Another highlight of our visit to Montevideo: tagging along with the group of Uruguayan high school students who arrived shortly after we did.
The city of Montevideo, Uruguay and its namesake in Minnesota have a longstanding relationship as sister cities. A statue of Jose Artigas stands in a plaza on Montevideo, MN’s main street. The cities exchange regional artwork and artifacts - in fact, Montevideo, MN has one of the largest collections of Uruguayan art in the world - and send visiting delegations, including groups of young people like those we met last week.
Specifically, this group was here in Minnesota to learn about American environmental issues and organizations, and spent most of their time with Patrick Moore from the organization CURE visiting sites of cultural and natural significance, including Lac qui Parle State Park. Colin & I joined them for an afternoon cleaning up the highway and lakeshore.
S.H.M.
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