The last couple of days have been gorgeous here in Montevideo. The air is warm, the sun is shining, and light breezes come off the water to blow away any diesel exhaust (yuck!) that the city buses belch out as they pass by. All in all, it is very similar to the Northern California coast in spring [Continue]
buenos dias! its saturday morning and fb is still sleeping of course, and i am sitting in the front room drinking el chana coffe (that i made with my new coffe maker fb bought yesterday for me). so far i have some sort of morning routine, have some toast with yummy dolce crema de leche [Continue]
Although it’s not rampant, for those first time visitors, you may notice a bit of pride in the Latin American identity coming out when you first arrive. While in the past, this was limited to wearing funny looking cowboy hats when riding horses, and engaging in sultry dancing, it seems to be bleeding over into some [Continue]
While not entirely related to living in Montevideo, this posting is a glimpse into the dark and tormented soul that is fuBarrio! For those that just want to know how things are going in Montevideo, skip over this post For sometime now, I’ve been tormented by the feeling of an impending calamity (doom is [Continue]
The “animal exposition” was pretty much a county fair. GL had misunderstood our host and it was actually IN montevideo. It was just in a different neighborhood “Prado”. “Prado” is a gorgeous old neighborhood. It was the original “upscale” residential neighborhood in Montevideo, and u can tell. The [Continue]
Hey all, I went shopping the other day a few blocks away from our rental home. I think the name of the shopping is punta cartes shopping mall. nice size, three floors and a grocery store in the lower level. Anyways, I only have a certain amount of money per month that fb allows to spend [Continue]
Looked out the window the other day to see a guy walking a bunch of ponies on leashes….kinda like a dog-walker in NYC or something. Of course this was down a rather urban street — it’s not like we live in the “rancho” or anything. Golden Lotus managed to get a shot with the camera before [Continue]
Well, I was enticed once again (ok, really twice) to go check out the old town (ciudad vieja). The impetus was an email from intl’ living that had a roving reporter visit (again) and deemed it balanced between chic and shabby. Pretty apt description. Our first trip was Sunday. Oops. Dead. No [Continue]
OK…I’m not sure if i mentioned this, or if i forgot to….BUT one of the most pleasant suprises to greet us when we arrived is that Uruguay is 100% “smoke free”. So, for those of you that have never been south of the border, or EU or Asia (heaven forbid), that might not seem so mindboggling. [Continue]
Lest u think that the whole experience is sunshine and strawberries, i was watching the news last night. They were busy doing their level best to through a bunch of slurred Spanish “fastballs” past me, but I distinctly heard them say that a storm was coming to Montevideo and that winds over 100 km/h could be [Continue]
