It was the Canadian ambassador’s idea. During the business portion of my trip to Uruguay, I met Joanne Frappier twice: once at the signing of a memorandum of understanding between my university and the Universidad Tecnologica, Uruguay’s newest university; and once with my colleagues at the Canadian Embassy in Montevideo. Her friendly, down-to-earth personality made …
Before I started my vacation in Uruguay, many locals gave me advice about where to visit. Although they all had their favorites, everyone mentioned Colonia del Sacramento, a UNESCO World Heritage site 180 km west of Montevideo. I was well ready to leave Montevideo’s hectic traffic and slightly frayed edges for the Uruguayan countryside. For …
All right, everyone. Fingers on your buzzers. It’s quiz time. In which country did the tango originate? If you said “Argentina,” you’re only half right. For full points, you’d need to answer “Argentina and Uruguay.” The two countries used to squabble over where it developed, but, in 2009, they applied together to UNESCO to have …
If you love to drink South American red wine, there’s a very good chance you’ve quaffed a Malbec from Argentina, or a Chilean Cabernet. But Uruguay’s claim to grape fame- the big, bold tannat – may not have arrived in a wine glass near you, especially if you’re Canadian. Part of that is because of …
Maybe it’s because I come from a landlocked Canadian province. Maybe it’s the rhythm of the waves, their constancy reminding me that while most things change, some things never do. Maybe it’s the Montevideans, who, like me, can’t get enough of walking by, playing near, or gazing out at the shoreline. But whatever it is, …
As a woman of mostly British heritage, drinking tea has been part of my life since I was a little girl. My mom never strayed too far from Red Rose, and it was more often an after dinner drink than a mid-afternoon refreshment. But as I grew up, I experienced a wide variety of teas …
No matter where we live, the start of summer is usually a happy time – we shed winter’s clothes, constrictions, and inhibitions as we celebrate the beginning of warm weather, long evenings, vacations, and a more relaxed pace of life. So this afternoon, I join thousands of Montevideans wandering along the 22.2 kilometre La Rambla, …
This post follows the morning version with the same title. You don’t have to read that one first if you don’t want to but this one refers to it. I gave up hope of finding a sweet little place to eat lunch near the Days Inn about the same time that the cute Montevideo coffee …
Yinnys, a combination bookstore and coffee shop, just off Las Ramblas. Guess I just needed to know where to look- and who to ask!
Because so many of you were wondering about the copper and lapis lazuli necklace I bought at the Santiago airport, it got its debut today.
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