Friday 15th
February 2013.
We overnighted from
Buenos Aires across the River Plate in calm seas to the sea port of Montevideo
the capital of Uruguay. It was a fine, but hot and humid day of about 30
degrees.
Montevideo is a small
but thriving and charming city of about 1.8 million people, made up of 19th
century building, parks and historical monuments, one of which was situated on
the dock area dedicated to the German pocket battleship “The Graf Spee”,
scuttled in Montevideo after the opening naval battle of World War II.
We were unable to book
a land excursions as they had been booked out prior to the start of the cruise,
so we walked along the Rambla and seaside drive and up into the downtown area
of the city. The city was a hive of activity
with many restaurants, Tappas bars and market areas open for business.
It has a lot of narrow streets, but is very easy to get around. The city
generally was clean and tidy and we spent a pleasant couple of hours exploring
the city and harbour side areas.
This is a city we would like to see more of and well worth
seeing again.
Our next port of call
is Puerto Madryn on the southern coast of Argentina.
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