In Uruguay today

We had a very good day today! First, we had to pack up all of our stuff, because we asked the hotel for one more night and they said fine, but we´d have to move to another room. Then, we took some of our clothes to get them washed and from there we caught the subway to a stop that would take us fairly close to the port from where we would catch the ferry. The ferry was really big, but not like we had expected it to be. Our "tourist class" section was nothing but seats from one side of the boat to the other, with some aisles in between. It was like being in a movie theater. Since we didn´t know how the ferry was set up, we had to sit in the middle and if we wanted to see outside we had to walk to the sides. But there was no going to the actual outside, which was disappointing to us. Anyway, the ride was smooth and it took one hour to get to Colonia. Colonia is a pretty town, with lots of Sycamore trees and all cobblestone streets. The weather was nice, sunny and cool and we walked from the dock to the first little outdoor cafe we saw and had lunch. After lunch, we walked around the town, stopping to climb a lighthouse and also walk out on a wharf, where we sat for a while over the water and enjoyed the scenery. The ferry trip back was better, because this time we knew to be one of the first ones in line, and so we got seats by the window. When we got off the ferry and started walking back to the subway station, we saw and heard lots of ambulances and police cars going by, but who knows what that was all about. When we came out of our subway station by the hotel, we saw that they had blocked off Avenida de Mayo and set up a huge stage. It looked like they were going to be holding a concert right there in the middle of the street, and right exactly in front of our hotel. Turns out, they had a tango performance there, and it´s too bad we missed that, we could have watched it from the balcony of our new room here in the hotel. We also found, when we got back to our hotel, that they had not delivered Fernando´s clothes. What a disaster that would have been if we hadn´t gotten back when we did. The cleaners is open until 7:30, and the time when we discovered Fernando´s clothes missing was 7:07. If we had caught a later ferry, which we were contemplating doing, then who knows what we would have done, because the cleaners is closed on Sundays, and we leave on Sunday for Iguazu! But everything turned out ok, and that´s what´s important.
Tomorrow, we catch a bus at around 2:30pm and we should get to Iguazu around 10am. We will see how comfy those "Sleeper Buses" are. :-0
I really like Buenos Aires. It´s a wonderful city, and to get around we take subways or we walk. Believe me, I´ve walked more in these last four days than I have walked all year. Good thing we have good shoes!! The food has been a little disappointing. We´ve had some really good steaks, which Argentina is famous for, but unless you eat steak, the food probably won´t be that great. We ate at an Asian restaurant the other day for variety, and tonight we are going to eat at a Scandinavian restaurant. We´ll see how that goes tonight!