A Year in Uruguay

  We are back in Montevideo for a few weeks and it's Carnaval season.   20 years ago, we saw the llamadas from a balcony , those tickets...

  We are in Buenos Aires now, enjoying great food, interesting museums, and big city life.  At the moment, Argentina is much cheaper than Ur...

  I enjoyed the carnaval show so much on Thursday night, that I went back on Saturday.  This time I bought my ticket at the Teatro de Verano...

Carnaval is one of my favorite parts of Uruguay.  The costumes, the music, the drumming, and the dancing are almost overwhelming.   When we ...

 It’s been nearly 15 years since I was in Uruguay and I am back for a short visit this month. Our flight connected through Panamá City and w...

National Public Radio ran a short story this evening on Uruguay's carnaval, " Carnaval In Uruguay: Choir Competitions In The Street...

The Invisible Mountain Carolina de Robertis 2009 "There were strange things about this city. Amethysts used as doorstops, leather used...

Many of the Uruguay blogs I'd been reading have ended as expats moved from the country. Recently, I've been following Ola Uruguay ...

Here's a video from an evening of música folclórica in homage to a gaucho poet. The performance was held in the Cabildo de Montevideo ...

Here's a belated video from my last trip to Uruguay. My earlier videos from the park are here and here . To me, the improvement in Yo...

Bon Appétit has a travel feature on Punta del Este in their August issue. It features short reviews of several restaurants and as well as ...

Our friend Maria Noel Taranto will be featured on the " Jazz Inspired " radio show on public radio stations across the US and Cana...

I have an exhibit of photos from Montevideo's carnaval at my college's art gallery for the last two weeks in February. If you'...

One thing I missed when I lived in Montevideo was the complex flavor of craft beers. I didn't have any complaints about Pilsen or Patri...

I've been meaning to recommend A Small State of Mind for some time. It's written by Benjamin Gedan, a Fulbright scholar and journa...

After staying in Cabo Polonio this July, we visited the nearby Monte de Ombúes. An ombú is a native tree closely associated with gaucho c...