Everything was closed. I was frustrated and attempting in my best broken Spanish to ask directions to the Municipal Museum of Fine arts. I wanted to see the works of the great Uruguayan painters but I couldn’t find the museum on a guidebook map. Then again, I was already disappointed that I was clinging to my guidebook on day three of my weekend in Uruguay. Funny how dependent I can become on things when the “plan” starts to falter. “¿Donde esta de Museo Municpal de Bellas Artes?” A portly middle aged woman interrupted my attempts to ask the hi [View Full Entry]

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So I made it to Uruguay. Staying at Cecilia´s family´s house which is very nice. I´ll probably be lazy with any posts this week though. I will put more pictures up soon. Bought a maté today which we have to condition with old yerba so its usable. I also need to buy a bombilla to drink it with. Hope everyone´s thanksgiving was as awesome as mine. Had a wonderful asado (argentinian bbq) at ed´s which was delicious and fun. lots of wine and amazing stead instead of turkey and stuffing. Definitely a thanksgiving I won´t forget. [View Full Entry]

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ATTTRAVERSANDO IL RIO DELLA PLATA Diario di giorni tranquilli Da molti anni non mi chiedo più quale posto è la mia casa ho scoperto che la mia casa è insieme a me dovunque vada cammino senza legami ho solo il vento che mi insegue e il tempo non mi riguarda perché il tempo mi appartiene. Modena City Ramblers - Il fabbricante di sogni E cosi' eccoci giunti al primo spostamento... Prima di iniziare la mia corsa verso Sud, opto per una piu' tranquilla traversata del Rio della Plata, questo fiume-mare (ancora devo ben capirlo...) che d [View Full Entry]

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Well, took me a little bit longer, but here´s the next blog-entry. It describes my journey from El Pinar (near Montevideo) along the east-coast of Uruguay (Piriapolis, Minas, Pan de Azucar, Punta del Este, Maldonado, Jose Ignacio, La Paloma, Rocha, Valizas and La Coronilla to finally Chuy (at the border to Brasil)). Today (10.11.) Laura (my CS-Hoster) and I went by bike to the beach. She showed me a beautiful place (as you can see on the pictures) and we spent some time just sitting in the sand, listening to the sea and chatting. After that we visited a friend of [View Full Entry]

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Well, finally I arrived in Montevideo. It was quite a long flight (11,5 hours) and I could just sleep a little bit. The service of Iberia is not to be compared with Edihad ... although not more expensive, at Edihad you had your own touch-screen and a choice of about 30 different movies (parts of them very actual!), footrest ... well ... but I did survive ;-) Went to the tourist-info and got some map of the town and info with which buses to go there. She also explained me some places to see in Uruguay. Then I checked my mail [View Full Entry]

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After a wonderfully quiet night we awake to the standard European continental breakfast as like Argentina most of the folks here came from Spain and Italy. We are off to Montevideo, as my granddaughter Hana knows, the capital of Uruguay. The word Uruguay comes from the old Indian term meaning “river of the painted birds.” While the birds may be colorful, unlike BA the painting has stayed off the walls and neatness abounds. And it is the first country to allow women to vote. As a matter of fact all must vote. The guide's connection was lost in translation. Perhaps you [View Full Entry]

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Hola chicos y chicas… We are off to Punta del Este as in “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.” If it were not for a little stop on the way I would have skipped this little excursion. Shopping and sand are not my strong suits and looking at the mansions of very rich people just depresses me. They got and I not. But I did mention the little stop and that was at Casapueblo inspired by Carlo Paez Vilaro. Remember the restaurant we ate at a couple days ago in Colonia? Well the more famous relative hangs out here and we [View Full Entry]

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Hi folks, we are starting the final legs of our trip. We are currently in Montivideo contemplating a shopping day. We dont leave till 6 tonight so once we check out we can go shopping. So where have we been lately, we took the train to Tigre from BA. This was a great day, Tigre is on the outskirt of BA and the wealthy people have beach houses here, albeit that it is on a river and not the sea. One of the things you can do is get on the ilan fery boat an go for lunch, we went down [View Full Entry]

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Etter de 102 forste dagene har vi vaert i Spania, Argentina, Chile og Uruguay. Argentina er det landet vi har likt oss best i hittil. Det er kanskje litt urettferdig aa si, i og med at det er der vi har brukt mest tid. Men, maten har vaert bedre og prisene litt lavere enn i Chile. Chile er det landet som er mest strukturert og systematisert. Der folger de tilogmed lover og regler (for eksempel aa stoppe ved fotgjengeroverganger som de ogsaa der er pliktig til). Madrid og Santiago var storbyer vi falt for ganske raskt, de er storbyer men allikevel [View Full Entry]

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O sentimento anti-americano encontra na América do Sul um de seus maiores refúgios. O passado ditatorial do continente, embora tenha sido posto em prática por cidadãos dos próprios países, é quase sempre atribuído à interferência norte-americana. De fato, a interferência ocorreu. Mas, mesmo quando não houve interferência possível para evitar a tomada do poder por comunistas, o resultado foi, em termos de repressão de liberdades individuais, igual ou pior do que em países comandados por ditaduras militares, como em Cuba. O trajeto percorrido por líderes esquerdistas obedece a certos padrões de [View Full Entry]

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