Finally, my vacation photos from Rocha!

This weekend I celebrated mother's day with Adrian and his family and while the older brother was at the house with his computer I took the opportunity to download the photos he had taken from our vacation in Rocha back in February. So, they are about three months late but I can now finally share with all of you images of my vacation in Rocha!

It was such an amazing vacation! I had told Adrian that I wanted to visit the beaches of Rocha before summer ended and that I was planning to go during the festivities of carnaval since the school would be closed for that week. On the Thursday before vacation he called me out of the blue to tell me that he and his brother had rented a house to stay in the coastal town of Aguas Dulces (sweet waters) in Rocha and that Friday morning we would hit the road.

We spent 5 days exploring the beaches, there was rainy weather, sunny weather and perhaps the most beautiful rainbow I have ever seen in my life. The beaches and waves in every coastal town we went to were fantastic! The house was in Aguas Dulces but one of the days we took the car out to another town called Las Valizas, saw the beaches there and then the brothers and I headed on foot to Cabo Polonia, another beach town who's attraction is it's simplicity as there is no electricity in Cabo Polonia nor any real development such as restuarants, cars or streets. The way to get to the beach is by walking about 2-3hours along the coast or the sand dunes (as we did) from Las Valizas or you can leave your car in a parking lot about 5km outside of the beach and pay to ride in one of the famous big trucks that cart about 20 some people to and from the lot.

I hope you enjoy the photos!

Learning to cook Tortillas, Uruguayan style!

If you're from Arizona and you hear the word tortilla you might immediately think of the flat, flour or corn based pancake, but the Uruguayan tortilla is actually more like the Spanish kind that's made with eggs and is pretty thick! They're delicious, easy and even nutritious! You can just throw any ingredients into the mix---and for less cholesterol use egg whites! Last night, Adrián taught me how to make one using only egg whites and we threw peas, corn, bell peppers, olives, shredded cheese, and sautéed garlic and onions into the mix. It turned out great!

Vacation in Colonia and Carmelo

So I don't have the photos from my first vacation in Rocha yet but I at least have them from the vacation I went on recently with Adrian, his brother and Graciela. They rented a car so that their mom could take her own vacation traveling around the interior of the country in the boys' car.

On a Thursday morning the brothers, Graciela and I, set off for Colonia de Sacremento, a touristy colonial town established by the Portuguese in the 1600s---to this day the cobbled streets and ancient architecture have been preserved very well. In the photos you'll see various snapshotos of all of us in Colonia, and there's one of a random man drinking mate and I snapped the photo because to me, the moment was perfectly Uruguayan. After Colonia we set off for Carmelo and stayed there for three nights and four days. You'll see photos of the car we rented, the moto we drove around that belonged to the family we stayed with and various yachts, since many Argentinians also spend their vacation during Holy Week in Carmelo because it is so easy to get to from Buenos Aires.