Well after all the excitement of the Iguazu Falls, we left BA to go back to Montevideo where we took an excursion provided by our agent and saw a different side of Montevideo than we saw on the previous visit. We saw the best beaches so far, some very nice real estate and had the fortune to visit the famous Solis Theartre built in 1856 with features we have never seen before, magnificent chandeliers, the individual boxes the patrons use and the colours were amazing. We then travelled to a vineyard where we tasted some lovely Uruguayan wine, had a lovely lunch and drank some more wine. We were then entertained by a couple of Tango dancers, Tony was selected to have a dance with the lady guess it was an experience. yesterday we spent the day in a tourist resort called Punta de Este a very minor version of the Sunshine Coast, lots of nice beaches, some huge mansions where many of the rich Brazilians come for their summer vacations. Visited an art gallery which is not our normal vocation, but the artwork was something special, we thoroughly enjoyed it. Amongst the art were two gardens of bronze statues see the photo of 2 little girls but there would have been 50 more of different poses.
Today we are in our first Brazilian City, Rio Grande, we were told it is not so nice, more of a stopover to get through the formal immigration approvals, apparently Brazil is very strict and if it is left to do in Rio de Janeiro the delay can be anything up to 8 hours. We've chosen to stay aboard, we are still recovering from the falls visit and with another sea day tomorrow we should be ready to "go to Rio" in a few days.
2 little kids feeding a squirrel.
sounds as though you have had a very exciting time at the falls, sounded like a big exhausting trip but well worth it. And Dad, DANICING?????? omg!!!! Hope he'd had a few, normally takes him a few to get up!!! HA!!! Weird looking bridge, kids would love that one really fast!! Hehe!!! Take it easy today, talk soon xo
ReplyDeleteGreat video, looks amazing. Cute statues. Reminded me of Vigeland Sculpture Park in Oslo. Va va voom tango dancer ;)
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