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The Federalist Papers 2

2012.Feb.08 Wednesday

Just picking up where I left off on Av. Dorrego in yesterday’s post – there were just too many photos to do it all in one. The very pretty Santa Adela church is just downhill at the corner of Av. Luis M. Campos. As we continue down, the elevated railroad tracks continue on our right, [...]

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The Federalist Papers 1

2012.Feb.07 Tuesday

It’s been awhile since I posted one of my presidential walks – having left off with Vicente Lopéz, the interim president for a mere five or six weeks after the first real elected president, Rivadavia, had been forced to resign over scandals in negotiations with Brazil. That brings us to Manuel Dorrego (monument above is [...]

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The Lost Photos of January

2012.Feb.03 Friday

 Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page. Take up one hole more in the buckle if necessary, or let down one, according to circumstances; but on the first of January let every man gird himself once more, with his face to the front, and take [...]

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The Gods of Twenty Waters

2012.Jan.29 Sunday

As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I’d gone to Fundación Proa for a particular exhibit. It’s an archaeological display of artifacts recovered, primarily, from the Cempoala (“Place of Twenty Waters”) site in Veracrúz, Mexico, and focuses on the imagery related to religious practices there in the 14th and 15th century. Entitled Dioses, ritos y oficios [...]

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Montevideo in photos, VII

2012.Jan.18 Wednesday

Continuing on to the final Montevideo post, basically, from the far right edge of the red circle I cut straight down to the shoreline and then just walked the rambla, or boardwalk, pretty much to the eastern edge of what’s shown on the map – though it does continue east from there. The rambla is [...]

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Montevideo in photos, VI

2012.Jan.17 Tuesday

Winding down – my last full day in Montevideo. You remember that whole thing about not going to Asunción because of the heat and Montevideo having lower temps? Well, Tuesday wasn’t so cooperative, with temperatures spiking at 42°C (108°F). The morning didn’t start out that way as I headed south and east… …into the pink [...]

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Montevideo in photos, V

2012.Jan.16 Monday

After quite the heavy lunch it was back to the apartment to collapse for a while and then get some work done. Mid-afternoon, headed out to the pretty little Museo Gurvich on the neighboring Plaza Matriz, free to visit on Tuesdays, just for your planning. Interesting stuff (no photos allowed, not surprisingly), reminds me a [...]

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Montevideo in photos, IV

2012.Jan.15 Sunday

On to the Mercado del Puerto. You know me, I could spend a whole day in a place like this, and were there really still a market rather than just restaurants, I likely would have…. If I were more of a carnivore, I’d have just gone from one spot to the next sampling things. The [...]

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Montevideo in photos, III

2012.Jan.14 Saturday

A good night’s sleep, and back into the streets early… perhaps too early. I don’t really sleep that much – generally I go to bed at 2 in the morning and wake up between 7 and 8. Henry makes fun of me because what I call “sleeping in” is when I get up at 8:15 [...]

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