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A question we get asked a lot is: “What is the best destination you have visited during your three month travels”? It is really hard to answer that question with just one location, so I decided to make a blogpost with some of the highlights of our travels. Hielke agreed with most of my highlights, though he would like to add New York to this list, but as I was sick for most of our time in New York I could not honestly add it to this highlight list… Even though I love making lists, I couldn’t manage to pick a number one, therefore this list is in a random order.

By the time you are reading this blog, I am back home in the Netherlands after an amazing period! The last destination of our three month travels was Rio de Janeiro. In Rio we met up with my mother and sister for a few days of Christmas fun. We had six days to spend in Rio de Janeiro, but if you want to include a few beach days, you can spend much longer in Rio de Janeiro. In the case you are visiting Rio de Janeiro during Christmas, make sure you have restaurant reservations for Christmas Eve, as most good restaurants close and the hotels only offer expensive buffet dinners. The Brazilians only celebrate Christmas Eve and the first day of Christmas and on the first day of Christmas lots of restaurants are open. Be prepared as we has six days in Rio and Rio is quite photogenic, this became a long blog.

From Buenos Aires you can make an easy day trip to Colonia del Sacramento in Uruguay with a fast ferry boat. Colonia del Sacramento is a beautiful town, with cobblestone streets, whitewashed and colorful houses, lots of old cars and bougainvilleas in full bloom in December. The town is just a 75 minute ferry town away from Buenos Aires and a day trip seemed like the perfect opportunity for another passport stamp! In case you like to break away from the hustle and bustle of Buenos Aires; Colonia del Sacramento is the perfect place to visit.