Cruise day 2

We slept late. Breakfast at the buffet. I got a large bowl of Muselic and dry cereal. We sailed to Montevideo, Uruguay, expecting a poor city but were surprised at the high standard of living--and the high prices. We had a free van service to a leather factory that had everything priced in US dollars. They were high prices. We walked from there through an old city plaza to some of the side streets of the new city. It is the capital of the country and has 4 million inhabitants. We saw interesting architecture and a federal ceremony having something to do with women’s liberation. Evelyn bought a dress but none of the over priced artisan products. We ate or drank nothing but did buy El Mago de Oz for Stephen. Close to the ship we bought 3 bottles of Pepsi light for $7. The ship has only Coke products. Back on board we ate lunch and went to the cabin for a nap. We hae walked more than 5 miles in town. We were up, dressed and at the early show by 7:30. This followed the wine drinking hour in the balcony cabin. The act was a mandolin player from Dczech Republic who had come to America for blue grass. We went to dinner at the “mess hall” as Tom calls the restaurant. We also went to Dazzles, the disco lounge, and danced some in a crowd before going to the Observation Lounge. The band played many Latin dances and many Latino dancers. We had smooth sailing and were up dancing until around 1.