Montevideo

Parliament building

Our 1910 steam train to the Juanico Winery

Tuesday 25 January – Montevideo.  Because we were on a tour at 0900, we decided to order room service breakfast for 0700.  The day dawned cloudless and warm, temperatures heading towards the high 30s.

We boarded the coach for a tour through Montevideo city on our way to the station to board the steam train taking us to the Juanico Winery where we arrived soon after noon.  After a welcoming glass of sparkling wine we were taken on a tour of the cellars then into the restaurant where we were given a further 5 wine tastings – interspersed with lunch!  The wine flowed freely and those of us that could still hold a pen were encouraged to mark the wines with appropriate comments!

Lunch was followed by a short demonstration of the tango by two couples – many of the men were by this time wiping their brows! We left the winery around 1500 to drive back to the ship, where the passengers poured out of the two coaches proclaiming it had been one of the best ship’s tours so far!

We sailed at 1815 for Buenos Aires, just across the inlet – a journey that the local ferry does in 3 hours, but it takes us until 0800 tomorrow!