I have spent so much time in Piriapolis and Uruguay, and written so much about it, I thought there may well be some of you that want to read up a little more about it from somebody who might have a different slant. Here are some titles that may interest you:
I can personally recommend the Uruguay Bradt Guide (the first book featured above). Very informative, and full of detail, there is lots of things that we would have missed if we had not had that as a reference. And even though we have lots of friends here now, sometimes even the locals don't know all the tourist attractions available. Enjoy!
Monday, August 29, 2011
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Where in the world are the Tunstalls?
Well I have not managed to get anything out on the blog for absolutely ages, and it has been on my To Do List pretty much every day. Not very good self management going on here - to say the least. But as we are now fully entrenched in our little house in Colonia Valdense Uruguay, and have been here for going on 3 months, I think it is time that I pulled finger, and finally got a little snippet out there, just to get the ball rolling again.
In brief
- when we where in Brazil, we had numerous engine and gearbox dramas, that resulted in our visa time in Brazil running out, and us not having sufficient time to make it up to the Carribean, which was going to be our next stop
- so our plans changed (are you surprised…not) and we headed south yet again to our most familiar country – Uruguay, where we could find an inexpensive house to rent while Andrew got his teeth sunk into editing films and writing a book.
- so here we are back in Uruguay, having found a little house in a quiet rural town (town is being generous, but they don’t seem to use the words town and village here, everything is a Cuidad – or City, and that it definitely is not!), where we can get around by bicycle, Lucy has a safe garden to play in, and Andrew can work.
- Oh yes, and did I mention that we were thinking that being in a house might be a good time to see if we could manage to expand our brood and produce a sibling for Lucy ;-) , this project is now well on the go, and I am 5 months pregnant, and expecting a little boy by the name of Daniel Peter on the 10th December. As you can imagine, that is another whole adventure having a baby in a country where you really don’t speak the language anywhere near fluently! Quite interesting when your Spanish “had”, ‘have had”, “have”, “would have” and “will have” are still all a bit of a lottery, and your chances of getting a winning ticket equally dismal!
- So we are now going to have a little Uruguayan in the family, completely not what I would have predicted when we left home in 2008!
Our boat is moored in a secure port about 30kms away, an easy bus journey, and I already have absolutely no idea how we fitted into that vessel. Or as our good friend Laurence pointed out, we did not really fit at all. We have already accumulated a whole lot more stuff, and I think we need to upgrade to a cargo ship if we are planning on sailing on with an extra small person in tow! I am going to leave our news at that for the moment, and fill you in on Life in Valdense in my next update.
In brief
- when we where in Brazil, we had numerous engine and gearbox dramas, that resulted in our visa time in Brazil running out, and us not having sufficient time to make it up to the Carribean, which was going to be our next stop
- so our plans changed (are you surprised…not) and we headed south yet again to our most familiar country – Uruguay, where we could find an inexpensive house to rent while Andrew got his teeth sunk into editing films and writing a book.
- so here we are back in Uruguay, having found a little house in a quiet rural town (town is being generous, but they don’t seem to use the words town and village here, everything is a Cuidad – or City, and that it definitely is not!), where we can get around by bicycle, Lucy has a safe garden to play in, and Andrew can work.
- Oh yes, and did I mention that we were thinking that being in a house might be a good time to see if we could manage to expand our brood and produce a sibling for Lucy ;-) , this project is now well on the go, and I am 5 months pregnant, and expecting a little boy by the name of Daniel Peter on the 10th December. As you can imagine, that is another whole adventure having a baby in a country where you really don’t speak the language anywhere near fluently! Quite interesting when your Spanish “had”, ‘have had”, “have”, “would have” and “will have” are still all a bit of a lottery, and your chances of getting a winning ticket equally dismal!
- So we are now going to have a little Uruguayan in the family, completely not what I would have predicted when we left home in 2008!
Our boat is moored in a secure port about 30kms away, an easy bus journey, and I already have absolutely no idea how we fitted into that vessel. Or as our good friend Laurence pointed out, we did not really fit at all. We have already accumulated a whole lot more stuff, and I think we need to upgrade to a cargo ship if we are planning on sailing on with an extra small person in tow! I am going to leave our news at that for the moment, and fill you in on Life in Valdense in my next update.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
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