One of the great things about Buenos Aires is it is so easy to travel around to different countries. We decided to take advantage of this on Saturday by taking a boat across the river to Colonia, Uruguay. Truth be told, I had no idea what we were doing, I knew there was a boat, and that you could take the fast boat, or the slow boat, but that's all I knew. So I looked it up online, tried to buy tickets only to realize that I don't have a printerand there was no way for me to print them out.So we decided just to show upand take our chances that the tickets wouldn't be sold out.
Our original plan was to head over to the ticket counter really early, just to ensure that we got on A boat. However, due to some faulty alarms and some trouble getting a cab, we didn't end up getting there until oh, noon. The only feasible boat for us to take was at 12:30, and wouldn't you know it was sold out. UGH. Except, they had a waiting list (or a list of "hope" as they call it in Spanish) and they asked if we wanted to be on it. Of course we did! Granted, we were 25 down on the list, but we were already there, so we figured we'd wait. And wouldn't you know we were the very last people to be let on the boat. At boat that is crossing international waters mind you so that meant we had to run to the customs booth, and then run to the boat. Luckily, they didn't take off without us and we were on our way.
The ride was quick, only an hour, and honestly it was very easy. A good way to travel in my opinion. Maybe I'd take some drammamine next time, but that's really the only change I'd make. As it turns out, showing up late for tickets also means you get cheap tickets - we saved almost half by accidentally showing up so late. So word to the wise, if you are willing to gamble, showing up late is the way to save some cash.
Colonia is an absolutely charming little city, and I'm pretty sure we saw every inch of it. It's quite small and we only sat down to eat. The rest of the time we were on our feet, exploring. One of the first things we checked out was a local artisans market - which had really neat stuff, but nothing any of us couldn't live without. Well, my mom almost bought a shirt that said URUGUAY on it, just to prove that she'd been there, but my sister and I convinced her that wasn't the best idea.
Next we went to a park, and took note of the interesting use of old oil barrels.
Every residential street pretty much looked like the below photo. They were just adorable.
As the sun started to go down, I had a lot of fun playing photographer. I might not know how to use my camera all that well, but I do enjoy taking photos. I loved the light in this street.
The below is a picture of the art gallery where my sister bought a lovely print. Again, loved the street. It was just so quaint and lovely.
The last photos I took were of the sunset. Watching the sunset on the ocean is one of my all time favorite things in this world. Someday, I want to own a house where you can watch the sunset every single night. I don't think it would ever get old. I took an embarrassing amount of photos, so I'll only show you one of my favorites.
And that was it for Uruguay. We took the last boat home. Ate the most expensive can of Pringles ever (TEN american dollars for a can of Pringles!) and we were back in Buenos Aires, complete with more stamps in each of our passports.
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