Comments on: Winter wonders, or I wonder how the heck to deal with winter here?

By: Fish

Fish — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 16:49:06 +0000

David, you should try Brazil. Something new. Drive there. Smell the roses along the way. Lots and lots of interesting places to stop and look around. If my wife had her way, we’d be in Fortalessa for Jul-Aug. Maybe I’ll give in one day. But there are other great resort areas to winter in. Brazil is big.
Where I come from, everyone with the wherewithall and the time, jumps in their cars and motorhomes in October/November and heads south to Tampa and Fort Lauderdale.
I dont see that kind of exodus from Montevideo to the north of Brazil. Not yet anyway :)

By: fatma-and-miguel

fatma-and-miguel — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 00:04:22 +0000

I was told that this was the coldest harvest since 30 years!
This ugly reminds me on Hamburg and I can remember well, why I had left.
We are supposed to have an cold ,but dry winter.
For me it is hard to understand, that most of the restaurants
donÂ¨t have any kind of heating.
They say, we are in southamerica- it is imposible that it is cold!!
Or they want to push the cusumation of the brandys.

By: futurexpat

futurexpat — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:22:52 +0000

Glad to see you back! I’ve been concerned by your absence. Hope all is well.
As a Chicagoan, there is something to be said for a cold, crisp, clear and sunny Winter’s day. Unfortunately, for every one of them there are numerous cloudy, drizzly, icy, miserable days. Winter in UY sounds like an extended Chicago November.