Day Eight: Wednesday July 6

          We got up early today because Horacio took us to the Castelar bus so we could catch it to go downtown to Buquebus.  It was a long hard trip into town because it was busy with morning rush hour traffic.  We were riding on the side of the road and going over all kinds of bumps.  I got very car sick.  Once we arrived to the center of the city, we took a taxi to Buquebus and went through customs.  We took a huge boat to Colonia.  I slept so that I wouldn’t get sick, but Paul explored a bit and read for a while.  It was a three hour long boat ride.  It was way nicer than we expected.  Once in Colonia, we took a bus to Montevideo which was 2.5 hours long, but at least it was comfortable. 

          We arrived to Montevideo around 3:30pm and got some lunch.  Paul had Chivito sandwich: the national sandwich of Uruguay.  He really liked it!  I had ham and cheese empanadas but they were no good, so I order a cheese pizza that was very tasty.  Then we walked for a bit around that part of town and took a taxi to the Oxford Hotel.  The Hotel appeared to be nice, but the rooms were pretty crappy.  The staff was nice and helpful at the very least.  We walked around our hotel for a bit and that was fun.  Around 8 we walked to a street vender.  I had a burger and Paul had a chorizo sandwich.  It was cheap and very good.  We had an indoor picnic in the hotel room, and Paul enjoyed his beer that we bought earlier in the first walk.  The beer was huge and only $2.00.  He was happy.  “The beer doesn’t taste as good, but nice to have at least.”  We went to the main desk to have them pop popcorn….and they didn’t know how to.  It was horrible!!!!  They wanted to open the bag and put the seeds in a little tupperware.  We had to tell them no, it pops in the bag.  No one around here really knows about popcorn.  Nonetheless, she did what we asked but not much popcorn popped.  We are now sitting and watching the Argentina vs. Colombia soccer game. 

 Us on the boat--Very bright.

 On the boat.

The back section on the boat where we sat.

 View of another boat.

 U is for Uruguay!

 View from boat of Buenos Aires

 Buenos Aires

Paul's gonna get his beer on.