Watcho the Camacho
As we recall, Starbucks created the coffee phenomenon in the US with their tall non-fat sugar-free vanilla lattes (or whatever your drink of choice is). In Uruguay there is a similar phenomenon but one that has been around for much longer than Starbucks. This phenomenon is mate (pronounced like latte “mah-tay”).
What is mate? The short [...]
Posted on October 30th, 2007 by katiejocannon
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Last night a few of us went to the theater with a woman that I work with here. It was a production titled “Barro Negro” (Black Mud) and it took place in a bus that drove through Montevideo. Yes, that is correct, the play was set inside a bus as it drove around the city.
In [...]
Posted on October 29th, 2007 by katiejocannon
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From Colonia, we took a side trip to Carmelo, a small town along the Rio de la Plata which borders Argentina and Uruguay. The trip itself was quite the adventure. Picture this, six foreigners piled into two small rental cars with a set a vague directions and a sketchy map (at best). The trip had [...]
Posted on October 23rd, 2007 by katiejocannon
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This past weekend took us away from Montevideo to Colonia del Sacramento. Colonia is a sleepy, historic town on the far southwestern coast of Uruguay, very close to Argentinean border. It was founded in the 17th century and is protected as a World Heritage Site.
We spent a lazy afternoon in Colonia, walking along the [...]
Posted on October 23rd, 2007 by katiejocannon
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You may be aware of my love of eggs. If you are not, this is important to this story. I love eggs. On a Saturday morning, if I roll out of bed and am in a bad mood, Kyle takes one look at me and says, “we’re going to breakfast.” A few cups of coffee [...]
Posted on October 18th, 2007 by katiejocannon
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I had never heard of Uruguayan wine before venturing down here, but I am now convinced of its place in the world of the wine. In South America, it is just Chile and Argentina that get the hype, but the wine I have had here so far has been delicious! Most of the varieties have [...]
Posted on October 15th, 2007 by katiejocannon
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Go Uruguay! Today we went to watch the national Uruguay team play Bolivia in futbol (soccer). I have never been to a soccer game of this scale and the experience was fantastic. The stadium, Estadio Centenario, where we watched the game has historic significance. In 1930, Uruguay won the first ever World Cup, defeating Argentina, [...]
Posted on October 13th, 2007 by katiejocannon
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Last night we went to watch a band called Moe play at Bar Shannon. Moe is a cover band and they played all sorts of great songs from Travis, U2, The Cure, The Beatles, you name it. The lead singer of the band is a guy that one of the other Fellows works with, so [...]
Posted on October 13th, 2007 by katiejocannon
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This is more of a comment and a mental picture than an important aspect to life in Montevideo. But, being that I am a Camacho girl, and I do love my shoes, I feel I must say something.
Shoes. There was a time, believe it or not, when I did not enjoy shoes as I [...]
Posted on October 12th, 2007 by katiejocannon
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The Chivito. Where to begin? It would probably help me to explain what this is. The chivito is a food specialty in Uruguay. This does not mean that it is a high class of food, rather it is a specialty in that it is a regional type of food. An example would be like our [...]
Posted on October 10th, 2007 by katiejocannon
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