Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Wednesday, Feb 15th--Montevideo, Uruguay

     Hope you all had a great Valentine's Day!  Waiters last night gave all the women a long stem rose during dinner.  We are back in Montevideo again for the day.  Was here last Saturday but stopping again for the 467 new passengers to see it.  This segment is only 10 days long and will end in Rio de Janeiro.
     We had a 3 hour walking tour of the city booked for today but was "toured out" after yesterday's 7 hour one.  We walked through the "old city" part of Montevideo on our own last Saturday so have seen it anyway.  I opened our balcony door this morning and it was already very humid and warm so will probably not even walk the very short distance from ship into the downtown area today.  We lost an hour last night so 4 hours time difference to Central Standard Time.
     We will be sailing at 7pm this evening for the resort port of Punta del Este in southern Uruguay.  It is only about 110 miles from Montevideo so an easy cruise.  The population of Punta del Este is less than 8,000 but that increases to over 150,000 during the summer vacation period.  It is where the rich and famous of Buenos Aires come during the summer to play.  There is no dock so we will have to use the tenders to go ashore tomorrow.
     Today was another absolutely cloudless day.  It has been nearly a week since we have seen any clouds.  Not complaining mind you, but with the sun comes the heat.  No pictures today.