Category: Uruguay

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…

We are staying in multiple places here in Uruguay but our first place is an apartment. Everything has been fine so far except yesterday we became trapped inside. This apartment uses a Nuki lock and its a digital locked that can be opened and closed with an app on your…

I woke up with a bit of back pain and forgot to pack my back brace so we headed out to find somenplace that sells back braces. Along the way to twelve different pharmacies we stopped to see a few things… The architecture in Montevideo is very interesting and unique….

We took a walk early this morning to get our bearings. We stopped at this statue of the Queen of Spain. After that our first stop was Santander bank in ciudad vieja to get some cash. The currency rate is $40 Uruguay pesos to $1 and we were limited to…

After an 11 hour flight to Buenos Aires (delayed by 45 minutes – thanks United), a two hour wait for a ferry, then a two hour ferry ride and a two hour bus ride, we finally made it to Montevideo! It’s been an exhausting journey but we finally made it…