Recipe of the Week – Thai Cole Slaw

April 30, 2010

This week’s recipe of the week for Thai Cole Slaw is compliments of my lovely aunt. She made it at a family function a few years back and I fell in love with it. I have made this recipe many times and it’s always a big hit. Brian isn’t a fan of peanuts, so if [...]

Read the full article →

Dia De Los Trabajadores En Uruguay

April 29, 2010

On May 1st Uruguay celebrates Dia De Los Trabajadores along with most other countries in world; otherwise known as Dia Del Trabajo,  International Workers Day, May Day or Labor Day. Every May 1st a lot of countries around the world come to a standstill to celebrate the fight for the 8 hour work day. There’s [...]

Read the full article →

Canada Taking Interest in Uruguay

April 26, 2010

I heard that Uruguay’s government owned part of Pluna Airlines, “Uruguay’s Airline” (at least the main one). It seems Uruguay’s government has their hands all over the private sector. They are into the banking industry, telecommunications, Internet, healthcare… (Sounds kind of like the U.S. government.) So Uruguay’s government being involved in the airline didn’t surprise [...]

Read the full article →

The New Face of Exploring Uruguay

April 23, 2010

Hey everyone… We reorganized Exploring Uruguay to be easier to navigate and to help you find what you’re looking for faster and with greater ease. We just switched from using Site Build It and TypePad to using WordPress with the Thesis Theme. It took a little longer than we expected to switch servers and everything, [...]

Read the full article →

Coming Soon…

April 12, 2010

Hi Everyone, We’re currently working on a new design for the Exploring Uruguay site, so this week we won’t have any new blog posts. We plan to have the new design live by next week, and we’ll resume posting then. Have a great week, Brian, Chrystal, Zoë & Kaylee // < ![CDATA[ var gaJsHost = [...]

Read the full article →

Recipe of the Week: Zesty Chicken and Vegetable Stew

April 9, 2010

Mushrooms are expensive in Uruguay (compared to the States), so we don’t cook with them as much as we used to. But, I saw a pretty good price on them at Devoto, so I picked up a large package and that’s where this recipe was born. This chicken and vegetable stew is a delicious, healthy [...]

Read the full article →

What’s a Gringo Discount?

April 7, 2010

An Uruguayan friend of ours said there are 3 prices in Uruguay. Regular Price Gringo Price Dumb Gringo Price She also said; "It's perfectly natural to start out with the dumb Gringo price… Because there are a lot of dumb Gringos here who will pay." It was said in jest, but at the same time [...]

Read the full article →

The Value of the US Dollar vs the Uruguayan Peso

April 5, 2010

We’ve mentioned in passing that the value of the US dollar has fallen significantly against the Uruguayan Peso since we moved here last May. It has fallen from about a 24:1 exchange rate to about a 19:1 exchange rate. That’s pretty significant – it’s about a 25% drop in the last year, and that’s before [...]

Read the full article →

Recipe of the Week: Chicken Taco Salad

April 2, 2010

On last week’s Recipe of the Week for Black Bean Soup, I promised that this week’s recipe would be for Chicken Taco Salad. The two recipes go great together for a light, but delicious dinner. Whenever I make a whole chicken, we typically eat everything except for the breasts the first night, then use the [...]

Read the full article →

How to Redesign Your Life and Travel the World

March 31, 2010

When we decided to leave the US and live abroad, we sold off everything we had worked so hard to acquire. The expensive furniture, the brand new 52” LCD TV with full-blown entertainment system, mountains of books, every kitchen gadget you can imagine… I could go on and on, but you get the picture. When [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →