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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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It may not be a tough as giving birth, but it sure was a lot of work. The file was created on 22 July 2006, at 11:25:02. The last modification was made this morning (I hope). In just a few days less than 100, The Southron’s Guide to Living in Uruguay has […]
Today Uruguay celebrated the effective discovery of America by that intrepid Italian Navigator Christopher Columbus. I remember, when I was a boy, he was a hero. But that was before the forces of political correctness went after him.Thank God there doesn’t seem to be any of that here. Leif Ericson may have found the America’s […]
Today is Uruguay’s Día del Patrimonio. Every year during this weekend, Uruguayos celebrate their prized old buildings, plazas, historic sites, statuary, light houses, gardens, homes of famous people, antigue cars. churches, national monument–all of the things that endow this small country with its very rich history.
Indeed, as I ponder it, Uruguay’s rich sense of […]
On the 29th day of every month, a huge proportion of Uruguayans eat Ñoquis. There is also a custom associated with the eating of ñoquis–Uruguayans put a coin under the plate before you eat them and this is supposed to bring you money in the next month. Some civil servants are called ñoquis too.
May Day / Labour Day is different from the US/Canada Labor Day…
The official name of the country is República Oriental del Uruguay / Oriental Republic of Uruguay. Contrary to popular thought, and unlike the West Indies, which Columbus thought were part of India, it is NOT based on a mistaken notion by an explorer that he had found China or Japan.
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