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!
On my first morning in a new city, I like to get out of my hotel and explore the neighborhood on foot. Not only does this get me oriented to my surroundings, but I’ve heard that sun exposure helps to reset a jetlagged body clock, which I really need after yesterday’s 21-hour flight from Edmonton …
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