Buenos Aires – I’ve resisted talking about mate (pronounced mah-tey; the name in total – yerba mate) for a couple of reasons. First and foremost, if you’d have asked me not too long ago, I would have told you it tastes like badly brewed insipid green tea. Second, it’s a complicated topic here in Argentina… Read More A Bunch of Dried Leaves
Buenos Aires – My sister commented last night that I’m not posting enough stuff about daily life here. A couple of other friends have said much the same. I guess touristy stuff isn’t enough – people want all those things like doing the laundry, washing dishes, grocery shopping, and other such exciting adventures. So, let’s… Read More Hygenic conversion
Buenos Aires – Yesterday was Maureen’s last day visiting and it was a day for her to get done all the shopping she’d been promising herself all week. By the time we were finished trekking hither, thither and yon, it was 3 in the afternoon, most restaurants were closed. It’s a pretty good bet that… Read More Between a Roque and a Hard Rock
Buenos Aires – How did he manage to spend two months already in the capitol of Argentina and not write about tango? I know, I know, I’ve heard it. Come on, I’ve at least mentioned it once, maybe even twice. Well, I’ll get back to it in a minute. Yesterday was Maureen’s last full day… Read More Tango!
Buenos Aires – Safe and sound back home yesterday there was just no way we were headed out again. Besides it was still windy, cold, and wet. A bowl of hot, steaming soup sounded like just the ticket, so quickly around the corner to the fish market and the vegetable stand and back into the… Read More Of Soup and Love…
Montevideo – After our two winery visits Daniel took us on a whirlwind tour of Montevideo. Whirlwind was a harbinger of things to come, as I’ll get to in a moment. The city is quite fascinating, and had it not been rainy, cold, and windy, we’d have probably enjoyed an indepth tour. The city ranges… Read More Cyclone!
Canelón Chico – My friends at Pisano offered to set us up for another tasting at a nearby winery. We’d originally planned on continuing on with our driver, Daniel, to tour a little along the southern cost of Uruguay, and then later into Montevideo. But the weather was quite rainy, visibility was limited, and this… Read More Pizzorno
Progreso – On Tuesday, we’d planned a day around a visit to my friends’ winery, Pisano. Since we figured on drinking a bit, it was a little on the drizzly side, and Uruguayan wineries, like those in many areas, tend to be down small roads, we decided to hire a driver to take us around… Read More Pisano