wow. our host is named buby and she is like a tour director-b and b owner on steroids. she is an archeologist and she is a cutie. we both just love her. i was up talking to her late last night and i mentioned allens crazy notion about sailing and living on a boat. well, she was up and on her telephone to her best friend and wa lah. we met with pancho this morning. unfortunately he was leaving in the afternoon, and not returning until sunday. we leave on monday so there would not be time for a sail. but..what buby says goes. pancho picked us up at 9.00 and he took us to his sailboat. we went aboard, he started up the motor and we went around the marina and the shoreline. it was very pretty. sun, ocean and i have to say...it was very nice. well after that quick trip, pancho had strict instructions to take us into the bus station to help us. she had already called the station and told them we were coming and told them to take care of us. we had written instructions and phone numbers. i told pancho he did not have to walk us in, but again...what buby says goes.
so on the bus we go. oh gosh this is going to be a long blog. put your seatbelt on. so buby tells us the route of the bus. we were supposed to go through three towns on our way to colonia suiza. not sure thats how you spell it but back to the bus. before the first town the bus pulls over and another bus is there waiting. the driver tells us we have to get on the other bus to colonia suiza. we say, no...we are wanting to go through the three towns. we point at our map. the driver says, no...and points to the other bus. they did not make everyone get off the bus, but we were going on the second bus straight to colonia suiza. man oh man, that driver must not have talked to buby. so we get on the second bus and get to colonia suiza and we meet hernando. we think that we had to get on the second bus because we were behind schedule. someone on the back of the bus was sick and they called and had a doctor-ambulance meet us at one of the stops. not sure what was wrong, but no one got off the bus...
hernando was a uruguayan born in colonia suiza. he is a retired english teacher who is also a walking encyclopedia of colonia suiza and the three surrounding towns. we started off with lunch. it was really good. if you have not guessed it is a town founded by some swiss immigrants who were brought to uruguay to farm. actually they were mercenarys who moved to uruguay to farm. so cheese, fondue, beer. very swiss. allen had a pork chop and applesause, and i had a crepe with ham and cheese. both very colonia suiza specialaties.
we visited the parks, a museum that was totally interesting...i must be getting old. and then we went to a few churches. interesting uruguay is not a religious country at all. it is kind of wierd. there is also a cine, cinema that was going to be torn down. every citizen in the town gave some money and they all purchased the theater. happy feet two is on next week. they get 20 percent of the ticket sales. i did not realize that it worked that way for movie theaters. hernando was big in the theatre group.
we took a taxi through three beach towns. this beach is on the river. it is a huge river plato del rio. plato means silver. it is the river that you can cross to get to argentina. allen should be writing this, because i am probably getting half of it wrong. the beach is pretty nice, the river not so much. very brown, kinda like the tanana river but looks like an ocean, not a river. the beach towns pop from 2000 residents to 20,000 residents in the month of december and january. how can that be right<- it was so empty today. nice houses for people to use for the summer months. some only for their two week vacations.
there is a big beer and cheese festival is colonia suiza on the 9th, 10th and 11th. sorry you will miss it dad. we might just have to skip school one of those days. speaking of school we cancelled today so we could do the mega buby tour.
so we get dropped off at a very small bus station, like a little mini holiday gas station and we get tickets for the bus back to colonia. hernando helps us purchase them. then he is off to his home. the bus comes, we ask if it is the bus to colonia...si. so we go to get on and it says we have seat 9 and 10. they are full and so is the whole bus. so we go up front again, ask if it is to colonia and the driver says no. jeez. so we are getting off the bus and the conductor uses his hands to shoosh us back on the bus. allen takes the one seat in the back of the bus and i get the conductors seat. there are two people working on every bus. both city and cross coutnry busses. omg from my front row conductors seat i could see the inside of the tail pipe of the motor bike that we would have run over except for the policia word on the back of her jacket. i know thats the only reason the bus did not take her out. then we pass a horse and buggy, then a dog comes onto the road. thank god the dog knew what a honk meant. good gravy we have a few more bus trips to go. i hope we figure it out.
