meet outside my homestay at 8 am to share a taxi to the Buquebus station in Retiro and make our 9:45 ferry. Since Lauren has a tendency to be late (read: ALWAYS), we decided to meet extra early. Cue 8:50 am and Lauren's still not there. Since she doesn't have a phone, my best option was to book it to the station and see if something came up and she was already there. And wouldn't you guess the ferry is the ONE THING in Buenos Aires that actually runs on time. Making it there at exactly 9:45, I watched Steph and Callie board and then had to buy a second ticket for 12:30. Lauren finally got to the station a little after 10, having slept through her alarm. She was so upset with herself I couldn't be mad. And at least I had a friend for the ferry :) One hour later, arriving in Colonia, we met Steph and Callie who were waiting for us. REUNITED AND IT FEELS SO GOOOOD. We rented a golf cart (yes, really) and made our own sight-seeing tour of the small town of Colonia, stopping for lunch, merienda and a full-on photo-shoot at the coast. We then hopped our bus to Montevideo, our real destination. Lauren's friend from home, Amy, is actually studying in Montevideo this semester and has been here since March, so she already knew all the great places to take us. We hit up a huge outdoor feria (which was totally different than the ferias here in BsAs), visited Ciudad Vieja, the old part of the city, and had an unforgettable parrilla experience. Steph literally almost died sampling cow intestine. There are pics to prove it. Sunday was rainy, so we traded a tour of the park for a movie at Montevideo Shopping, the huge shopping center. We saw Pase Libre (Hall Pass), which was equal parts entertaining, raunchy and stupid. Love it. We caught our ferry back to BsAs at 8 and were welcomed back at 11 by freezing rain and biting winds. But I'm not complaining. No matter how much I travel outside the city, Buenos Aires always has a way of calling me back :)
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