Montivideo

Hola from Montivideo, Uruguay.

As a lot of people say, Montivideo is a nice place, but not really somewhere that makes you want to stay for a long time. The part of the city by the port, where we stayed for two nights, is the old part of town with once great architecture and is going through a restoration of sorts. This is still in progress, so there are still some dodgy parts. There are plenty of places to eat and hang out, but they don´t have the same lively fell as Buenos Aires.

Last night we wandered around town and saw a bunch of people filing into a building so we decided to follow them. This turned out to be a celebration of Mozart´s 250th anniversary in the Supreme Court building. The building was stunning, but we waited and waited and nothing happened, until we headed outside. There was a strange modern dance routine being done to a Mozart concerto. It was wierd - you don´t really think ´modern dance´ along with Mozart.

I don´t know if we´ve told you about the fascination here (I mean the countries we´ve been to - Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay) with meat, pasta, pizza, and starchy foods in general, but you can´t walk ten feet in this place without running into someone selling or eating french fries or hot dogs. WE NEED VEGETABLES!!! Send some down if you have them.

We are leaving here today for a small beach town called Punto del Diablo on the northeast coast of Uruguay, close to the border with Brasil. Who knows what the internet situation will be like, so don´t worry if we don´t post for a while.

Chau, chicos.