Month: July 2025

Started the morning with the heated pool for recharging. Great view Headed to the mall to pick this up at the Pandora store. Then lunch, we thought we found a great pizza because of the wood fire oven but it was ok, not great. Pizza served deep dish style. Next…

First stop after breakfast today and our long weekend day trips was laundry. This place is right near our hotel and they charge about $8 usd per load. Next stop was to check grocery store prices and visit the nearby mall. The Disco grocer in this area is the cleanest…

Last night we had dinner at a restaurant near our hotel. It was refreshing to see open restaurants after Ciudad Viejo. Sushi roll below, loaded with sauces Different roll, loaded with sauces So this restaurant near our hotel has a heavy “cubiertos” tax of $340 pesos or $8 USD. We…

We headed out to Colonia Del Sacramento today but our first stop was the free (for platinum members) breakfast buffet. Our first stop was the first and oldest church in Uruguay, the San Benito chapel. Our next stop was the Plaza de Torros. Its a bullfighting ring. Bull fighting is…

We checked out of our VRBO apartment and said farewell to our kitchen. We moved to a hotel at Punta Carretas to stay in a different part of Montevideo. Punta Carretas is a bit more upscale and modern so we’re eager to find restaurants, and shops that are open. Checkout…

Today is our last full day in Ciudad Vieja and started packing things up but we made one last trip to eat at a restaurant Anthony Bourdain ate at here except it was closed. We found another restaurant with similar menu and ate there call La Chacra del Puerto. The…

We started the morning at Flora, a cafe a few blocks from our apartment. The issue we have had even though we both speak and read spanish is that the spanish language has variations and Uruguay spanish is no different. Above is snapshots of the menu. Can you guess what…

Started the day at Trea Cruces shopping. Below are photos to give you and idea of how much stuff costs. The stuff below is from a grocery store called Ingles. After the shopping excursion it was back home for lunch to cook those ribeyes. In the afternoon we decided to…

The morning started with some coffee at a shop called Flor (flower). Two coffees and two chocolates was 390 pesos or about $10 USD. After the coffee, I went on the hunt for some ribeye and outside skirt beef cuts. A Facebook group suggested a place called Gourmeat in the…

Let’s talk about groceries. We were suprised to learn where some of the foods below come from, can you guess where? The beans on the left are from Italy. The corn is from China. The mushrooms from Uruguay and the salt and spice are unknown but likely Uruguay. The beef…