0249 Paraiso Suizo to Grande Amburgo, Montevideo

2^nd May Paraiso Suizo to Grande Amburgo, Montevideo

We finally depart Uruguay and get on board our ship to Europe

Thank goodness I had packed up my rear awning and tent in the sunshine yesterday, because tonight it rained and everything  would have got wet just before I had to leave it packed up on the ship for 4 weeks !  As we didn’t have to be at the port till 2.30 pm, we had a leisurely pack up, and after saying goodbye to everyone who was on a different ship over the next few days, Franz & Ingrid in the Unimog, and I eventually set off at about noon, with a plan to stop at the supermercado in Aventida en route to buy some wine.  We had heard a rumour that there was limited or no alcohol available on the ship, so we decided to stock up a little in case, and if the rumour turned out to be false, we could always take it with us into Europe and drink in later !

0248 Waiting, waiting, waiting.....

17th April - 1st May 

It is now beginning to be a bit frustrating, waiting on the Grande Amburgo to arrive.  The car has been cleaned, and trying to make the food last until the ship comes is proving a little tiresome.  I went back into Piriapolis on the 22^nd April for hopefully one last shop.  It was nice to just get out of the camp site for a while, and I went into town past the old church I had photographed previously.  When I had mentioned this church to Heinz (the camp site owner) previously, he had explained to me that it is actually “being built”, not an old ruin !  But when I say “being built”, it is actually not being currently worked on – An interesting tale…….