Anseth Family Adventures: 4 mounds from East to West

Monday, December 23rd, 2019 was our day in Montevideo, Uruguay 🇺🇾. This is the capital city of Uruguay and contains around 1.4 millions people. It is filled with beautiful plazas many of which are filled with markets.

Our guide Andreo with Blanco Tours met us at the port. I am not sure he was prepared for that many girls.

Leaving the boat with all theses women. Pray for us. Lance, Troy and I are gonna need it.

Plaza Zabala in Montevideo. On top is the founder of Montevideo,Bruno Mauricio de Zabala founder of the city. The east side sculpture represents “The Takeover”. It represents the surrender of the population to the civil power by the military power

The family in front of “The First Family”

The bronze statue on the west side represents the Gaucho lifestyle of the early residents of Uruguay, “The First Family.”

From the Plaza Zabala we journeyed to the Plaza de Constitucíon. This is the oldest Plaza dating back to 1812 and is named in honor of the Spanish constitution.

Montevideo Metropolitan Cathedral stands on one side of the Plaza. It was consecrated in 1804. The cathedral is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception and the saints of Montevideo James and Philip.

The ceiling in the main nave

The central alter at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Uruguay.

The girls breaking down the immaculate conception with Kari

Kari and I in the Plaza.

A side alter inside the cathedral. At this point at least 3-4 teenagers where losing interest in their faith journey.

Fountain in the Plaza

Our next stop was the Plaza Independencia. It is Montevideo most important square. On one side is downtown Montevideo on the other is Ciudad Viejo

In the center stands a towering statue of General Artigas. His horse has one hoof raise which indicates he was injured in battle. If the horse has 2 hooves raise it is an indication that the soldier, General has died in battle

Towering statue of Artigas

It is so magnificent and imposing. Completely dominates the square.

This urn ⚱️ is where the ashes of General Artigas rest. Guards by the army at all time. These soldiers are unflappably in the face of any adversity. The mausoleum is cool, quiet but amazingly dramatic

The whole crew smiling in the mausoleum. No one was threatened for this photo. Again for clarification no one was threatened for this photo.

Sadie and Gracie are preparing for duty. They don’t strike quite as much fear in the opposition as necessary.

These guys tried out too. After discovering the fitness test didn’t involve sand wedges or beers 🍻 they quickly decided to return to their day jobs

The whole crew at the Gateway to the Citadel. The statue of General Artigas is behind us.

The Gateway to the Citadel is one of the few remaining parts of the wall that surrounded old Montevideo.

General José Gervasio Artigas is viewed as the father of Uruguay. He was a smuggler as a youth and lieutenant against the British armies that invaded Buenos Aires. He supported better treatment for the gauchos and native people of Uruguay. Read up on him, He may be as big a bad ass as there ever was.

The crew in front of the capitol building. Things may be breaking down here a little. Nobody in South America eats lunch before 1:30 and these people are angry about it.

On the steps of the Capitol

Art house photo (PB)

At a monument dedicated to the gauchos. Giant bronze ox cart with oxen. Are these girls smiling or are the grinding their teeth as they prepare to over throw the current leadership of this trip?

Sophie trying a Mate. A traditional caffeine drink where you put some grounds in a ceramic cup, mash the grounds together and then drink the water out of a metal straw. It is suppose to be good for digestion. Tastes mostly like tea too me.

Uruguay’s National football ⚽️ stadium. There is a school and a clinic in it as well. Grace was on the look out for Suarez to make sure he didn’t bite any off us. For this reference please google Luis Suarez.