Scott's Adventures in Uruguay
Tango at Two/Mercado Del Puerto In the marketplace
Tango began in the early 1900's in Buenos Aires and Montevideo. Beginning in brothels, like American jazz, it was refined and adopted by middle and upper classes, cleaned up and turned into a respectable music and dance form. Dance competitions usually...
Sleeping Gato/Centro/Montevideo Taking a well needed rest
There are plenty of dogs in this city, but thousands of cats too. Cats don't make a lot of noise, take up a lot of space, or make crazy demands. They live as they have for thousands of years - hunting, sleeping, making reproductions of themselves,...
New Electric Service, Ciudad Vieja Every little improvement helps
On my way to a lavenderia, electricians are installing a new electrical service to the front of a residential/commercial building on Main Street. Like most of the homes in this neighborhood, there is a retail space on the bottom floor. Atop the...
Kids Playing Soccer/Ciudad Vieja A national pastime
The sun drops dramatically. In America, kids would be throwing a football. Here, the big dream is to play professional soccer and let your papa sit in a bar with a cerveza and cheer as you make a goal that wins an important game. It is a Sunday and...
Personal Pan Pizza/ Lunch at the Fair Nothing like an idea
There isn't anything new about pizza.You find it all around the world. What is refreshing about this pizza is that it is made outdoors, you watch the guys prepare it, the ingredients are natural, the taste is great, the price is a bargain. "What...
Sunday Flea Market Tristan Narvaja Street
It is Sunday. Taking the turista bus a second time, our first stop is the Tristan Street flea market. It is set up on a narrow street, tree lined, packed with vendors and customers on a sunny day in November. As shoppers and browsers move through the...
Police Report Next Door shoplifting in the next door boutique
It is mentioned in guide books that there is petty crime in Montevideo. The young woman in a next door boutique, who speaks English and tells me about Montevideo when I have my expresso, is standing and talking to motorcycle cops as I come out my...
My Montevideo Casa Home sweet home
When you travel you don't take much with you. You have clothes, personal items, electronics, a book or two, some travel guides, a Passport and umbrella, and hope. You hope you end up in safe, clean lodgings. You hope you see and do enough to justify...
Door Keys/Piedras Street Little problems solved
The keys to my studio apartment are old fashioned. One key opens the front door to the building. One key opens a security gate after you enter the front door. One key opens the front door of my unit 104 at 271 Piedras Street. The last key opens a door I...
The Violin Player Art show in Urban Heritage offices
The Urban Heritage group are Old City real estate developers. Jesper and his wife Olenka, partners in the Group,host an art exposition on the evening of November 7th, 2014 to promote their vision for the area to investors and business people and lovers...
Pesos 101 Following the money
In Uruguay you are reminded often that you must use their local currency. At the airport there are signs that direct you to a currency exchange booth where you trade American money for comparable pesos. There is a transaction charge and it brings new...
Pocitos Farmers Market Fresh as it gets
Sometimes travel Gods give you good outcomes. You don't have a plan, just strike out and do what seems to be interesting and they take you to places and events you didn't know existed. When I started this morning I was going to go to the Centro to check...
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