First I
begin with Uruguay, a small yet beautiful country that borders Brazil and
Argentina. My boyfriend’s argentine uncle had rented a beach house for 3 weeks
in Punta del Este and invited us to come spend the weekend with them. So of
course, the weekend before finals (which I felt extremely prepared for), we
took a one and a half hour ferry ride from Buenos Aires to a small, old town
called Colonia where we ate some good Chivitos (an amazing sandwich-style
national dish of Uruguay with filet mignon in it, which is way better than any
American burger can try to accomplish), explored the city gate and wooden
drawbridge and then set off by bus to Punta del Este, about 4-5 hours away.
Although Punta del
Este is completely different than what most people would imagine a South American city to be like, it was one of my favorites because it was so beautiful
and relaxing. When you’re driving on the coast you can see water on all sides of
you (left, right and front) as it is a city on a peninsula. There is also a
really cool famous hand sculpture on the beach. In the summer a lot of movie
stars go there for vacation or own houses there.
Below is a video of Gabriel and I dancing the Tango on the beach outside of the beach house we stayed in at Punta del Este. It was our first time actually dancing together and the music isn't actually tango music, but nonetheless it serves as good entertainment.
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