My school has a bilateral exchange with a university in Montevideo, Uruguay and I am highly considering spending next fall there for studying for a semester.

By then I will have had three years of Spanish at my home university and my classes there will be all in Spanish.

I know very little about Uruguay other than that Argentinians use it as their backyard during the summer and that it seems to be skipped over by most tourists.

Anyone spend any significant time there? Will Montevideo be interesting enough to make the five months spend there not feel like a lifetime?

tl;dr: /trv/'s opinions on Montevideo & Uruguay?