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Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Wordless Wednesday- Murals in Montevideo Uruguay


Montevideo, Uruguay
"Montevideo, Uruguay’s capital, is a major city along Montevideo Bay. It revolves around the Plaza de la Independencia, once home to a Spanish citadel. This plaza leads to Ciudad Vieja (the old town), with art deco buildings, colonial homes and landmarks including the towering Palacio Salvo and neoclassical performance hall SolĂ­s Theatre. " - Wikipedia


This was a professional photo - not mine- there were lots of wild parrots in the parks


Restaurants in the old city still displayed window advertising from the 1940's 
                              It was one of our favorite trips

The old city of Montevideo looked like a city of murals that were painted on many of the walls across town +
plus a few other street shots for 
Wordless Wednesday





I loved this mural of the fish just painted on a building on the street. Too bad the car was in the way of the shot


she was in front of a restaurant or bakery


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May be shares on the following Wordless Wednesday blog carnivals:
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20 comments:

  1. There are actually some great paintings a a free wall!
    Happy Wednesday! Have a great week!

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  2. What a neat experience! The last mural is so funny with the old man doing tricks with his scooter and the old lady doing a wheelie on the bicycle. Thanks for linking on Amanda's Books and More!

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    1. Christina,
      The murals are great. Thanks for stopping by and commenting.

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  3. I love the building art and ads. How cool that they still have old Coke ads up!

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    1. Alissa,
      I love them too especially the old ads from years ago

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  4. Those are wonderful murals! Thanks for visiting and linking up at Raising My Boys!

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    1. Glad you liked the murals. I love when they paint on brick. Thanks for stopping by

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  5. Incredibly cool murals and the car isn't really blocking you can see fine. Sounds like an interesting city to visit. The old window adverts are priceless.

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    1. Glad you could see the mural past the car.. It was my favorite

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  6. ...what fabulous street art, the vintage feel is great.

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    1. Thanks Tom- I like how you described it as street art- and the it was a vintage feel

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  7. These are great shots, and I love the lady you found in front of the bakery!
    Thanks for linking up at https://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2017/08/snuggles.html

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    1. Sue,
      The lady in front of the bakery was huge!! so much fun!!!

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  8. It looks like a very colorful city.

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    1. We did a vacation of Patagonia plus a few cities in Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay. This was our favorite city

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  9. i love those birds

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    1. The birds are my favorite too. I love how colorful parrots are.

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    1. Katerina,
      Yes, it was a wonderful trip and we saw so many interesting places.

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