Watcho the Camacho
It’s no secret that I absolutely loved the three months I spent in Uruguay! I shared many a story last year on my blog about it and I continue to long for the good times and good food that I had there. Therefore, when I heard that Anthony Bourdain had travelled there this past February [...]
Posted on August 18th, 2008 by katiejocannon
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No, this isn’t some reference to the Saturday Night Live skit. Fish in a box is actually one of the foods that I absolutely crave from my experience in South America. The actual title on the menu was pez en un caja hierro, translated ‘fish in an iron box’. And it was just that. Simple [...]
Posted on March 23rd, 2008 by katiejocannon
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Today is another day…I believe that is what I said a few months ago while in South America. It’s true, obviously. But, it’s something to take to heart as well. Be where you are and enjoy. So, on that note, here are my final days in Argentina and my return home.
The last few days after [...]
Posted on January 20th, 2008 by katiejocannon
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I knew it was inevitable; my final weekend in Uruguay had arrived. But, along with this knowledge, was the arrival with two friends from the U.S. – Carly and Ed. They arrived after work on Friday and the vacation began! I’m a little behind on writing, so this one might be a little long to [...]
Posted on December 20th, 2007 by katiejocannon
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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 [...]
Posted on December 17th, 2007 by katiejocannon
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The theme of the week is parties! It’s been so nice that the people we’ve met here have invited us to several parties over the past few weeks. The good-bye parties are starting, which is amazing because suddenly my time here seems so short. We have been to three parties already and we have another [...]
Posted on December 7th, 2007 by katiejocannon
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This past weekend took our crowd to Punta del Este…which literally translates to East Point. Punta del Este is the point at which the Rio de la Plata, which is the river that runs between Argentina and Uruguay, and the Atlantic Ocean meet. It is a beach paradise in Uruguay that is popular among Argentinian [...]
Posted on December 4th, 2007 by katiejocannon
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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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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
Filed under: Customs, Food, Uruguay | 6 Comments »