Colonia de Sacramento
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Pink, green, orange, yellow and rust coloured Colonial style houses, tree lined cobbled streets, Bougainvillea hanging over white washed walls and a feeling of peace and quiet after the hustle and bustle of Buenos Aires. The first thing we saw as we got off the bus was a vintage car with shrubs and cactus growing out of it. There are very few cars to be heard but you can hear the put put of scooters and beach buggies over the cobbled tree lined streets. This is a very picturesque city with lots of green parks with Palm trees and Avocado trees. Birds eat from you hand at the colourful side walk cafes with vivid blue, yellow or orange umbrellas which shade you from the sun. There are lots of little boutiques, selling leather goods and Gaucho (cowboy artefacts- you can buy lethal knives here!). The ancient drawbridge over the dried up moat conjures up the days of old. It was passed from Portuguese hands to Spanish hands and back again eventually falling to Spanish rule. Everyone is very friendly and they welcome you with smiles and a friendly “Hola” in passing. You can use pesos (Argentinian currency) or Dollars as well as their currency. It is one of the main cities of Uruguay and faces Buenos Aires in Argentina being separated only by the River Plate and its Deltas.I walked for miles with my friend Elisabeth taking in the nooks and crannies of this little city which has no high rising houses at all only a lighthouse and peering in to the little courtyards and haciendas.
