Friday 15 August 2008

cobblestones and a lighthouse

The pretty town of Colonia has cobblestones, a lighthouse, a few restaurants, some small museums and the oldest church in Uruguay. Some museums are peoples very old houses that the owner shows you around. Leah and me were speaking English as we walked in so the old lady whisked us in for free as if she was hiding us from someone??? ...who knows? bless.

We were all a bit confused about the Uruguan currency, I took out 10,000 pesos which ran out in two days. Trying to balance out our money to last only one more day, Sophia and Eleanor took out quadruple me so we did an exchange, lunch for Argentinian pesos. At lunch, the deal-makers were getting very drunk to spend their money and E revealed that she has things under her bed that she doesnt want her parents to find. Yet they are sleeping in her room while she is away... she refused to give specifics. Watching the purple sunset while drinking wine from our balcony roof terrace was a nice way to end our time in Uruaguay.

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