Back from Punta del Este

Chuck and I traveled to Punta del Este Friday night. It is about 2 hours by bus. In the season, it is consider the St. Tropez of South America. We could see why. It is a peninsula with beautiful beaches. It rained most of the day Saturday so we enjoyed a local BBQ restaurant. This is not the BBQ of home. This is serious. I missed my initial photo oppt. of the grilled covered in every meat imaginable....beef, pork, rabbit, chicken, etc....It was wonderful. We strolled the local shopping center to see that everyone is very interested in Columbia Sportswear, Reebok and everything boot related - low boots, high boots, cowboy boots, ... We stayed Saturday evening at the Conrad hotel which is a conference center and casino overlooking the water. This is a hot spot for visitors. We enjoyed the evening and had breakfast at the hotel. When the rain stopped this morning, we had a chance to walk around Punta del Este. It is a very beautiful with many great restaurants, shops and beaches. I will add pictures later. The taxi driver said that during the summer you cannot even drive since there are so many people. We are back in Montevideo now and have a meeting at Parliment tomorrow.