Mahalo Chicos,

This past weekend my other half surprised me with a drive to Piriapolis. So I packed our swim gear, some snacks and with Midori in tote we were off to our first family mini holiday.

It’s nice to get out of the city every once it awhile, the drive there was a bit refreshing if one can call it that. Not too many cars on the road and speaking of the road, the “freeway” in Montevideo, Uruguay is rather smooth. Which is a bit of a surprise considering how “well maintained” the sidewalks and streets are.

While on our drive I happen to notice a few car dealers selling authentic vintage cars. The make or models escape me, but it was rather clear that the cars are authentic. There were a few different car dealerships. Its takes me back to our drives in North America, you know that long stretch of endless blah then pop there goes a bunch of car dealerships.

In Montevideo, Uruguay its basically the same, with a bit of a twists. The car dealerships here are more ancient, well I am just going to come out and say it. Junk yard-ish. Yes that’s right, how could I possibly call real authentic vintage models from the 50’s and 60’s JUNK.

Well, my fellow blogsters, you know when you look at something that is not fixed up, like an overly priced home in the U.S. and say that its got nice bones, but a load of work has to go into it? Well, if you consider no engines, no tires, and rusts that has eaten away most of the original body “nice bones” than you know what I am referring too.

Our first stop was the beach, we found one that allowed dogs, or rather did not have a sign that said “no dogs”.

Midori immediately went for the water; jumping and splashing on the breaks. Then she dug wholes in the sand all around our post and just hung out with us. It was really cute. I am so happy that we adopted a water dog, for my other half and I love the beach.

My other half and I enjoyed swimming in the cool water. The breaks were incredibly mellow so we tried our hand in body surfing. Being the surfers that we are, it was nice. We even taught Midori how to body surf. She seemed to take a liking to it.

A bit tired from playing in the water the whole family gathered around our beach post and had ourselves something to snack on. I brought; water, some olives, cheeses, toasted baguettes, caprese salad and Midori’s food. It seems everyone was content with our snack break.

Once we were done, off to playing with Midori and her beach ball on the water. We stayed at the beach for what seemed like hours. Then my other half drove a bit further to the center of Piriapolis. Mostly touristy stuff; frivolous goods, foods, and small hotels. We took a chance and stopped at a place to eat. I forgot the name, so I guess that should tell you how much I enjoyed the meal.

Finally it was getting a bit late and we were worn from the day at the beach so we headed back home. I wish we brought our camera to capture some scenes to best share with you, but Midori ate the connectors.

Fun is what you make it and whom you share it with.

Ciao,

Odeliza Jacoba

Odeliza