Archive for June, 2010

Chimes Concert – 6.10.2010 – 6pm

Posted on June 30th, 2010 by Corey Belaief

Evening Concert on June 10, 2010 from McGraw Tower Song Playlist: Bear Necessities Night Cornell Evening Song

A funny thing happened on the way to the Guildford School

Posted on June 30th, 2010 by Ariella Weintraub

As much spanish as I have learned during my month in Uruguay, I´ve had my fair share of mishaps. And I´m not just referring to my agua sin gas fiasco. Everytime I order food at a counter, they´ve asked the simple question (in spanish of course): for here or to go. Normally I can say [...]

Wanna have lunch with Mirtha Legrande?

Posted on June 28th, 2010 by Ariella Weintraub

One night Cory andd I had the pleasure of being invited over to our friend Luli´s friend Pati´s house for dinner.  It was there that we were treated to a deliscious Uruguayan home cooked meal. The menu included malanaisa (a thin cooked meat), a corn tart (those Uruguayan´s do love their tartes. Seriously though, that´s [...]

From the mouths of 13 year olds: Do you like futbol?

Posted on June 24th, 2010 by Ariella Weintraub

There are still a few things I still can´t get used to. Take  for example: dinner starting at 10pm, or the fact that there is a second staffer on the bus who collects your fare (no metro cards here), and that performers and candy salesmen (similar to those on the subway in NYC) can board [...]

Ciudad Vieja – The Old City

Posted on June 22nd, 2010 by Ariella Weintraub

There I was again, exactly a week later after my first blog post, taking in a nice afternoon lunch at the same Cafe Yenny. Would you believe that I was able to order completely in spanish this time? For real! What did I order you ask? The exact same thing as last week. Hey, if [...]

Unchartered Territories and Colossal Sandwiches

Posted on June 17th, 2010 by Ariella Weintraub

Hola, como estas? (or como andos? as they say in Uruguay). For those of you who don´t know spanish, that means Hello, how are you? Yes someone said that to me and I didn´t know what it meant, seriously. Okay, not seriously, but I´m trying to give you an idea of how little spanish I [...]

The Beginning

Posted on June 13th, 2010 by Ariella Weintraub

And so it begins. Doesn´t it seem like every long journey starts with a phrase like that? Well in this case I should say: and so it finally begins. After planning on going for over a year, possible cancellations, and a whole lot of flight delays later, I have finally arrived in Montevideo, Uruguay, where I [...]