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Miuerhi = Moorhouse?
The other day we had some sheets washed at the Lavadero (Launderette), and they will deliver them to you once they’ve been washed and dried. When I dropped the sheets off, they took my name – which I...
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Back to school
It’s back to school time here in Uruguay, most of the kids go back to school today, but some went back on Monday. They’ve just had their summer/Christmas holiday and it’s time to start the next school...
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Politics and Religion
We had a nice chat with Marcelo yesterday, and learnt a few more interesting bits about Uruguay. The conversation started of with whether or not there is freedom of religion in England, and then went...
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Artificial Beaches
We had an early start today, and headed out through the town to a place called Santa Helena, on the edge of the reserviour We had a picnic lunch there and then went to have a look at some of the...
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Tourist Week / Holy Week
Here in Uruguay, holy week is oficially and generally referred to as “semana de turisme” (toruist week) and there appear to be more tourists around. The car park at the supermarket yesterday had a few...
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Kites in the park
This morning we took the kids from the Escuelita upto Parque Solari as an Easter treat. It was a really nice time, as it was cooler than it has been – so not too hot for running around. A lot of them...
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Escuelita and Icons of Uruguay
This morning at Escuelita some of the kids were terribly behaved! It’s been a long time since they have been, but I guess this week with it having rained a lot, and there being a lot more kids there it...
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Week in Rivera/Livramento
Last week, we went up to Rivera with Gilberto. Rivera is the Uruguayan half of a city on the border with Brazil (The Brazilian side is Livramento). The Anglican church here has got a ‘mission’ up...
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Changing flights II
So I arrived in Montevideo at 6.30 on the overnight bus from Salto, to go to the American Airlines office where I thought it would be just a case of them telling me the options and prices for them, and...
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Coming to an end
Our time in Uruguay is coming to an end, the last 9 months seem to have flown by really quickly, it’s incredible. It’s interesting to look back over the time we’ve spent here and see what’s happened....
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