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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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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 […]
Just a over two weeks ago we had the coldest weather on record in Uruguay—in some places it was -6C (20F). Prior to that, the lowest recorded temperature was -3C (25F). Either way, both are a serious departure from the average low in July or August of 6C (43F). Last night the weather was horrid—it […]
I was just reading about the Winter weather here in a book some fool wrote about living in Uruguay. I was particularly struck by this quote:
The warm days go up to the mid 70s, but now the cold nights can go down to around 40, or even lower on occasion.
The fool was […]
Yesterday the temperature hit 18C (64F). It was bright and sunny and except for the bare branches on the tree in front of my office, one would have thought Spring was around the corner. With the exception of last Saturday’s rains, the weather has been pretty nice. These are “Los Veranillos de San Juan”, the […]
It is 7°C outside now (for those of you in Yankee land, that is about 44° F). The winds are brisk and steady at about 40 kph (25 mph) and the sun is bright. As I look outside my window where the local football team (soccer to Yankees) practices, I see a clump […]
It could be worse! I could have snow up to my waist, or icicles the size of stalactites hanging from the roof, or roads made slick from icy rain or, you know the drill…
On the other hand, I could be hiding in the West Indies waiting for the latest killer hurricane to try to […]
I think that this year March and April decided to switch with each other. Last year, March was absolutely lovely: it was sunny and warm, with the temperature very gradually slipping into the cool range. This year March was like a foreshadowing of an ugly winter: cold, wet, windy, and just generally miserable. It was […]
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 […]
One of the very best things about living in Montevideo is the weather! In fact, the weather here is one of the things that is NOT boring, and does not call to mind images of “Iowa with a beach”.
In Florida, during the last year I lived there, I ran the air conditioner for 360 days, […]
The weather has been so bad that it has affected my eyes–the doctors tell me there is really nothing to do about it as it is almost like an allergic reaction–the best I can do is wear sunglasses. I also find myself yawning and a bit warm–especially in the middle of the afternoon.
I have […]
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