I avoid using “eclectic” because it sounds similar to “expensive,” but you can see by the video what I mean!
There is no other way to describe my Airbnb experience in Montevideo, Uruguay. It was the most amazing Airbnb I have ever stayed in, and it was $35 a night. The owners are lawyers from Argentina, and they put all of their love of travel, music, antiques, and heart into this stay.
It even had a record player in each room! Three of the four pictures are the lobby when you walk up the stairs. From the lobby, you can access four different rooms by small ladders to slightly different floors.
Music is played during the day and there is a couch to look at the wall antiques. My room pictured below was directly across from the wall unit of antiques so often left my door open looking at them.
The bed and desk were in the loft area with about ten steps, and it felt like a different room.
Montevideo is a rather small town, and the Airbnb was right down from the walking street in one direction and the ocean in the other direction with the best view to top things off. They use a fancy filter, but I can promise you that the view was amazing from my room in every single direction.
OK, I will settle my eclectic ass down and tell you about getting there and the travel is half of the adventure. I grabbed an Uber from my Airbnb in BA to the ferry terminal. Once arriving, I bought a one-way ticket as I was unsure how long I would stay.
I need to take the ferry to Colonia and then a bus ride totaling five hours to get to Montevideo.
I only spent two nights in Uruguay to get a feel for the landscape. Beautiful but nothing made it stand out to me. The food was basic and on the expensive side and it is so small that I have no reason to go back. Here are a few pictures of the architecture:
As I said, I only stayed two nights, and here are my two dinners which were borderline gross. I could count on McDonald’s for breakfast, and I even had lunch there once too due to my dinner experience:
The meal on the left was a cheese-covered sandwich with probably two pounds of cheese and couldn’t even chase it down with a beer.
The middle was $65 and it was not cooked at all so left it and called my credit card company as that is bullshit!
If you’re from Uruguay, I apologize; the world can see the passion of the people from their football team and their fans!
It just didn’t do anything for me other than the awesome Airbnb where I spent most of my time relaxing counting down the hours to leave.
