Visitors

We're watching the sun set for the last time from our apartment in Montevideo tonight. Tomorrow we leave for three weeks in Argentina, and then we head home. It's hard to believe that our time here has come to an end. We will definitely be taking a bit of Uruguay with us in our hearts and it our stomachs (we've been eating all of our favorite Uruguayan treats this week.)

The last month has been a whirlwind of visitors, wrapping up my work, and packing everything up. Jon spent two weeks working in Argentina and arrived this week to pack up and head out. His sisters Kelly and Andi and our friend Elizabeth visited this month. We were so happy to be able to show them a little bit of what our life is like here.

Andi, Kelli, and Jon spend a few days in Buenos Aires. This picture was taken at a tango show they went to see.
Outside the Pink House, the Argentine version of the White House.

Ricoleta Cemetary: Creepy, beautiful, historic, and worth wandering through.

Palermo shopping with Jon's sisters.
Couch sitting: Andi, Kelly, and Kelli
Why is the bear making that gesture, and why is Jon?

As interesting as the building in the background looks, it's not to be found in the guidebooks. But the real story here is that the smiles that Kelly and Elizabeth are wearing were about to turn into tired, impatient, frowns. This boat was going to take us from Buenos Aires to Colonia in Uruguay. It did just that, but due to a violent wind storm, it was unable to dock in the Port of Colonia. So, we were informed that we were going back to Buenos Aires. Once back, we waited with a boatload (literal) of irate people demanding free lodging for the night. We've never seen so many people screaming. We ended up paying $25/ person to stay in a hotel that made Elizabeth have nightmares about bedbugs. Luckily, things calmed down the next day and we were able to make it back to Montevideo.


The calm before the storm -- Elizabeth and I basked in the sun in Punta del Este on our way to one of my presentations for work.

After another presentation, we ate at Panini's, one of our favorite restaurants.


Here we are eating again at Mercado del Puerto, a meatlover's dream come true.



Jon and I have been doing a lot of traveling on the Buquebus, the ferry that goes between Uruguay and Buenos Aires that you can see in the background, and tomorrow we get on it again to begin our next adventure. We're going skiing for a week in Las Leñas, then I go to a conference in Paraguay while Jon heads back to work in northern Argentina. We'll meet up just in time to go to Iguazu Falls for our anniversary. Then we'll spend one more week in Resistencia, Argentina where Jon will be finishing his work. And then........................
we'll be home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!