In the Montevideo city center, there’s a fountain called Fuente de los Candados. In English fuente is fountain and candados is locks. So English it is called the Locks Fountain. We walked to see the fountain after Spanish school with a group of students.
There’s a sign both in Spanish and English that reads ‘La leyenda de esta joven fuente de los candados dice que si se le coloca un candado con las inciales de dos personas que se aman, volveran juntas a visitarla y su amor vivira por siempre…’
In English ‘The legend of this young fountain tells us that if a lock with the initials of two people in love is placed in it, they will return together to the fountain and their love will be forever locked…’
After taking some pictures, we sat at a cafe’s patio right next to the fountain and enjoyed churros while people watching. Since this was in the city center, it was very loud with cars and public buses passing by and people walking by. And of course most of the people walking by were carrying their thermos in one arm and mate in the other hand.
Where do you think is the best place to people watch? Leave a comment below!
{ 0 comments }
