Montevideo

 Montevideo, Uruguay – January 27, 2014

 The port presenter on board told us that marijuana is now legal in Uruguay. Our free spirits, Ginny and Damon, decided to do Montevideo on their own to find out if it was true. They found out, unfortunately, that only citizens of Uruguay can buy pot. Who knew that at this stage of life we might have a use for fake IDs??!

Others of us headed out of the city to the famous seaside resort of Punta del Este, A landmark here is the interesting sculpture of a hand rising from the sand on the beach.

Casapueblo is the former home of noted Uruguayan artist Carlos Paez Vilaro. He built it in 1958 with his own hands. (Methinks he could share some DNA with a guy named Gaudi from Barcelona.) The home is now a museum and art gallery.

Located in the Beverly Hills of Punta del Este is the Ralli Museum which hosts a permanent exhibition of contemporary Latin-American art. It boasts significant works by Salvadore Dali....

....as well as some equally surreal images by other artists.