Sorry to all of you wrapped in scarfs and gloves… I’m suffering from the heat! It’s too hot for my taste, to run around in a city. The Andes are hidden behind a curtain of smog, and I just don’t feel much like walking around. I went to a park on Friday and, like many […]Read More
This is the result from the afternoon walk through sunny Montevideo, pretty much the same places as yesterday, just with blue skies. The buildings in the centre are impressive, even in their run-down state. It wouldn’t need much to polish it up just a bit, without turning it into a fake Disneyland. However, it all […]Read More
The forecast was right – it’s rainy in Uruguay. Right now it’s even pouring down. The city presents itself in a grey cover, and especially the beach view is depressing, low grey clouds over a brown muddy Río de la Plata. Montevideo however, tries to be colorful. I walked through the Pocitos neighborhood, down to […]Read More
Well, nothing much to report those last days. Summer makes a quick visit with high temperatures before the rain sets in on Friday, so I spent some time at the pool. Couldn’t find the sun block so I though ah, ten minutes will be fine… Well, I just made it out there before I really […]Read More
Today seemed like a good day to just go to the beach and read. Sun protection factor 70: applied. Book and coconut: ready. It was not blistering hot, a nice breeze and the sun hid a bit behind high clouds… But boy did I get a sunburn. I guess it’s inevitable, whatever protection I apply, the […]Read More