Colonia, Uruguay...Muy divertido!!!

The whole group on the top of the ferry, and Dave relaxing on the seats inside

Yay for the pink helmet and my scooter!
Luis in one of the Go-karts, Paul, John, Ryan on their scooters

The Restaurant were we had lunch.
Different shots of the town.


The bull fighting stadium, and one of the dog who loved us.

The road that lead us to the beach, and shots of the beach.

Beautiful sunset to end the day!

This last week our professor was going out of town and had to move studio to Thursday. So we had Friday off. We decided to go to Colonia, Uruguay, a town that is only a ferry ride away from Buenos Aires. We weren't able to get tickets for the fast ferry (1 hr long) so we ended up on the long ferry (3 hrs.). However they both arrived at the same time, we just had to get up a little earlier. The ferry was pretty nice, they had a cafe, a duty free shop, really comfortable, reclining seats, and the top deck was open to hang out on. So the ride actually went pretty fast. Once we arrived in Colonia we headed to our first location...the scooter rental. The town is pretty small and really laid back, so the thing that everyone does when they come here is rent scooters and drive around town. We arrived at a rental place and they had plenty of scooters waiting to go, but also these go karts. So after discussing we decided to rent 2 go karts and 4 scooters. I was on the list for a scooter (let me mention here that all morning I told the boys how I was determined to get a pink scooter and a pink helmet to match). So we start our paper work, and I was the first to finish and lo and behold the guy pulls out a pink helmet from behind the counter, with out even asking me anything. It was so funny, all the boys took out their cameras and started taking pictures of me in it. Sadly, they did not have a pink scooter, so I had to settle for a blue one. Once I found out we would be renting scooters I was excited, but also a little nervous. I have ridden a little honda rebel before (a long time ago), and Dollys scooter up and down the street, but I wasn't sure if I would be okay handling it. So I get on the scooter and the guy showing me how to drive was really rude, and kept telling me I should drive the go kart, and that I would injure myself and the scooter if I wanted to ride it. I was mad and also a little freaked out because I already had my worries about it. The boys were all really nice though and stuck up for me and told the guy that I was fine and wanted to stick with the scooter. I almost just drove the go kart, but I am down here to experience new things, so I went for it. The guy had me go around the block once before leaving, and I did just fine. It was a lot easier than I thought, once I got used to the gas controls (it was a little finicky). So with all of us ready we headed out. We first stopped for lunch along the coast. We found this really cute, and small restaurant with a great view. It was really good, we all got steaks and enjoyed a great lunch on the patio. The weather was awesome all day, around 75 (it is spring down here and some days are still rainy and cold but not this one). After lunch we drove some more around the coast, then a little through the city. We drove to what we were told was a Bull Fighting stadium, that was very cool. While driving around it a stray dog started barking at our go karts, and started running alongside us for a while. You could tell he really loved finding scooters and things to run with. We eventually wound up on a higher speed road that led us a little outside of town. From there we took a random dirt road that ended up leading us through farm land that was so green and beautiful, and very few people around. The road ended at a private beach were we parked the scooters and walked around a little. It was so quite and pretty, there were only two local people there, one fishing, the other just relaxing. After a while Luis decided to take his shoes off and wade around in the water. Then one thing lead to another and all the boys ended up in the water. It was a lot of fun, and such a pretty beach. By this time we had to start heading back to return the scooters (we had them until around 6 and our ferry left at 6:30). The ride back was awesome, we took a different ride along the coast and it was very beautiful. Randomly the stray dog from earlier in the day found us again, and ran for a long time beside us until he was too tired to go anymore. It was sad to end the day, but it was so much fun, and it ended with a gorgeous sunset that we enjoyed from the boat. We got back to Buenos Aires around 10, and we all felt like it was just a dream, because it was such a great, fun day. We all want to go back before we leave Argentina. Enjoy the pics, and finally i have some of people and me!