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Nirvana It was all here
You have heard about Nirvana. Imagine my surprise when our tour bus pulls into the Hotel Nirvana driveway just outside Colonia Swiss in Uruguay. It is exactly what I have imagined Nirvana to be like, except we aren't in the clouds. We have stopped for a...
Comparing Hotels Checking out places to stay
Walking the streets of the port district, you find hotels you might have stayed if you hadn't rented a studio. It is human to comparison shop, wonder what that place or this place has to offer at what price. The two hotels within a block and a half...
Sleeping Gato/Centro/Montevideo Taking a well needed rest
There are plenty of dogs in this city, but thousands of cats too. Cats don't make a lot of noise, take up a lot of space, or make crazy demands. They live as they have for thousands of years - hunting, sleeping, making reproductions of themselves,...
New Electric Service, Ciudad Vieja Every little improvement helps
On my way to a lavenderia, electricians are installing a new electrical service to the front of a residential/commercial building on Main Street. Like most of the homes in this neighborhood, there is a retail space on the bottom floor. Atop the...
My Montevideo Casa Home sweet home
When you travel you don't take much with you. You have clothes, personal items, electronics, a book or two, some travel guides, a Passport and umbrella, and hope. You hope you end up in safe, clean lodgings. You hope you see and do enough to justify...
Door Keys/Piedras Street Little problems solved
The keys to my studio apartment are old fashioned. One key opens the front door to the building. One key opens a security gate after you enter the front door. One key opens the front door of my unit 104 at 271 Piedras Street. The last key opens a door I...
Palacio Taranco tourist stop
The Palacio is, by the map, located in the heart of the Old City. If you look at a map of Montevideo you see at least thirty points of interest in Ciudad Vieja and fewer as you move outward towards other barrios; Centro, Barrio Sur, Palermo, Aguada,...
Hot Water Heater Meltdown/Piedras Street Hot water is an essential
For two days, hot water has not been working. The landlord has been attentive, sent someone by who thought it might be something it wasn't, then sends his maintenance man to troubleshoot. Hugo comes prepared with a tape measure, apartment keys, an...
Home from school Ciudad Vieja
Next to the farmacia is a door that leads to an upstairs apartment that leads to a family that leads to a mom and dad that leads to a warm place for kids to grow up. When you look at a street of closed doors, faded or chipped or cobbled together, one...
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