when we finally got home, buby had us eat with her. we had chicken and a salad. she wanted us to go to tango lessons at 10 but allen is in bed and i am so ready for bed. we promised her we would go on thursday. tomorrow we go to school and then we are free for the afternoon. buby wants to take us to her favorite pizza place tomorrow night. there is a strong italian influence in uruguay. she has another marathon trip planned for thursday and saturday we are going to an uruguayan wedding with her. she is so funny. i will add pictures tomorrow so check back. she is so darn cute!
oh look, i made this dumb keyboard type an exclaimation mark. hmmmm...
nighty night.
so on the bus we go. oh gosh this is going to be a long blog. put your seatbelt on. so buby tells us the route of the bus. we were supposed to go through three towns on our way to colonia suiza. not sure thats how you spell it but back to the bus. before the first town the bus pulls over and another bus is there waiting. the driver tells us we have to get on the other bus to colonia suiza. we say, no...we are wanting to go through the three towns. we point at our map. the driver says, no...and points to the other bus. they did not make everyone get off the bus, but we were going on the second bus straight to colonia suiza. man oh man, that driver must not have talked to buby. so we get on the second bus and get to colonia suiza and we meet hernando. we think that we had to get on the second bus because we were behind schedule. someone on the back of the bus was sick and they called and had a doctor-ambulance meet us at one of the stops. not sure what was wrong, but no one got off the bus...
hernando was a uruguayan born in colonia suiza. he is a retired english teacher who is also a walking encyclopedia of colonia suiza and the three surrounding towns. we started off with lunch. it was really good. if you have not guessed it is a town founded by some swiss immigrants who were brought to uruguay to farm. actually they were mercenarys who moved to uruguay to farm. so cheese, fondue, beer. very swiss. allen had a pork chop and applesause, and i had a crepe with ham and cheese. both very colonia suiza specialaties.
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we took a taxi through three beach towns. this beach is on the river. it is a huge river plato del rio. plato means silver. it is the river that you can cross to get to argentina. allen should be writing this, because i am probably getting half of it wrong. the beach is pretty nice, the river not so much. very brown, kinda like the tanana river but looks like an ocean, not a river. the beach towns pop from 2000 residents to 20,000 residents in the month of december and january. how can that be right<- it was so empty today. nice houses for people to use for the summer months. some only for their two week vacations.
there is a big beer and cheese festival is colonia suiza on the 9th, 10th and 11th. sorry you will miss it dad. we might just have to skip school one of those days. speaking of school we cancelled today so we could do the mega buby tour.
so we get dropped off at a very small bus station, like a little mini holiday gas station and we get tickets for the bus back to colonia. hernando helps us purchase them. then he is off to his home. the bus comes, we ask if it is the bus to colonia...si. so we go to get on and it says we have seat 9 and 10. they are full and so is the whole bus. so we go up front again, ask if it is to colonia and the driver says no. jeez. so we are getting off the bus and the conductor uses his hands to shoosh us back on the bus. allen takes the one seat in the back of the bus and i get the conductors seat. there are two people working on every bus. both city and cross coutnry busses. omg from my front row conductors seat i could see the inside of the tail pipe of the motor bike that we would have run over except for the policia word on the back of her jacket. i know thats the only reason the bus did not take her out. then we pass a horse and buggy, then a dog comes onto the road. thank god the dog knew what a honk meant. good gravy we have a few more bus trips to go. i hope we figure it out.
when we finally got home, buby had us eat with her. we had chicken and a salad. she wanted us to go to tango lessons at 10 but allen is in bed and i am so ready for bed. we promised her we would go on thursday. tomorrow we go to school and then we are free for the afternoon. buby wants to take us to her favorite pizza place tomorrow night. there is a strong italian influence in uruguay. she has another marathon trip planned for thursday and saturday we are going to an uruguayan wedding with her. she is so funny. i will add pictures tomorrow so check back. she is so darn cute!
oh look, i made this dumb keyboard type an exclaimation mark. hmmmm...
nighty night.
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