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AUGUST 27, SUNDAY
INDEPENDENCE DAY I forgot to mention my celebration of Uruguay’s Independence Day yesterday. Uruguay gained declared it’s independence from Brazil in 1825 which led to a war between Argentina and Brazil which was ended when the British intervened in 1828.
AUGUST 27, SUNDAY
INDEPENDENCE DAY I forgot to mention my celebration of Uruguay’s Independence Day yesterday. Uruguay gained declared it’s independence from Brazil in 1825 which led to a war between Argentina and Brazil which was ended when the British intervened in 1828.
AUGUST 26, SATURDAY
GRAFFITI In my wandering Wednesday down by the harbor as I tried to find the bus station to the Cargo Terminal of the Montevideo, Airport I passed graffiti, street art, on almost every bare wall. Graffiti is everywhere in Montevideo,
AUGUST 26, SATURDAY
GRAFFITI In my wandering Wednesday down by the harbor as I tried to find the bus station to the Cargo Terminal of the Montevideo, Airport I passed graffiti, street art, on almost every bare wall. Graffiti is everywhere in Montevideo,
AUGUST 25, FRIDAY
GROUP TRAVEL Most of my elderly friends travel overseas either on cruises like Viking where you spend every night on a boat and spend the days in city after city or they go with a group tour such as Gate
AUGUST 25, FRIDAY
GROUP TRAVEL Most of my elderly friends travel overseas either on cruises like Viking where you spend every night on a boat and spend the days in city after city or they go with a group tour such as Gate
AUGUST 24, THURSDAY
KINDLINESS IN MONTEVIDEO After sleeping for 6 hours I woke up and for some reason was suddenly aware of kindliness in Montevideo, which is probably the thing that I will most remember about yesterday and about this trip. It started
AUGUST 24, THURSDAY
KINDLINESS IN MONTEVIDEO After sleeping for 6 hours I woke up and for some reason was suddenly aware of kindliness in Montevideo, which is probably the thing that I will most remember about yesterday and about this trip. It started
AUGUST 23, WEDNESDAY
CUSTOMS OFFICE FED EX ADVENTURE I wrote on Sunday about the pleasure of letting go of your own culture where you are constrained by the cultural conventions you know so well, constrained by knowing just how to fit in and
AUGUST 23, WEDNESDAY
CUSTOMS OFFICE FED EX ADVENTURE I wrote on Sunday about the pleasure of letting go of your own culture where you are constrained by the cultural conventions you know so well, constrained by knowing just how to fit in and
AUGUST 22, TUESDAY
CHILDREN I was on my way to Frog, my grocery store, at 3 in the afternoon. I noticed many parents and children. Maybe school had just let out or maybe parents had decided to take their children for walks at
AUGUST 22, TUESDAY
CHILDREN I was on my way to Frog, my grocery store, at 3 in the afternoon. I noticed many parents and children. Maybe school had just let out or maybe parents had decided to take their children for walks at
AUGUST 21, SUNDAY
ROW, ROW, ROW YOUR BOAT Yesterday Montevideo was a dream, but today I am reminded that it is because Asheville was getting to be so real that I hopped on the plane and landed by accident in Montevideo. Asheville, four
AUGUST 21, SUNDAY
ROW, ROW, ROW YOUR BOAT Yesterday Montevideo was a dream, but today I am reminded that it is because Asheville was getting to be so real that I hopped on the plane and landed by accident in Montevideo. Asheville, four
AUGUST 20, SUNDAY
MONTEVIDEO DREAM I know I am in Montevideo, but how or why is a mystery to me. It isn’t that I don’t know how I got here. I was looking for a month long trip in the summer when Europe
AUGUST 20, SUNDAY
MONTEVIDEO DREAM I know I am in Montevideo, but how or why is a mystery to me. It isn’t that I don’t know how I got here. I was looking for a month long trip in the summer when Europe
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 