We made it to Montevideo!

Although there were several delays, our flights were relatively uneventful. I did have the benefit of taking Benedryl and then Melatonin, so I slept much of the way, while Steve kept a watchful eye.

We arrived in Montevideo this morning and weren¨t terribly tired, so we got our manual transmission Fiat and headed straight to the Mercado. We parked where we hoped our car wouldn´t be gone when we came back and walked down the alley to a great open-air market and found a place for lunch. As it turned out, it was apparently THE place for lunch and we found ourselves completely immersed in locals enjoying their Saturday afternoon! There was singing and partying all around us and the food was good too!

We explored the Mercado a bit - Steve bought me a scarf as it´s cooler than we expected - bought a bottle of local wine and after the large meal and the thinking involved in working your way through a foreign country after 20 hours of travel, we decided to head to our hotel.

Thankfully, I had practiced driving in John´s BMW last week, so I was well-equipped to handle the roads and parking situations here! The lines on the roads mean nothing!

Hotel Pocitos Plaza is just fine and is well located too. The place we are headed tomorrow to meet the ex-pats is about five doors down. We found a place for a local beer and a great pizza spot for dinner just now. We even found a pet store where we had broken conversation about pet overpopulation and what they do about it here.

We went into a local restaurant-bar to have a beer and started speaking with the employee who is a fan of american football. When I asked him what his favorite team is.....he said the ¨Green Bay Packers!!!¨ What are the odds! We talked about the Pack and american football for a while. He was clearly a knowledgeable Packer fan!