Special China Edition
Posted by on March 29, 2011 (No Comments)
CHINAAAAAAAAA. That’s the word on the street. Well, at least the word you’ll hear if you’re traveling with myself, Lindsay, Victoria and Madeline. As we walked off the plane towards customs at the Shanghai international airport, we could not help but repeat the word “China!” with glee. As Madeline snapped pictures of their life-sized cut-out cartoon policemen (an... Read More
A funny thing happened on the way to the Guildford School
Posted by on June 30, 2010 (No Comments)
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 aqua (aqui or here, but aqua in Uruguay). However one thursday I decided to get fancy... Read More
Wanna have lunch with Mirtha Legrande?
Posted by on June 28, 2010 (No Comments)
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 the second time we´ve had one at dinner), and go... Read More
From the mouths of 13 year olds: Do you like futbol?
Posted by on June 24, 2010 (No Comments)
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 the bus for free and present their trade. The bus driver will even lower their radio... Read More
Ciudad Vieja – The Old City
Posted by on June 22, 2010 (No Comments)
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 it ain´t broke don´t fix it. Or in other words, if you can´t read the menu, stick with what yo... Read More
Unchartered Territories and Colossal Sandwiches
Posted by on June 17, 2010 (No Comments)
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 knew coming here. Moving on though, by the end of my third day (real second day) I had al... Read More
The Beginning
Posted by on June 13, 2010 (No Comments)
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 will be spending the entire month of June! After meeting up with ... Read More