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Comparing Hotels Checking out places to stay
Walking the streets of the port district, you find hotels you might have stayed if you hadn't rented a studio. It is human to comparison shop, wonder what that place or this place has to offer at what price. The two hotels within a block and a half...
Catching Some Z’s One afternoon on the street
Turning a corner off Colon street, near Roberto's antique store and studio, I happen upon a sleeping man in an alcove. He is out of the way of pedestrian traffic, looks comfortable, isn't causing trouble. There are no wine bottles. There is no cart...
Dog Whisperer/ Late Afternoon Leader of the pack
Surrounded by dogs, all on leashes, this long hair consults his map. It isn't certain whether this group is going on a field trip, going to relieve themselves, headed for a romp on the beach, or just following their leader, who holds their...
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...
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