Aug 26th:
Yesterday we went to Uruguay for the day, and when i say the day i mean it, we had to arrive at the port before the sun had risen and we came back to Buenos Aires after the sun had when down. We were tried from the day/night before because we had to wake up early to be a the port and went to bed late because of the tango show ( which was better than last year because i was on the top floor and it was super fancy) So we arrived at the port where we met a south African named Daniel and then 2 guys from New Jersey, Mark and John, and then a girl named Iris, who is American but had been in Argentina for 5 months. Colonia was amazing, it was a nice change from the busy city and it smelled fresh and different than the city. It has a colonial feel (hence the name) with cute old cars, ancient houses, dogs and even horses everywhere! We had like 14 hours to explore the city and after the 1 hour tour with the guide we basically walked the whole city, so we had a lot of time to ourselves. There is nothing like 14 hours that will make you make friends fast because no one else speaks english and did i say there was free time, oh yea and there was a lot of free time. We ended up renting mopeds which were fun and after i almost ran into a metal pole in the middle of a field with mark, and cut of a car with john, and rode it with the kick stand up i am pretty sure i got the hang of it, and thinking seriously about getting one in the states. None of the guys would drive it, i was the only one with enough balls to drive it ( weird because i have none, litereally). But near the end of the day we walked up (6 stories of stairs) the lighthouse to see the sunset, which was so beautiful... you'd think it was a postcard. You could see almost to buenos aires, but not totally, and not to worry i didn't leave my favorite souvenir capital of the world without good intentions, i dragged mark and bryant on the moped with me to buy cute Uruguayan souvenirs too with uruguayan pesos, which means like 30 dollars. But i am sure Mark was the one who really boosted the uruguayan economy, more precisely colonia's because he gave $15 dollars to a 10-year boy and we are pretty sure that that kid is the King of Colonia at the moment, getting rid of school tests for every Uruguayan child. Today i am a little sick from the moped riding but its okay it was worth it!
Aug 24th:
Elva's birthday is today! happy birthday girl... i wish you were here with me! Bryant and I went to the plaza de las madres today and saw some kind of demonstration because there was a lot of police there to handle whatever they thought was going to get out of hand. I took pictures of the police for janice because i know she'd love them, i think they knew because they were smiliing. But we also went to la recoleta today and found eva perons body ( all of you who think im creepy, it is a cemetery and its a tourist attraction, i dont just walk through cemetaries looking for the decomposed). But after that we were hungry so we ate the the same restaurant that i did last year, and it wasn't as good but the waiter couldnt understand me but i don't know why, but i didn't understand him either, so it was mutual. we had the best food at the tango show later that night, and i hope thats not a bad sign because i havent worked out in a week, but not to worry mom and dad i am not fat... yet, just kidding.
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