Blogs from District of Montevideo, Uruguay, South America - page 6

Hoy he llegado a Uruguay, hacía mal tiempo y el avión ha tenido que intentar el aterrizaje dos veces, pero todo ha ido bien. Me encuentro a 10000km de casa, así que supongo que la marcha atrás es más difícil ahora. Aquí es verano, aunque he llegado un día lluvioso y en el aeropuerto se mezclaban las bermudas con los paraguas. Se percibe que estás en América por la mezcla de colores en general. Todo es más colorido aquí, incluso las personas. He llegado al hostal donde me ha abierto la puerta Oihan y eso sí ha sido toda una sensación. Nos hemos dado un abrazo. Él barbudo, se nota que lleva 15000km en bicicleta alrededor del mundo, en la serenidad que transmite, supongo. Tras dejar la mochila en el hostal hemos ido adonde Eduardo, un ... read more

Liebe Mitmenschen, nach langer Zeit dann doch noch einmal ein paar Erzählungen aus Buenos Aires und Umgebung. Wie es mir geht? Wunderbar! Das Semester geht dem Ende zu und wir haben alle Hände voll zu tun: Mein Kopf schwirrt vor lauter Essays und Deadlines und anderen Gedanken. Allerdings ist es ein guter Stress, ich fühle mich einigermaßen vorbereitet und das Querlesen bereitet mir Freude. Um euch also nicht das Gefühl zu geben, dass hier alles nur Spaß und Spiel und Urlaub ist: wir müssen tatsächlich hart arbeiten und genau das tun wir auch (meistens). Jetzt aber zum spannenderen Teil der Geschichte. Mondevideo, Uruguay Von Samstag bis Dienstag habe ich mit drei weiteren Mitstudenten ein wunderbares langes Wochenende in Montevideo, Uruguay verbracht. Die Gründe für den kleinen Entspannungsurlaub lagen tatsächlich in der durchaus nöt... read more

Not sure if that was the saddest or best move ever – 3 big bags and that is all I own over here… ...and I do everything possible that it stays that way! I use cardboard boxes to store things, plastic bags for an improvised bathroom bin, cardboard to put my shoes on, pegs to close open food bags…. Great fun to come up with all this ideas. Second night in my own flat, all washing is done, not so lucky on the ironing… my landlord did not want to do it, but he does everything else. Last night I did not know how to turn on the gas on the cooker so I called him - 20 minutes later he was at my place and showed me, great guy. The weekend was quiet; I went ... read more

Where to start, well I guess food is a good topic. As I was told by lots of people it is a meat oriented culture over here. One day in the office I offered salad to one of the colleagues, his answer was: "I do not eat the food of my food - e.g. grass eaten by cows". But what I find odd is, that their favorite food is Sushi - Everywhere you get Sushi. The office life is also very different from home. For instance the hours are longer, the commuting is challenging without a car and the people are extremely helpful and friendly. At lunch everybody meets in the kitchen where the food delivery gets dished out to plates. For about 1 hour you sit together chatting and eating. It is a very family ... read more

Montevideo, Uruguay Uruguay is an agricultural country, next door to Argentina and Brazil, with Montevideo its' capital. One feature of the city is that with the exception of the sail like Torre de las Telecommunicaciones skyscrapper most of the buildings are 18th and 19th century colonial architure. The most interesting part of the city for us was the old city located near the docks.... read more