Other interesting things about Uruguay:
*A lot of dilapidated but gorgeous buildings
*they really like dogs
*everything is closed on Sunday too
*people were really nice once you started talking to them
*they have some of the most beautiful handcrafted knit items I've ever seen
*there are entire stores that sell nothing but caramel.

The longer we were in Uruguay the better my Spanish got. (Thanks Senora McDowell!!!)I could talk to people on a minimal level and order food and ask directions and tell the taxi driver where to take us. Everyone was very patient with us since Spanish is a fast language, I don't care who says otherwise!

The rest of our trip we kind of decided not to bother with the creepy Old City and spent Sunday wandering around the Tres Cruces area and the Sunday market that sold everything I could ever imagine. The market itself was on a shady street lined with antique shops so if you didn't like the wares of the vendors you could look at the antiques in the surrounding shops. We tried to take an English tour ofthe beautiful Teatro Solis but were informed that there was no such Monster on Sundays. We were disappointed since earlier in the day we had understood that there would be an English speaking tour. Fortunately they took pity on us and showed us the interior of the theatre. It looks like something out of Europe but much smaller than we expected.

On Monday we took a walk to the Pocitos neighborhood. It was a long walk but we had a delicious meal and got see several diverse neighborhoods, the Russian embassy and oodles of doggies. Some of these dogs were obviously for protection or to guard against robbery but a lot of them were beagles. Can beagles protect your house? I'm not sure. Most looked like they would lick you to death!