it's my first time in Uruguay and I only have two days to explore the country so this video
is just giving my first impressions of Colonia where we are right now and Montevideo where
I'm going this evening I'm spending three months in Argentina at the moment and it is
actually really really easy to go from Buenos Aires which is where I'm based right now to
Uruguay and you can just do it for a day trip to a place called Colonia where we are right
now or you can stay here for a few days so I took the ferry here this morning and the
ferry by the way was absolutely incredible the terminal was nicer than most airports
that I have ever visited managed to buy the tickets when they were having a little sale
on so we got them for pretty cheap and overall I just really really enjoyed the journey I
would thoroughly recommend this even if you're just doing it as a
day trip um
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this little restaurant called Amor Amor whoa that looks so pretty I'm pretty claustrophobic
so naturally I've decided to grow up this tiny staircase to
my experience
I just remembered I'm also afraid to fight sometimes so I'm crouched down because you
never know
one thing I will say that I've noticed very quickly is that Uruguay is a lot more expensive
than Argentina but the reason that Argentina is so affordable for travellers is actually
very negative for the locals so it's for the best that you have to pay more money to stay
here because it's good news for the locals and here in nearby actually they have a really
interesting political past they are a very Democratic country their ex-president is very
well known for being really modest and Frugal and driving a really old car and not giving
himself a huge salary and for me I say political science so I find that really interesting
but even if that's not something that you're interested in I definitely recommend this
place because look at this View
so what happened I'm sure and I was queuing for them I'd already ordered them and then
I realized that I went to pay that I didn't have any local currency I only have Argentine
pesos and I'm in the wrong apartment so this lady that was stood in front of us she just
turned around she was like don't worry I'm gonna pay for your snacks which was very nice
of her and now we're eating the free snacks and it was so like it was just such a nice
moment because we had a really lovely chat with the people we had a nice well very brief
chat with her
they were talking to me about um British Cinema Western European Cinema and Turkish miniseries
right now we're at the train station we've already got a bus station oops
okay okay good morning it's my second day here in New York Library we're in Montevideo
right now and I've already had a really really nice day it's the very first thing we did
is we went for food to this it ended up being kind of a posh like fancy restaurant but the
food was really nice we had some local fish and a milanesa classic after that we went
to a local market we walked around a bit but after we went to a coffee shop and this is
what I want to talk to you about because it was such a nice experience for me hey the
coffee shop was amazing we got a cappuccino it's delicious but the main reason why what's
so nice is that it turns out that the coffee shop was run by Czech people I think a Czech
couple if you watch my channel know this that's where I'm from I was born there my family
are all from the Czech Republic and so because of that I got to have the experience of speaking
check while on a weekend drawn to Uruguay while I'm living in Argentina
yeah that is not at all what I was expecting and we got two super check desserts I was
expecting to make this video more about Uruguayan food but anyway I couldn't resist because
I don't live in the Czech Republic and I don't really get to have the food from there very
often so this is such a nice opportunity for me we have just walked up to a square this
square that looks really really nice so we're gonna sit down and eat our desserts I'm gonna
talk you through them but this one's like shoe pastry filled with cream kind of custard
and caramel on top and this one is called and this one is with pear which is not very
traditional but it looks really really nice Uruguay by the way has the reputation as one
of the most lgbtq friendly places
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I'm traveling with three months with very minimal luggage and I am desperate to buy
new clothes but I managed to restrain myself I only got two things
very very excited to wear them
it's hard to watch the time before that we're gonna see because this is what the sky looks
like
where I'm gonna go first you're not supposed to bake you're a secret Jill said to leche
milkshake big thumbs up three pounds fifty after coming here from Argentina it feels
it was very unaffordable no I want to snatch it oh it's so good it's our final evening
in Montevideo and we are going to a Tango show I found this place on Google Maps had
really good reviews it costs about 3 000 local pesos per per person so it's pretty expensive
but they have a Tango show they've got Life Singers and I think it's gonna be really cool
Adriano okay nice thank you so much yeah that's lovely that's very nice so guys in a few minutes
we're gonna start with experience so cheers and welcome amazing thank you so much where's
the winery is it close to Montevideo it's south of Canada on the north of monsoon year
nice cheers thank you bring you this is just to try it it's a bit hummus with focaccia
bread very very nice and this has like a Christmas wine with cinnamon and it's the local grape
but make it like a port wine really good juice [Music] all right
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overwhelming and so full of people
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how are you
going through the market you'll come across this part of it the more informal Market where
everything's just laid out on the floor so one thing about Uruguay herb is legal here
but as a tourist you don't have the right license to buy it but if you come to one of
these markets I'm not doing it myself because we're about to leave but you can buy herb
brownies just in the street did you try the herb here in this country we're looking into
it but it wasn't like easy to buy it as a foreigner
but just walking around random streets of Montevideo I will say a lot of it is pretty
drab I have enjoyed my trip here but is is not the prettiest Capital that I've been to
that's not to say that only pretty cities are worth visiting I think sometimes places
that are in the most beautiful can be almost more interesting okay and now we've come to
another Market I think this Market has a lot of restaurants inside it and it was recommended
to me very kindly by a follower over on Instagram well this looks cool a lot glossier much kind
of more luxurious than I thought from the outside apparently I'm having a day of markets
and this one is really amazing there's so many different food options the prices are
so high because this is going to be there but I'm really impressed I'm really enjoying
it great recommendation okay I'm having the one dish that I've been told is very typical
of Uruguay
that's really good oh delicious
okay so we have accidentally got this ginormous afternoon tea that's great okay I gotta start
with the churros
time to go back to Argentina