Uruguay

Laid back Uruguay. Seemed as if sand was everywhere. We had gotten there via a ferry from BA to Montevideo. We were curious to go to a church designed by architect/ engineer Eladio Dieste. The church was in a small town called Atlantida. The bus driver's eyebrows raised when we stepped off the bus.

We ate lunch and asked where the church was, figuring that the architectural masterpiece would be the towns main church. The waiter quickly responded that it was not far and we started walking. Of course the church is not the one we want. Now the problem is- is that all we know is that the church is in this city and every architecture book calls it just the Iglesia Atlantida.

We have no idea where it is and no clue what to call it. So we draw pictures. Crazy curvy pictures of plans and a blurry axon. Its not so good, but after talking to a few people and waving our arms around a bit, someone figured out that we were architects and that we wanted to go to the church outside of town. They told us to walk 3 kilometers straight ahead. Past goats and cows for 45 minutes we walked, very unsure if we would ever see it. Quietly musing that it is incredible that we would just head out on this dusty road with really no clue were we were going.

It was nice though- it reminded me of when i was a kid as i walked aimlessly along a country road staring down horses and jumping every time a dog raced the fence.

Obviously by the pictures we make it. You tell me it was worth it. What an amazing structure. All masonry, very simple, but super articulate structure. As we were there they prepared for a baptism.