Friday was my day to lounge and read so Rusty took it upon himself to join me though he is not, despite his many attributes, much of a reader.
Layne cleaned some drawers aboard GANNET2 in preparation for re-stowing eventually, Adrián repaired a self propelled tree cutter while Maria-José cleaned and aired her suitcases ready for her car trip to see her family in Argentina.
On Thursday Layne went grocery shopping before we took Rusty to the vet so that gave my dog and I time to go for a walk around the town of Colonia Valdense. There are some classic cars in Uruguay, here a Citroen Mehari, the beach buggy chick magnet of my hopeless youth. 
Businesses are tiny, built into or around homes in these little Uruguayan towns. Brash self promotion is not their style.
Correo means mail. It looks to me like a kind of sub post office in a stationary store.
Boring and peaceful is Uruguay. Bolivia is on the cusp of civil war, Colombia is having elections and explosions while Brazils elections later this year pit a far left candidate against a far right candidate. The middle ground in politics has evaporated. Except in Uruguay where tranquility rules. The combined armed forces amount to 25,000 personnel whose major task is serving in United Nations peacekeeping forces around the world. Belligerence and coups are no longer Uruguay’s style.
3200 people live here but Wikipedia has some interesting stuff on it: Colonia Valdense was founded in 1858, following the arrival of Italian immigrants from Piedmont, especially from the Waldensian Valleys and the Aosta Valley. The town is named after Pierre Valdo, a French merchant, founder of the religious movement known as "The Waldensians". The Waldensian Evangelical Church, which is now a Protestant church, has a strong presence here.
The bush sniffer hard at work.
This corner store has the concession for intercity bus tickets.
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