Sunday 6 March 2016

The last full day of our RACV tour today - no wineries but we were taken on a tour of the city of Montevideo.  First of all we had an hour at the local flea market - it was interesting to say  the least and made Vic Market look like Myer or David Jones!!! You've never seen such a load of rubbish, ever.  There were puppies, looked about 3 weeks old, kittens, birds, mice, hamsters, all in small cages & being handled by everyone, then stuff that you wouldn't even consider taking to Vinnies.  But, as the saying goes, one man's trash...........!! 

Next, we went on to the city square and had a short walk to view important landmarks, buildings, etc.  - the city was very quiet as apparently most people stay home on Sundays and have BBQ!  For lunch we went to another market, more a market with many BBQ restaurants and touristy shops.  We found a place with a roaring fire & a heap of meats eg. beef, pork, chicken, sausages, tripe, lamb, vegs ( pumpkin, capsicums etc) so propped up at the bar to order. I had suckling pig - 2 pieces of pork served ith french fries and G had a steak which was ordered as a T-bone but more likely was a rack of short ribs.  All delicious and went down well with a glass of wine.

Tonight we had the farewell dinner at a very nice restaurant not far from our hotel. Hard to front up again to a full three course meal and we all wished we could take home doggy bags!!!  Entree was a shared platter of lovely meats and cheeses and we both ordered the steak for mains.  Dessert was tarte tartin or tirimisu. Six days to reduce the intake before our cruise!!!! Lucky I didn't give up food or wine for Lent!!!!