After a wonderfully quiet night we awake to the standard European continental breakfast as like Argentina most of the folks here came from Spain and Italy. We are off to Montevideo, as my granddaughter Hana knows, the capital of Uruguay. The word Uruguay comes from the old Indian term meaning “river of the painted birds.” While the birds may be colorful, unlike BA the painting has stayed off the walls and neatness abounds. And it is the first country to allow women to vote. As a matter of fact all must vote. The guide's connection was lost in translation. Perhaps you get to clean the graffiti off the walls if you fail to vote. Or maybe they pay well to government wall cleaners as there is a 45% tax here. We head in to our hotel
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