The last weeks of Janaury

The end of the month...already such great experiences here...

To start, Uruguay was a dream.

After several hours of planning, “the girls” and I left Buenos Aires last Thursday, ready to escape the city for the beach. The trip started with an hour ferry ride from Buenos Aires, across the massive river “Rio de la Plata” to the city of Colonia, Uruguay. We immediately hoped on a bus for a 4-hour ride the city of Montevideo. We spent the night in a comfy hostel on a busy street- my official entrance into the world of hostelling. Woke up the next morning to catch another 4 hour bus up the eastern side of the surprisingly very small country of Uruguay to our final destination- Punta del Diablo, a old fishing port turned cute, quaint, beach town. We arrived around noon in this “whoa-cool-this-is-gonna-be great,-look-at-the beach!” haven, and started are search for accommodation i.e walking throughout the beach houses and poking our heads in asking if they knew of anywhere to stay. At one point we were on the search for someone skinny with long hair named Estaban who seemed to have several places for rent. We never found him, but we did wander up to a nice guy whose girlfriend’s mom rented a house on the other side of town. Perfect. We ended up in funky house 10 mins from the beach with the nicest and most helpful neighbors. The next two days were a blur of sunbathing, long walks, hours of spanish study, good conversation, seafood filled empanadas, incredible swims, windy, sandy days and cool nights. On Sunday, we returned to Colonia via Montevideo with a few hours to spare before our ferry left back to B.A. I took off to explore the streets. This city is named for its colonial style buildings, left over from those great Spaniards. It was such a fun hour of finding the greatest little areas with incredible restaurants, lots of cute-moped-riding couples, and beach view of a great sunset.

(See pictures on facebook)

We arrived back in BA in the wee hours of the morning and ramped up for the week of classes. The week was marked by intensive study for our final exam with a few great outings to museums,shops and a few new restaurants.

As of yesterday,I am finished with my January course. I received my passing grade and took that classic class picture with the professor. All too cute. 2 of “my girls”, the Australians are going back home in the next few days, so the 4 of us celebrated and said goodbye last night. Marks the end a fantastic month, lots of memories with the girls, rich time in the country. February awaits.