Journeying with Jan

 So we took a bus trip today to see the highlights of the city and the large Juanico Winery.  It was determined to rain all day, so we didn't spend much time at all at our photo ops. This building has an interesting story. It was originally intended to be a hotel, but the residents hated it.  It became condominiums instead.  The builder had a brother who built a similar building across the river in Buenos Aires.  Both were to have lighthouses on top, and the lights were too touch in the middle of the river, which, if I understand, is 170 miles wide.  It's too far! They didn't take into account the curvature of the earth, and the buildings are not in eyesight to each other.  Fortunately as time had gone on, the Montevideons have come to love the building. Another famous landmark is the telecommunications building with a top that looks like a sail. As I said, it rained all day. So when we arrived at the winery and were on our way through the very extensi...

Our first night in our stateroom. Paul's Peruvian Chicken  My fish Wine tasting  Another bedtime present from our stewards ( including chocolates!) A towel critters from our dinner time waiter, Indra! We got an adorable elephant with chocolates for eyes! Our waiter had me choose a square piece of colored paper, and then he made this butterfly for me.

Near Ushuaia is the place where the Pan American highway ends.  Above is the port area. We took an excursion to a National Park, Tierra del Fuego.  From here it is a mere 17, 848 km to the other end of the Pan American highway in Alaska. We stopped at Lago Roca and had time to walk around. I wish I had a better picture of the moss on this tree. It was everywhere in this area and just fascinated me! Horses! River valley along our bus trip.  Isn't it beautiful?