Category Archives: Uruguay

New Year’s Eve Montevideo

Celebrate This New Year 2015 The Wild Way In Montevideo. Celebrations start quite early in Montevideo. The first signs of it being shredded pieces of paper everywhere you go. People tear up the calendars of the year gone by, discarding … Weiterlesen →

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Christmas Trees Around The World

  Today is Christmas evening. Some countries celebrate today, others tomorrow on Christmas day. It doesn’t matter if you live in the northern or southern hemisphere, with snow or on the beach. If you want a Christmas tree and celebration, … Weiterlesen →

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Collecting Sheet Music 2 – Uruguay’s Himno Nacional

Uruguay’s National Anthem – the best, and longest, in the world. This post is not about collecting sheet music, just about the National Anthem of Uruguay. Details and information about this fantastic hobby „collecting music sheets“ I’ll post in later … Weiterlesen →

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The Olive Trail

Ruta del Olivo. A couple weeks ago I took the car and drove „The Ruta del Olivo“. I had great expectations, because of the advertising I saw and the information I got about it. On ruta del olivo. As far … Weiterlesen →

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Our backyard pets

Often seen around the coastal area of Canelones. Pretty active little animals in our backyard. Not harming anyone and not dangerous. Just our dogs try to hunt them. Mostly they are to quick, but if they face 2 or more … Weiterlesen →

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Must See – An Innovative Brick Artist

Atlantida Church The so often overseen Atlantida church is an architectural and engineering jewel. Eladio Dieste : I had never heard of this person before, but my research about the „Church of Atlantida“ brought up this information. Dieste was an … Weiterlesen →

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Must See – Colonia del Sacramento

The oldest city in Uruguay, Colonia del Sacramento is since 1995 a World Heritage Site. I have been there several times . This time it was springtime,  27th of October and lovely 35 Celsius (95 F) wow what a challenge, … Weiterlesen →

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Anaconda in Uruguay ?

A farm guy for lunch ? This is a YELLOW ANACONDA .   Only a few snakes have so much legend attached to them as the Anaconda, though stories of specimens reaching 20m (60 feet) in length wildly exaggerated. See … Weiterlesen →

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A quick introduction

A quick introduction from name to river, from silver to settlement and from freedom to retirement, that’s Uruguay. Much more will be posted in the future, about the country, the people, the history and how life in Uruguay is today. … Weiterlesen →

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