Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay

We chose a bad day to go to Uruguay - gale force winds and rain - but I found Colonia, a World Heritage Site, charming nonetheless. We ducked into a little restaurant by the water, drawn in by the music and the smell of a wood fire. We had a chivito plate for two. This is the national dish of Uruguay and is basically a giant sized sandwich made with everything in the fridge and topped with a fried egg. In this case it was served with fries and potato salad. A woman seated behind us on the hydrofoil coming back asked her seatmate if he'd seen these "disgusting sandwiches" and went on to state that anyone who eats them should just "take a gun and shoot themselves through the head". I thought this was a little extreme.
The trip back was a bit of an adventure with high waves and people demanding barf bags. Mr. Nag started singing the theme from Gilligan's Island. I was thinking Poseidon Adventure. One of the best things about the trip was the little dog that followed us into the Colonia Buquebus station and all the way through customs. No one stopped him and I was hoping he'd come back with us to Buenos Aires but alas he knew when it was time to turn around and we returned dogless.

Mural in the town square. Mr. Nag and I were the models.

Tiles in the cop shop.

Car with elephant stencil.

Ancient cobblestone street.

Booster chairs.

Restaurant where we ate a sandwich that apparently should have made us want to shoot ourselves through the head. Strangely it did no such thing.