Friday, February 2, 2007

Punta Del Este, on the beach


How does one describe one of the arguably laziest days of my life?
I think I was born to live and eat in this lifestyle. We had dinner around 11last night, I had a tasty smoked salmon and brie sandwich, Becky had an omelet. We were sitting on a terrace overlooking the water in downtown "La Barra", a rapidly-growingresort town just north of Punta del Este. After dinner, ice cream at Freddo's.

Late nights = late mornings. I downloaded the photos and wrested with the blog (theinterface is now in German, I'm guessing it's picking up the IP and figuring I'm somewhere else. We finished breakfast at about noon, with a plan to check out the beach, gowindsurfing, and rent bikes to see more of the area. Then we went to the beach,where they were renting large beach umbrellas and comfy beach chairs for $30/day (reasonable, yes, but high for Uruguay. This is probably the most expensive town in the whole country). Of course, since we're on vacation we said yes, and then decidedthat really sitting under the umbrella was a sufficient activity for the day. So wesat, read, commented on the bodies and bathing suits and families and couples thatcame and went throughout the day. The only times we left the comfort of the chairswas to each lunch 25 yards away, and then to take a short hike.

When we returned from the exhausting (sarcasm) day at the beach, we realized we should have been more vigilant about sunscreen. I may have to do some cropping before posting those...
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