Piriápolis

On the brilliant suggestion of our friends Juan and Sandra, the four of us headed to a nearby beach town to enjoy the temperate weather. Piriápolis was founded in the 1930´s by an Argentine man named Piria who created the city to attract tourists. Although we consider ourselves as travelers rather than tourists, we were still thrilled explore the place. The giant Argentino Hotel is the biggest building in the city which includes a casino and many other luxurious amenities. After checking it out and declaring that it just wasn´t posh enough for our taste, we continued on to the large, boat-filled dock where you can take a chair lift to the top of the cities´ biggest hill. It was a rickety little chair lift that provided amazing panoramic views and surprisingly didn´t require a waiver to ride! On top of the Cerro San Antonio we found a small shrine devoted to the hill´s patron saint as well as some cactus that seemed a little out of place. We enjoyed the sun and studied our maps to help orient ourselves in relation to all the natural landmarks that we could see from the top. Our afternoon also consisted of a seafood lunch, lots of laying-in-the-sun action, and a beautiful sunset to top it off. We were so happy to enjoy the day that we didn´t even care that we were stuck sitting next to "the human cigarette" on the bus ride home. Here are some pictures from our day...

Piriapolis