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SEPTEMBER 6, WEDNESDAY
DISTRITO ARCOS OUTLET MALL Susie told me there was a nearby Le Pain Quotidien, a French bakery chain where we had eaten in Paris. I walked under a train overpass and there hidden on the other side was Le Pain
SEPTEMBER 6, WEDNESDAY
DISTRITO ARCOS OUTLET MALL Susie told me there was a nearby Le Pain Quotidien, a French bakery chain where we had eaten in Paris. I walked under a train overpass and there hidden on the other side was Le Pain
SEPTEMBER 5, TUESDAY
GRAFFITI Graffiti, street art, is everywhere in Buenos Aires, on the pull down metal coverings of store windows in the elegant parts of town to the everywhere, and more and more political where the ordinary people life. I’ve already included
SEPTEMBER 5, TUESDAY
GRAFFITI Graffiti, street art, is everywhere in Buenos Aires, on the pull down metal coverings of store windows in the elegant parts of town to the everywhere, and more and more political where the ordinary people life. I’ve already included
SEPTEMBER 4, MONDAY
BIG BUS TOUR OF BUENOS AIRES In the last year I’ve taken the Big Bus, Hop Off, Hop On tour of San Francisco (twice) and the Big Bus tour of New Orleans (twice). I like riding instead of walking and
SEPTEMBER 4, MONDAY
BIG BUS TOUR OF BUENOS AIRES In the last year I’ve taken the Big Bus, Hop Off, Hop On tour of San Francisco (twice) and the Big Bus tour of New Orleans (twice). I like riding instead of walking and
FEBRUARY 3, SUNDAY
MERCADO DE LAS PULGAS My first day in Buenos Aires rain was predicted. I didn’t have an umbrella. I had also learned that the electrical plugs are different in Argentina than they are in Uruguay. All my devices were running
FEBRUARY 3, SUNDAY
MERCADO DE LAS PULGAS My first day in Buenos Aires rain was predicted. I didn’t have an umbrella. I had also learned that the electrical plugs are different in Argentina than they are in Uruguay. All my devices were running
SEPTEMBER 2, SATURDAY
BUENOS AIRES BY WAY OF COLONIA You can take a ferry from Montevideo to Buenos Aires or you can take the long bus ride to Colonia and then a short 40 minute ferry ride across the wide Plata to Buenos
SEPTEMBER 2, SATURDAY
BUENOS AIRES BY WAY OF COLONIA You can take a ferry from Montevideo to Buenos Aires or you can take the long bus ride to Colonia and then a short 40 minute ferry ride across the wide Plata to Buenos
SEPTEMBER 1, FRIDAY
LAST DAY IN MONTEVIDEO My last day in Montevideo was one of the fullest days in the last month. In addition to having to somewhat clean my apartment and pack up, I invited myself to lunch with Cecilia Regules, the
SEPTEMBER 1, FRIDAY
LAST DAY IN MONTEVIDEO My last day in Montevideo was one of the fullest days in the last month. In addition to having to somewhat clean my apartment and pack up, I invited myself to lunch with Cecilia Regules, the
AUGUST 31, THURSDAY
GOING TO PUNTE DEL ESTE The tour to Punte del Este, 160 kilometers from Montevideo was an all day 12 hour tour. Punte del Este is a very upscale beach resort where the Plata river joins the Atlantic Ocean. Today
AUGUST 31, THURSDAY
GOING TO PUNTE DEL ESTE The tour to Punte del Este, 160 kilometers from Montevideo was an all day 12 hour tour. Punte del Este is a very upscale beach resort where the Plata river joins the Atlantic Ocean. Today
AUGUST 30, WEDNESDAY
TOUR OF MONTEVIDEO After walking in circles around Santandi street where I am living, then looking out the window of a bus on the way to the airport to pick up my jacket and not seeing much that was interesting
AUGUST 30, WEDNESDAY
TOUR OF MONTEVIDEO After walking in circles around Santandi street where I am living, then looking out the window of a bus on the way to the airport to pick up my jacket and not seeing much that was interesting
AUGUST 29, TUESDAY
AVENUE 18 DE JULIO Sunday my destination was the crowded street market that takes place every Sunday in the Cordon section of Montevideo off of the Avenue 18 de Julio. I never found it. The next day, Monday, I decided
AUGUST 29, TUESDAY
AVENUE 18 DE JULIO Sunday my destination was the crowded street market that takes place every Sunday in the Cordon section of Montevideo off of the Avenue 18 de Julio. I never found it. The next day, Monday, I decided
AUGUST 28, MONDAY
THREE PLACES AT ONCE On Saturday evening I was sitting silently by myself in the 5th floor apartment on Sarandí street in Montevideo, Uruguay, thousands of miles from anyone that I knew. So I shifted to attending a concert put
AUGUST 28, MONDAY
THREE PLACES AT ONCE On Saturday evening I was sitting silently by myself in the 5th floor apartment on Sarandí street in Montevideo, Uruguay, thousands of miles from anyone that I knew. So I shifted to attending a concert put
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 