Old Montevideo
Montevideo was much quieter and much smaller than Buenos Aires, but a great place to relax. The city center, where we stayed, had a lot of colonial buildings, some falling apart, some wonderfully restored. The seaside was equally nice: we walked along the shore, looking at people fishing and kids playing in the water.
We found a strange fountain downtown, which fence had hundreds of locks. Locals told us that lovers were supposed to attach a lock and throw a coin in the fountain, for their love to stay forever blahblahblah. I´m obviously not superstitious but we happened to find a lock at the local mall and well, we locked ourselves… What, it was Valentines day after all!
 Fountain Plaza |
 Uruguay Tee Shirts |
 Canadian Embassy Plaza |
 Weird Modern Buildings |
 Blue Sky, White Building |
 By The Seaside |
 Old Plaza |
 The Old Town |
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Montevideo looks nice in your images !
What a pleasant trip there with nice warm weather
What a contrast to see the modern building versus the fountains & other buildings 
Montevideo is very picturesque!
@DianeCA — That´s why we did all of that! It was a really relaxing place.
@Agnes — Yes, they reminded me of China as well! I don´t know why Agnes, but I can´t access your blog again. Must be on my side…
@Jennie — It´s a cool country, but other are quite progressist as well. The whole continent is switching to the left!
@Bluefish — I wish I could have brought some back, but I was afraid they would break in my backpack.
@Tulsa Gentleman — It is an old plaza! Actually, the building you see at the back was the tallest one in South America for a long while.
@Sidney — It´s a nice city.
@shionge — Theyre are a lot of contrasts in the city, but it makes it interesting.
@Linguist-in-Waiting — Yeah, cool place and great light for pictures.