Montevideo, Uruguay
Our next stop was Montevideo, Uruguay. Pulling into ports was always interesting because you often saw a side of a city that you wouldn't otherwise see. In Montevideo, it was a working container port. Pretty fascinating to watch the huge equipment that loads and unloads all the cargo ships.
Our time in Montevideo was pretty low key. We spent most of the day strolling around and exploring the lovely squares and the buildings that surrounded them.
Doesn't this guy look like he's giving Santa a parking ticket?
We sat and watched him for awhile (an excuse to take a break in a street-side cafe) but never did figure out exactly what he was doing.
We spent some time searching for treasures in the open air markets.
I remain convinced that Peter buys things just because he like bargaining so much.
Our very favorite spot in Montevideo was the Mercado del Puerto. In fact, I think it must rival any tourist spot for just full-on atmosphere. It was an indoor area of restaurants, kind of felt like a huge train station. But here the grilling meat was the main attraction!
It was spectacular, there were probably 10 different restaurants like this, all loaded to the hilt with grilling meat.
Our time in Montevideo was pretty low key. We spent most of the day strolling around and exploring the lovely squares and the buildings that surrounded them.
Doesn't this guy look like he's giving Santa a parking ticket?
We sat and watched him for awhile (an excuse to take a break in a street-side cafe) but never did figure out exactly what he was doing.
We spent some time searching for treasures in the open air markets.
I remain convinced that Peter buys things just because he like bargaining so much.
Our very favorite spot in Montevideo was the Mercado del Puerto. In fact, I think it must rival any tourist spot for just full-on atmosphere. It was an indoor area of restaurants, kind of felt like a huge train station. But here the grilling meat was the main attraction!
It was spectacular, there were probably 10 different restaurants like this, all loaded to the hilt with grilling meat.
Yummy. We tried a new restaurant in Utah. It was called 'Made in Brazil'. They bring you all kinds of skewers of meat. An all you can eat buffet. This kind of reminds me of that.
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