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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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After months of waiting, the printed version of “The Southron’s Guide to Living in Uruguay” is finally available online at: http://www.lulu.com/content/579686.
This is a full-sized, 8½ x 11 inch paper back, with color covers and black-and-white inside. Because of its large size is much easier to read than the pocket-sized edition produced locally. The price for […]
No red carpet, no walk of fame, no annoying paparazzi, and no outfits that cost more than a house– despite all that we had a good time.
The Southron was tastefully dressed in matching green sweatpants and T-shirt, and the couture of the rest of the merrymakers ranged widely.
The food included the usual Uruguayan basics […]
Someone just pointed out to me that in my previous post about the party hosted by FuBarrio and Golden Lotus and I completely focused on the cuisine and ignored the people. Perhaps I did get just a tad focused on the food…
The people at the party included a healthy mix of locals and ex-pats, […]
Last night I went to a party on Mount Everest–maybe he just seemed like Mount Everest because it was such a climb. It seemed as if the stairs went on forever. My nephew, Nick, acted as my Sherpa, and carried my wheelchair ahead of me so that at every landing I could collapse into it, […]
For those who may have forgotten to pack your Christmas music, just go to http://www.christmasradionetwork.com/ where they have Christmas 365 days every year.
This was especially uplifting for me when i lived in Montenegro where Christmas came on January 7th and all the usual soucres of Christmas music were already well into something else.
Have a Happy […]
This past Thursday night a bunch of people from our local group went to Old Maz for an evening of English language comedy. Certainly it was comedy in a Shakespearean sense, in that everybody lived. And, since the “comedian” was a South African, his accent was pretty funny. Overall, my impression was that it was […]
For those of us who need the occasional foray into the evening drinking establishments, Montevideo is both adequate and has multiple offerings. For example, not long ago I went to see a Brazilian group called Bossa ‘n Stones. The best way to describe their music is chillout covers of the Rolling Stones, The […]
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