Colonia

Uruguay.- If you have the travel bug within you, just like me, you will probably agree with this: the urge to see the world, often make us forget the amazing places we have in our backyard. By backyard, actually meaning close to home. And we may even have those places in our mental bucket list of places to go, but still we keep postponing them with no apparent excuse. Colonia del Sacramento was one of those backyard places to me. I had heard countless times how beautiful it was. And living in Buenos Aires, to escape from the city and cross the river to enjoy Colonia is so easy, I don’t understand why I didn’t do it before. Colonia, as we simply call her around here, is located in Uruguay, on the southwest coasts of this country and next to the Rio de la Plata. Situated just in front of Buenos Aires, both cities are only separated by 50 kms of river. Visiting Colonia del Sacramento is like traveling back in time. Is to go back to the 19th century, and to feel and remember every history class seen at school. The old town is full of memories. But lets Read More…