Spirit Talks
“The Hand” Beach sculpture
Right across from the bus terminal in Punta Del Este at Parada 1, Bravo Beach, is " The Hand." It is difficult not to see the outside beach sculpture if you are anywhere near it. The" Hand" is only the tips of three fingers and a thumb rising out of the...
Walking the Plank Walking the plank
The Rambla is a good place to walk. On this morning's jaunt, I come across a table and chairs out in the surf. The narrow path out to a concrete table and concrete chairs, in the midst of waves, turns into temptation. Making sure my Passport...
Car Accident on the Rambla/Montevideo Everyone was okay
There are car wrecks every minute, somewhere in the world. This is the first one that almost hits me. Taking a walk down the Rambla, this accident happens on the roadway at a spot I just passed. I hear braking,turn, and watch a white delivery van moving...
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...
Weddings With No Bells They just keep coming out
On Sarandi Street are groups of people, dressed to the nines, standing in my way as I pass on a sidewalk past a woman's fashion store, Happy couples exit a bland doorway, into the sunlight. They are jubilant. When more smiling couples come out and take...
Catching Some Z’s One afternoon on the street
Turning a corner off Colon street, near Roberto's antique store and studio, I happen upon a sleeping man in an alcove. He is out of the way of pedestrian traffic, looks comfortable, isn't causing trouble. There are no wine bottles. There is no cart...
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,...
Kids Playing Soccer/Ciudad Vieja A national pastime
The sun drops dramatically. In America, kids would be throwing a football. Here, the big dream is to play professional soccer and let your papa sit in a bar with a cerveza and cheer as you make a goal that wins an important game. It is a Sunday and...
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,...
Statue comes alive/Constitution Plaza Street art in human form
Walking towards Constitution Plaza from Independence Plaza, there are bronze Generals on horseback every block, as well as little plaza's and parks. There is something sad about memorializing heroes in bronze and then placing them outside where pigeons...
Street Art in Montevideo anonymous dreams
In worn areas of most world mega-cities, there is street art, some commissioned, some spontaneous. This art can occupy an entire wall like our sixteen foot lady. It can be part of a series of images on a parking lot wall like our two faced head....
Tan Lines putting your best body forward
There is much concern in this country about skin damage. There is, on this beach, a lot of skin that will be damaged and this is a perfect poster for a Dermatology convention in Miami Beach. Two big bodies are prone on the sand, turning their backs to...
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