Our Remaining Time in Piriapolis

I apologize for the long gap in posts. I have been finding it quite challenging to find a large enough block of time to get a post completed since I have to be online to blog. So, first let me wrap up our time in Piriapolis.

We spent a total of 2 1/2 weeks in Piriapolis and had some good times, but the weather was pretty cold and rainy and we found ourselves housebound much of the time. This was o.k. as the kids spent the time getting caught up on schoolwork and reading, but by the time Andrew arrived on October 12th, we were all itching to go someplace new. We were all overjoyed to see him and decided that we wanted to spend his 2 week visit traveling around Uruguay & Argentina.

We spent his first couple of days seeing a few places we had been wanting to see close to Piriapolis and visiting with the Campbell family, our friends from Montevideo who came to Piriapolis for the weekend. Chris and Elli were quite happy to have some English speaking friends to talk and play with. On that Sunday we headed up to Minas, an area in the hills we had been wanting to see, but when we got home that night our unanimous opinion was that we all wanted to see Argentina during the rest of Andrew's time here, so the next day we got ourselves packed and organized, and on Tuesday morning we set off.

We took a bus from Piriapolis to Montevideo and then caught another bus to Colonia where we spent the night. Colonia is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was built by the Portuguese in the 1500's and is a great place to spend a day if you're in Uruguay. It is also one of the places where you can catch the Buquebus from Uruguay to Argentina. The Buquebus is a ferry that crosses the Rio de la Plata between Argentina and Uruguay. We spent the afternoon and evening touring Colonia, ate dinner (late of course), and headed to bed. The next morning we would finally have a chance to see Argentina.



A giant statue of Artigas on a hill overlooking the town of Minas

The town of Minas in the distance

Rural traffic near Minas

The Argentino Hotel where the Campbell's stayed on the Rambla in Piriapolis

Tori & Emma tossing coins with Elli & Chris on the steps of the Argentino Hotel

The Piria Castle built by the founder of the town of Piriaopolis

Pan de Azucar with the cross on top that you can go up into as seen from the Piria castle

One of the thatched roof houses that are fairly common in Uruguay