BOTTOM LINE:
Exercise, walk the town, cinema
BACK STORY:
We felt so good after exercising yesterday that we decided to go for round #2!
While exercising today we met a man whose daughter had attended American University in DC majoring in communications like our daughter Leslie. It seems that with her in DC he decided to start up a gelato business. Ten years later he has expanded to six locations and believes that his gelato is the best in the WORLD! ...nothing wrong with thinking BIG!
He and his wife live in the resort six months a year (they have a house within the resort) and six months in Washington DC. He was very open in saying how completely safe it is in the US. I guess comparing it with Buenos Aires where he had spent most of his life, we understand.
After cleaning up we drove to the modern art museum of Carlos Veralo. The museum sits on the slope of a hill on the coast. The entire building is white stucco and is a modern art sculpture itself. It has been described as looking like a bunch of pizza ovens on a hill. At first I was curious, but after walking around...it's weird. The artist was friends with Picasso who greatly influenced his art. The colorful modern art pieces seemed to mainly be astrological in nature.
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| Museum are the white buildings |
We then ventured into the city of Punta del Estes to walk around before it rained again. Again, the city had been described as an upscale French Rivera. There were a handful of high end clothing shops with the rest being souvenir and cafes. Once again our timing was off as most everything was closed.
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| Punta del Estes on horizon |
There are very few things that this area are noted for. One is the giant sculpture of a hand coming out of the sand. It seems a number of years ago there was an art competition. A particular artist missed the entry deadline and by the time he applied there was no more room. Not to be discouraged, he appealed and asked if he might show his work at the beach. He was granted permission. His sculpture of the hand was to represent the dangers of the ocean. He won the competition and his art piece is the only one that is still standing...or grasping!
We grabbed a light dinner and headed to the cinema where we saw the English version of The a Grand a hotel in Budapest. I just have one question...did anyone see George Clooney during the shoot-out seen??? He had no credits but I swear it was him!
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