Blogs from Uruguay, South America - page 6

We arrived to glorious blue sky sailing up the River Plate this morning. Very classy city centre. The language is Spanish now. Big cafe culture, nice shops. Lovely river beaches stretching for miles. Lots of culture..music and theatre as. Only has population of 3 million. Half live in the city. We survived pancake races on board for Shrove Tuesday and have had a lot of fun. We both looked at each other on day and agreed despite having colds and drinking only water, life could not get better than this. Love to all... read more

Thursday January 28th, 2016. Montevideo, Uruguay Montevideo is Uruguay's capital and largest city lying on Montevideo Bay on the east bank of the Río de la Plata (River Plate). Although in English it is translated as River Plate the Río de la Plata actually means River of Silver. It is not a river at all but a wide estuary created by two rivers which empty into it. Montevideo is the southernmost capital city in South America. The river separates the south coast of Uruguay from the north coast of Argentina. The city stretches approximately 20 kilometres (12 miles) from east to west and boasts an industrial port and an exclusive beach-side suburb. The city has a mild humid subtropical climate. During the winter (June to September), the city is cool with hot summers from December to ... read more

11Janvier, 6am, Bateau pour l’Uruguay! Post: espagnol-français --> Espero que se entienda algo! (Perdonad por los acentos ortograficos, casi inexistentes en el teclado francés...) On arrive à la petite Colonia, très mignone, où on prend un enorme desayuno riquisimo au bord du Rio de la Plata. De là, direct à Montevideo… preparados para tomar el volante y la carretera uruguaya! En nuestro Renault Clio de alquiler, vamos descubriendo el verde e inhabitado paisaje hasta llegar à Punta del Este (la Marbella sudamericana) para ver a mi querida Bea (a la que no veia en Espania desde hace por lo menos 5 anios, y la vida nos lleva a reencontrarnos al otro lado del charco!) Primera improvisación del viaje, no tenemos donde dormir, así que toca dormir en el coche! En un clio modelo de hace 10 ... read more

Last week, we went on our first 'side trip' and visited Colonia, a UNESCO world heritage site, Montevideo and Punta del Este in Uruguay. I have to admit, I didn't know a lot about Argentina's tiny neighbour, but we do now. For instance, did you know that: - Uruguay is 4 times as big as The Netherlands - Uruguay has 3 million inhabitants and 12 million cows - After the economic crisis in 2002, 25% of all Uruguayans (1 million) moved to live outside of Uruguay - Uruguay has the largest consumption of whiskey outside of Ireland and Scotland - In 2013, soft drugs, gay marriage and abortion were legalised in Uruguay, all in the same year - Uruguayans love tourists - they wonder why anyone would want to visit their country... We actually did have ... read more

Hala Madrid! Aujourd'hui j'avais prévu une journée foot avec la visite du musée du stade du centenaire et le clasico entre le Real Madrid et le FC Barcelone, probablement le match de championnat le plus regardé dans le monde. Mais le musée est fermé le week-end car il y a des matchs... du coup la matinée sera consacrée à une balade sur la Rambla qui je vous rappelle fait une vingtaine de kilomètres de long. Cette fois-ci ce sera la partie qui va de Playa Pocitos jusqu'au petit port de plaisance. Il est 11h du matin et il fait déjà 24° mais avec le vent on ne sent pas trop la chaleur. Ensuite direction une espèce de cafétéria où j'avais repéré une affiche la veille qui annonçait la diffusion du match. Ce que l'affiche ne disait ... read more