Bienvenido a Colonia, Uruguay

well, it's been almost a week in Buenos Aires, so it's time to skip the country, right? Anyway, the company that organized my life here in BA set up a trip to Colonia, Uruguay for this Sunday, so, of course, I had to go. This meant that I had to be cleared customs and on a ferry bound for Uruguay by 9am Sunday morning. Considering that an early night here is when you get home at 3am, this was a bit difficult. But, since I had already paid 100 pesos for the ferry ride, I managed to drag myself out of bed and onto the ferry in time.

The group picture is of everyone that went to Colonia. Everyone there is either in the same program as me, or lives in the same residence.


Colonia is quite a nice, picturesque place. It's old city (pictures from above - I was perched in a lighthouse) and certain parts of it are classed as a world heritage site. The city will be absolutely gorgeous in summer though since every street we saw was lined completely with huge sycamore trees.

One of my highlights of the trip was the chance to drive around in a golf cart all day. This totally took me back to family holidays at Darien Lake where the chance to drive a golf cart (at 12 years old) was the world's greatest attraction.

Oh, I had my first culinary miscue in Colonia. I figured, since this is a port city, the seafood must be great. Well, after I received a plate of calimari that tasted as horrible as it looked, I quickly rethought that assessment. Oh well, live and learn. Come to Uruguay for meat, avoid fish!

oh, you might note that I was growing a bit of a beard in the picture. Well, I decided to visit an Argentine barber the next day for a shave, and, well, the beard is no more. Suffice it to say that visiting an argentine barber for a shave is another experience I won't be repeating.