This was my third tour begining of the semester tour of Montevideo. This is the first one however during which the weather was nice. Its quite brisk out today, but it was sunny. The first two times I've been here, it rained for the city tour, which makes for a not so great tour.
We mostly did quick stops to see some highlights that if people want to come back to and spend more time they can. Wimon did the tour guiding and did a good job. Here are some of the highlights... or at least some of my favorite pictures.
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| Taking notes in the van |
Our first stop was the Museo Blanes. It was good to see the paintings by Blanes and Figari again. It was also nice to go to the Japonese Gardens behind the Museo.
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| Japonese Gardens |
After the Museo Blanes, we stopped by the Parque Prado. There is a monument there to the Charruas. They were the native people of Uruguay. Most were killed off soon after Uruguay became a country. A few (4, I believe) were sent to France to be in a circus.
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| The Charruas |
After visiting the Charruas, we headed up to El Cerro, the hill that overlooks the city.
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| Our whole group and Montevideo behind us. |
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| We took lots of pictures on top of El Cerro |
From El Cerro we headed to one of the local cemeteries where some presidents are buried. We weren't allowed to take pictures. The cemeteries here are fascinating with lots of sculpture. From there we went by the Stadium where the first world cup was held. It has been painted since I was last here. It looks much better. We then saw visited a monument to those that settled Uruguay.
This evening, Diana and I went back to the gym, which is fun as always.
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