Pocitos Nuevo

Today, Daniel joined some of the group on a bike tour whilst Gab decided to go for a walk to explore the city at her own pace.
The bike tour started around the corner from the hotel where we got on our bikes and proceeded to the start point which was the ‘Montevideo’ sign. As the group progressed along the coastline (which was quite windy), the group made a number of stops and learnt a number of interesting facts about Uruguay from our tour guide, Santi:
-Uruguay is the smallest Spanish speaking country
-the name ‘Montevideo’ means ‘six hills from east to west’
-Uruguay has an average of 4 cows per person, with an average of 100kg of meat consumed per year
-any leftover phone credit at the end of the month is sent to dog shelters to help fund them
-there is free healthcare and education from kindergarten to university
-the annual carnival party goes for 50 days
-the football salaries are not high and so some players have two jobs (our guide actually had one of his favourite players as his Uber driver once!)
- Uruguay is a very progressive country - For example, weed has been legalised for 10 years and gay marriage has been legalised since 1937 (the 12th country in the world to do so).
The group stopped for lunch in the local markets for some yummy empanadas before making our way back along the coastline and to the hotel. It was a really fun tour and a great way to explore the capital!
Gab explored some of the same areas of the city as well including the old town.

We then made use of the hotel gym/spa again before heading out for dinner to the same markets/food court for a huge meal for two.Lue lisää