Uruguay

We may have told you we are doing something called "Vicarious Voyager."  That involves working through Semester at Sea to report on our travels to students in elementary schools.  We are reporting to all the fifth grade classes at Waverly Yowell Elementary School in Madison and Quentin's third grade class at the Bronx Charter School for Excellence.   We also take lots of pictures for them of Flat Stanley at various places on our travels.  Since we didn't do anything unusual in Uruguay, we thought we'd just post our Vicarious Voyager report to the blog this time.    We promise a more "adult" report from Rio!

Vicarious Voyage

Fall 2012

Volume 910

We stayed in Argentina two extra days, so we had to get other transportation from Buenos Aires to Montevideo, Urugyay.  We chose the ferry, which only took 3 hours for the crossing

Montevideo was established in 1726 by the Spanish, in response to the Portuguese being in Brazil. According to the census of 2011, Montevideo has a population of 1,319,108 (about half of Uruguay's population). 

So we only had one day for exploring the city.  We took a short walking tour of the old city, which is filled with markets selling local arts and crafts.

 

So we only had one day for exploring the city.  We took a short walking tour of the old city, which is filled with markets selling local arts and crafts. 

Montevideo's most important plaza is Plaza Independencia, located between Ciudad Vieja and downtown Montevideo. It starts with the Gateway of The Citadel at one end and ends at the beginning of 18 de Julio Avenue. It is the remaining part of the wall that surrounded the oldest part of the city.

Also of major note in Ciudad Vieja is the Plaza de la Constitución. During the first decades of Uruguayan independence this square was the main hub of city life. On the square are the Cabildo—the seat of colonial government—and the Montevideo Metropolitan Cathedra

This picture is of the altar area in the Cathedral.

We ate some very delicious ice cream in the square outside the Cathedral.

Sorry I did not get post cards mailed from this port, I did buy you one and hopefully will be able to mail those to you once we get to Rio de Janeiro.

 Hope you are enjoying our travels.