After coming home from Córdoba, university got a little busier. In the middle of September we had our mid term exams and some presentations needed to be held. Also, we finally found the Leo Club here! (Don't know what that is? Check it out: http://members.lionsclubs.org/EN/leos/about-leos.php) So two other German Leos, Ben and Carolin, and I went to one of their meetings. We were warmly welcomed and it was really fun and interesting to hear about Leo Clubs in Argentina and compare them to ours in Germany. This definitely wasn't the last meeting we attended :)
Midterms weren't too hard and I did fairly well on all of mine. Still it was a lot that needed to be studied for.
After mid terms I decided it was time for another short vacation, so in the end of September I packed my backpack and went to Uruguay.
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| Colonia del Sacramento |
On September 25, I got up early to catch the earliest ferry from Buenos Aires to Colonia del Sacramento in Uruguay. Colonia is a cute little town at the coast of the Rio de la Plata (the big river between Argentina and Uruguay). Its old city part looks like it hasn't been changed since the colonialists were in Uruguay and therefore it has a very special charm. Unfortunately the weather wasn't the nicest while I was there, but I still had enough chances to see everything worth seeing while the sun was out. I spent a lot of time just reading and relaxing, just like I planned it.
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| Colonia del Sacramento |
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| Colonia del Sacramento |
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| Colonia del Sacramento |
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| Colonia del Sacramento |
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| Colonia del Sacramento |
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| Colonia del Sacramento |
After two days in Colonia I continued my trip to Montevideo, Uruguay's capital city. I only planned to be there for most of Sunday and I got really lucky with the weather that day. It was beautiful! Just a little cold towards the afternoon. To make the best of the day, I decided to go on a Hop on/Hop off bus tour, which turned out to be a good idea, I got to see the most important parts in a single day and still had time to wander along the seaside promenade for 2 kilometers to enjoy the sun and the water. Montevideo seemed a whole lot more relaxed that Buenos Aires and I instantly felt at ease. I wonder if that was only because it was a Sunday with beautiful weather, though, or maybe also because marijuana is legal there… ;)
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| Montevideo |
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| Montevideo |
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| Montevideo |
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| Montevideo |
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| Montevideo |
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| Montevideo |
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| Montevideo |
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| Montevideo |
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| Punta del Este |
The next morning I went even further down the coast to Punta del Este, a famous vacation place for Brazilians and Argentinians. It has a huge, pretty beach and since it wasn't high season, I was basically by myself on the beach. It wasn't super warm, but with jeans and sweater I could easily sit in the sun and enjoy the day. Some people might disagree with me but I really didn't think Punta was that special. I didn't like all the huge hotels, one next to the other, and in my opinion everything was way too expensive. After talking to a girl from my hostel about that, she recommended going a few miles further down the coast to La Barra, she thought I might like that better. So that's was I did the next day - and she was absolutely right! La Barra is a small town, which is basically empty without tourists. So I got to spend the day all by myself on a beautiful little beach and all I heard were the waves and the wind. It was incredible :)
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| Punta del Este |
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| La Barra |
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| Perfect Day in La Barra |
Unfortunately that night I had to return to Montevideo because the next morning I had to get up super early to go back to Buenos Aires. I even made it in time to my first class that day, so that worked out perfectly…
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