This past Saturday I took a day trip to Colonia, Urguay with my friends Talia (from Colorado) and Tamara (from Holland). It takes about an hour to get there by boat. The boat ride was one of my favorite parts; it was like a roller coaster. I really enjoyed it, but many people got seasick. It was kind of gross to listen to a lot of people throwing up, but I still enjoyed my roller coaster ride. When we got there we took a walking tour of the city.
It’s really small, very safe, and extremely quiet compared to the noisy city of Buenos Aires. The tour lasted for about an hour and then we had the whole entire day to walk around. The town looked very old, with cobble stone streets, and had two distinct styles (Portuguese and Spanish). Both groups had conquered the city at some point. Portuguese buildings have a pointed roof made of tiles; whereas, Spanish roofs are flat. Portuguese streets arch up (the highest point is in the middle of the road) and have no sidewalks; whereas, Spanish streets arch down (lowest point is in the middle of the road) and has sidewalks. All of the buildings were really pretty and were painted different colors (white, pink, blue, or green).
The whole town looked as though it was sponsored by Coca Cola, so that was cool to see as well.
The town is famous for having vintage cars in it. Our tour guide said it’s really cheap to fix up vintage cars because all of the parts are local. I really like vintage cars, so I enjoyed seeing them all over the town.
One of the old cars had a table set and two chairs set up in it at one of the cafes. I thought that that was pretty neat.
My friends and I climbed up the lighthouse towards the end of the day and enjoyed the view of the whole town and the ocean. After the lighthouse, we went to this really cute café and ate some dessert and drank hot drinks. I ordered hot chocolate, and they brought out hot milk with two pieces of chocolate on the side. I thought that that was pretty neat, and it tasted pretty good too!
Until Next Time,
Liz
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