It´s Sunday am and we had an excellent night of sleep. Pocitos hotel is a few blocks from the ocean and has many small stores, restaurants, bars and a large park nearby. We should be able to find everything we need here. Just had a nice breakfast spread... things are a little different here... the yogurt comes in a pitcher and is slightly thicker than milk... the coffee is super black - more than even I like. The theory is cafe con leche, so I poured the cafe about half full, then half milk, but something isn´t quite right, so I´ll keep trying...
I forgot to mention my meal from the mercado was also an adventure.. I ordered jumbo shrimp with legumes, what I got was jumbo shrimp with heads, feelers and legs! yikes! But, you get what you get... Steve offered to ´de-head´them for me, but I figured, when in Uruguay, do as the Uruguayans do... (no, that does not mean I ate the heads)...
We also didn´t mention our clever dodging of the man on the street who was trying to collect parking fees from us... we were sure he wasn´t really a parking meter guy, so as he stood in front of our car motioning for us to show our ticket, I shook my head and Steve motioned for him to move out of the way... he did and as we went by, he was less than happy with us... we got moving pretty quickly as he hollered for his pals who came running our direction! Remember, it´s been a long time since I´ve driven a stickshift, so the poor guy was really taking a risk!
This morning we´re off to take a walk on the Rambla (ocean front walk that goes for miles and miles). Íts winter here ánd many people here are wearing long parkas, hats, gloves and covering their faces with their scarves...we think it´s kind of funny since it´s just mid 50s. Finally this California`-Iowa girl isn´t too cold in winter.
The keyboard here is pretty odd... keys are in different places, so typing this is a bit of a challenge, so please forgive any typos.
Buenos dias mi amigos...
Marianna
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