Montevideo, Uruguay
Uruguay
Montevideo the capital city of Uruguay is superficially a crumbling colonial city with a faltering economy but underneath this slightly grotty exterior there is a town with a rich history, chilled people and great food amongst other things.
Montevideo so called because 'monte, means hill in Spanish; 'VI, is the Roman numerals for 6; 'd' or 'de' is Spanish for from and the 'e' and 'o' are east and west. So when the city was established in 1726 by Czabala...