Montevideo, Uraguay

Our last port of call before our final stop in Buenos Aires was Montevideo, the capital of Uraguay and the lesser known city just 80 km across the Plato River from B. A.  We got off the ship as soon as it docked to lunch at the famous port market filled with grilling restaurants.  We were invited to join friends from San Francisco who were food buffs and had seen the restaurant that we visited on the Anthony Bourdain's show on the Food Network.

Estancia de Puerto, was an open grill specializing in paradillo (assorted grilled meat).  When I tell you that we had no clue what we were eating, believe it.  We asked on one item and they said stomach parts, the menu read "mixed guts." We didn't ask again.

The afternoon was spent in a walking tour of the center city and a highlight was the Opera House. This city, like Buenos Aires, is very European in architecture.

Opera House