Category: oddities

RIP Piedra Lisa

Piedra Lisa, once a night club. Incredible noise all night in the summer. After hours of ear-splitting sound, people would walk drunkenly through the streets at 6 AM, singing loudly and badly or simply shouting conversations because they could barely hear. Trash containers overturned, plastic cups everywhere, people passed out in the dunes.

It then became a cooperative restaurant that did not last long.

It’s a shame the local government should simply let it go to waste (though someone did remove glass).

But I don’t miss the night club.

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Dog walk oddities

But of course: half a mattress appears in the middle of nowhere.

At one corner, an empty bottle, an action figure, and bicycle reflectors. I had been thinking about buying bicycle reflectors to help me back into our driveway at night, so I took those.

Later on in the walk, this. All a little…off.

Solís Chico

This is the lovely and scenic Solís Chico in Parque del Plata. My snapshots don’t do it justice. There are plenty of birds, and boats when it’s a little warmer. We were there recently for the 87th birthday of a friend with Alzheimer’s in a care home opposite. What a great location!

As we left, though, I couldn’t help but notice the distinctly different feel of the courtyard behind.