Museo de Artes Decorativas and Cooking Classes

"Mmmmm..."

Days two and three in the city of Montevideo = success! Although the city is about the 10th of the size of Buenos Aires, we are definitely enjoying ourselves.  Like in Argentina, we have classes everyday from 9 am to 1 pm.  After classes on Tuesday, we were free to roam the city and find something our group was interested.  So of course the first idea that came to mind was food!

Uruguay is know for its various types of meats.  In fact, according to our tour guide, for every person in Uruguay there are three cows (random fact for the day).  One of the most popular meats is Chivito, which is a thin slice of filet mignon on a sandwich.  Yet despite the fact that chivito means goat in Spanish and the sandwich is really from a cow, the Uruguayans still call the meat chivito (random fact #2 for the day).  As seen in the picture on the right, Caleb seemed like he enjoyed it!

Following the restaurant, we toured one of the free museums called, "Museo de Artes Decorativas."  Inside were various paintings and works of art that was in the process of renovation.  An example of one of the room can be seen in the picture on the left.

On Wednesday, the school wanted to make sure we were culturally aware of who the Uruguayans are....so why not more food?!  After classes, each individual group met together in the school for a cooking class to make a special kind of desert.  In the picture on the right, Scott Henrich and Ben Olson are hard at work!

Wine tour tomorrow!

-Nate Solofra