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Last night we had a record crowd at the Thursday night Open House gathering we host every week at our offices in Buceo. Something more than 50 people, Uruguayos and Extranjeros piled into the “clubhouse” behind our offices for food and drink and fun. This week, we were pleased to have a magic show, featuring [...]

Expats, Living in Uruguay, entertainment, networking with expats and locals | 2 Comments »

That was probably the only decent line in the movie “Cool Hand Luke”, and it epitomizes the way I sometimes feel when speaking English around the world. For example, when I lived in the West Indies, someone would say to me, “I’m going to pass by your house tonight”. My usual response was, “that’s nice”. [...]

Culture, English? Yes!, Everyday Life, Living in Uruguay, networking with expats and locals | 3 Comments »

The gang at UruguayLiving.com is proud to unveil our latest free website: UruguayConnection.com! UruguayConnection.com is a combination of Free English Classified Ads for Uruguay AND a Directory of Services where English is spoken. Like Craig’s List or Angie’s list, you can also comment on the classified ads AND the directory listings. Debbie Scott has graciously [...]

Sociedad Southron, blog business, networking with expats and locals, other resources | No Comments »

After a very quick trip from Montevideo, we crossed the Rio Dayman in the Departmento of Salto and were immediately in the vicinity of the Termas de Dayman (Dayman Hot Springs). A few hundred meters from the river was the rental agent from whom we had arranged our accommodations. We had 4 cabañas and a [...]

Holidays, Living in Uruguay, Travel Within Uruguay, interior of UY | No Comments »

Today at lunch I saw something that starkly demonstrates one big difference  between the US and the rest of the world.  The salad dressing bottle was almost empty, and it was very hard to drain the dregs from it. My solution would have been to turn the bottle upside down and wait, so that more [...]

Culture, Everyday Life, Food, Living in Uruguay | 1 Comment »

I had wanted to visit the Hot Springs in Salto since the beginning of the Winter. So when the providential confluence occurred of a server upgrade and a bank holiday for US Dollars (on US Labor Day), we decided to close the office for a long weekend and take the staff and spouses to Salto. [...]

Living in Uruguay, Travel Within Uruguay, entertainment | No Comments »