This is my final week of work here in Uruguay. The time has just flown by, it is amazing that eleven weeks have come and gone. Once I have a little more time, I’ll definitely do some summary blogs and provide other details. For now, I just wanted to give some miscellaneous updates.
Kyle arrived a week ago Saturday into Buenos Aires! It was great to see him and we had a nice, relaxing weekend there. Well, most of it was relaxing…we mostly strolled the streets of Buenos Aires, sat in a plaza and talked, went to a couple cafes…and then Kyle had his first Latin culture shock when we were up so late on Saturday night that we saw the first rays of light on Sunday morning. We were having such a great time hanging out with Holly that the time just flew by and before we knew it, it was tomorrow. We left Buenos Aires and arrived to Montevideo on Sunday night and Kyle got to meet everyone here with whom I’ve spent the last 2 months. We had a big group dinner on Monday evening which I know must have been overwhelming for Kyle, but kept up with all the stories, names, memories, and even the Spanish that was surrounding him!
A quick story about Kyle and a taxi driver in Montevideo. The taxis use an interesting way of determining rates here. They have a meter, but the meter tracks “units”, which then translate to pesos according to two charts - a day rate chart and a night rate chart. I had explained all of this to Kyle so he would understand when he came to my office for lunch. After lunch, I put him in a taxi and told the driver where to go, which gave the driver the green light to try to take advantage of Kyle, a tourist. When they got to the hotel, the driver pointed to the chart (the nightly rates) and Kyle said, “No, day rates”. The taxi driver acted confused for a bit, but Kyle didn’t give in and then the taxi driver acted like he just made a mistake and then used the daily rates. Nice job Kyle, especially with your limited Spanish and only being here for two days at that point! I didn’t catch on to that scheme for at least a couple of weeks when I first came down here!
Carly and Ed arrived on Friday and since then we’ve hit Montevideo and Punta del Este. Wonderful food, wonderful sights, wonderful vacation! I’ll have more updates and pictures soon!
Posted on December 17th, 2007 by katiejocannon
Filed under: General, Uruguay
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Cannons? Kohlers? Anybody there? Hello?
I feel so alone in this cold, cloudy world. Won’t you please come home and be my friends?
Adios,
El Freets
Hola Senor Freets,
We are alive!!!! More updates soon, I promise. We´ll be home in a week and will have to hit up the Nook to reintroduce me to US cuisine. Is it a date?
Chau!