Thursday, June 15, 2017

High tea and a surprise tour of the King's Palace

Apparently tea to go is not a thing that is done in Montevideo. After asking at a few cafes we finally decided that we should sit down and drink our tea like Europeans. I ordered a green tes and Leslie got a nice Ceylon  tea. The sky was so perfect it looked like it was painted. After tea we walk down the street and we're intrigued by building. We were taking pictures and looking inside and a Gentleman offered to give us a tour. What a tour it was! Apparently it's a former Palace of a king or vice king or Viceroy I didn't get the whole translation. But the stained glass was exquisite the woodwork on some of the furniture was some of the best I've ever seen! This was truly home of a El Ray.

Cobblestone streets

A sky so perfect it seems like it was painted for us

Just after four is high tea

This is the window I was photographing when the guy invited us in

Stained glass number one

Stained glass in the ceiling

Close up of stained glass in the ceiling

Close up of stained glass number one

Stained glass number toucans


This lamp had ingenious counterweights so you could lower it and raise it as you needed to change the candles

The quality of the woodwork on this cabinet was incredible

The exterior of the building



The tile in the entrance way to the building