Watcho the Camacho
The coffee machine is broken at work. Normally, this would be a bad thing for me…as I love coffee. But, the coffee machine here is really an espresso machine that makes single espresso, double espresso and cafe americano…which is a shot of espresso with hot water. Don’t get me wrong, these drinks do the trick. [...]
Posted on November 29th, 2007 by katiejocannon
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Up until this point, I have gone only to Uruguay soccer games, meaning the games between the national Uruguayan soccer team that competes for the World Cup and teams from other South American countries. The other side of Uruguayan soccer consists of the many local pro teams that complete for the Uruguayan and then the [...]
Posted on November 26th, 2007 by katiejocannon
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Happy Thanksgiving! Just a quick note to everyone to say that I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving! I’m thinking of you all and wishing I could be there to spend the holiday.
As in a lot of families, there comes that time during the big Thanksgiving feast, when someone makes the suggestion to go around [...]
Posted on November 22nd, 2007 by katiejocannon
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Well, it finally happened. I got the invite to join a coworker in a Mate…and I accepted. I guess I loosely use the word “invite”, since I had been hanging around the office breakroom, asking people questions about Mate and sounding very interested until someone finally took the bait. Let’s just say, I’m not too [...]
Posted on November 21st, 2007 by katiejocannon
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An unfortunate day for Uruguayan futbol on Sunday…they tied against Chile on this beautiful day, although it was not without a fight. My friends and I went to another soccer game, sporting our baby blue. The games are just so much fun! I’ve decided, based on this last experience, that there seem to be two [...]
Posted on November 19th, 2007 by katiejocannon
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I’ve been down here awhile and I haven’t really addressed the cost of living issue down here compared to the US. So, what is the situation? Before coming here, I definitely go the impression that it would be dirt cheap to eat, drink and socialize. Being here for awhile, I would say it is part [...]
Posted on November 18th, 2007 by katiejocannon
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This entry marks the first in a four part series on Buenos Aires. The reason for four parts? You guessed it! Four trips to Buenos Aires. Four separate trips does sound like a bit much in a short timeframe, but each should be unique in its own way in part because of who I will [...]
Posted on November 17th, 2007 by katiejocannon
Filed under: Argentina, Entertainment, Food, Shopping, Transportation | 6 Comments »
Despite what you might believe about my absence from writing for a few days, I did not fall off the face of the Uruguayan map. There are a few reasons I have not written lately: travel, work and illness. It is the last reason that I would like to write about now.
The weather…South America…Spring…Summer…I [...]
Posted on November 14th, 2007 by katiejocannon
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To continue in sharing my weekend in Chile with you, I thought I would write a bit about Vina del Mar. We woke up Saturday morning and headed to the bus station for our trip to Vina. The best deal in town. Less than $5 buys you a ticket on a pretty nice bus and [...]
Posted on November 9th, 2007 by katiejocannon
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Today marks the halfway point in my eleven week work assignment in Uruguay. I will actually be in South America for more than twelve weeks, but given that the last ten days are all fun, I am concentrating on these first eleven weeks of work. On this landmark date, I have decided to give a [...]
Posted on November 7th, 2007 by katiejocannon
Filed under: Food, Language, Travel | 1 Comment »