Ferry to Uruguay

Trip Start Feb 23, 2008

Trip End Jul 04, 2008

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Flag of Uruguay Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay
Friday, May 16, 2008

After a nights stay in B.A. and some well need rest we took the ferry to Uruguay. We took the 3 hour "slow" boat. This ferry was a beast, I would say more like a cruise ship. They had it set up so you didn�t even realize you were walking onto a boat it just felt like you were walking into a very large room. The ride was super smooth and Chris and I each got a row of seats to ourselves.

The ferry landed in Colonia. It is a cute port town that used to be controlled by Portugal. Some things are still written in Portuguese. They also have an odd stray dog culture here-the dogs come right up to you an nuzzle you and sniff you. Even the huge dogs! It was a little scary at first.

For lunch we had a great menu del dia with Beef Stroganoff and wine

on the giant ferry

. Unfortunately, this is another Country that adds cubiertos to the bill. Argentina does it as well. Cubiertos literally translates as cutlery, but it is a charge for bread and ambiance. It is not a service charge. Shouldn�t this charge be included in the price of the food? Some places do not even notify you in advance of the charge. Very annoying.

We spent the day walking around the town, looking in shops, and taking pictures by the water. For dinner we decided to try a Parilla. It is a bunch of grilled meat set on a grill on the table. I�m sure the parilla was really good, but it was not to our taste! It is mostly fatty cuts of meat, a bunch of different intestines, and blood sausage. We barely ate anything, but we had plenty of good stuff for the stray dogs! I kept look out as Chris filled napkins with all the leftovers. We tried to feed Gimpy, a dog with a broken leg we had seen around, but this giant dog came and snatched it from him. Gimpy wasn�t too smart! He should have hidden rather than eat out in the open. Then we fed the rest to random stray dogs. Then we set off for dinner number 2-pizza! No leftovers this time!