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The best lifestyle in the world for the price… This is the journal of The Southron, an American Emigrant from Florida who has spent the last decade living in the West Indies, former Yugoslavia and Costa Rica. He moved to Montevideo, Uruguay at the end of February 2006... |
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If you live East of the Atlantic Ocean, and If you just changed your clock from Summer Time to Standard time; Then you are one hour closer to Uruguay than you were yesterday.
As of today:
London is now 2 hours later than Uruguay, not 3.
Most of continental Europe is now 3 hours later than Uruguay, not […]
Last weekend, the Southron was privileged to be the only extranjero invited to a Uruguayan rite of passage for young ladies: Quince Años, the 15 year old’s birthday party.
This party is a combination of a US middle class “Sweet Sixteen” party, an upper class “Coming Out” debutante ball, and a solemn affair of State. […]
Last week I was sitting at my desk, pretending to work (I have to keep the staff fooled) when I heard the alarm on our Land Rover go off. It was parked at the curb right in front of the house.
I looked up and saw two kids running away as fast as they could–a […]
Last weekend several of the UruguayLiving gang, The Southron included, trekked to Piriápolis for the social event of the Spring: Ken’s “Open House”. Ken had asked us to bring some ice along; which seemed innocuous enough, until we had made six stops on the eastern side of Cerro San Antonio (St. Anthony’s Hill) without […]
This Saturday Ken and his Family will be hosting an open house in Piriapolis.
This will be a wonderful chance for members of our online community in Piriapolis, Punta del Este and points east, both Uruguayos and extranjeros alike, to get together. (Somebody please get on the conch shell express and let the Aussie colony […]
Today Santiago and Mikey had a meeting with a senior official in Government regarding the work we have been doing promoting Uruguay. The upshot of the meeting was that they really like what we have done with our various websites and want to work more closely with us in promoting immigration and investment into […]
Every time I think I know something in Spanish, they throw me a curve ball! Like most of the rest of the world, Uruguay is not particularly “big” on salad dressing—though it does exist and is slowly catching on at about the same rate as conversions to Tree Worship.
Friday I ordered a enslada mixta, […]
…unless you are trying to figure out what time it is in Uruguay starting this Sunday at 2AM local time.
On the first Sunday in October, at 2AM, Uruguay springs forward to 3AM as Summer Time begins. Since most other places do not change on this day, it brings on a season of confusion, missed appointments […]
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