Our Colonia Getaway

On Monday we run out of the house, jumped on two buses and after a three hour nap we arrived in Colonia. After arriving we walked two blocks to our hostel, El Espanol. While walking up the street we couldn't help but notice all the English speaking tourists just like us. I know, I know I can speak Spanish but after a month of nothing but Spanish on streets, t.v., newspaper, magazine, etc.... this was a good thing. We checked in, left our stuff and went out for a drink. Jay enjoyed a litro de cervesa and I a half litro de vino at a colorful place, El Drugstore. After drinks we went across the street to the oldest church in Uruguay and no we weren't drunk. We then took our own tour though the streets of Colonia. We fell in love with the cobble stone streets, charming old buildings, the light house, everything in Colonia was right out of a Fairytale. On our walk we stopped at a little wine shop, where we picked up a bottle of Tannat, which is the wine of choice here. This small town on the southwest cost of Uruguay which is bordered by the Rio De La Plata is slow-paced and makes our list of places you must visit.