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It’s Here!

It’s Here!...

Today it’s here.  Autumn in Montevideo.  Cold, rainy and windy as all hell. I knew it would be on it’s way, but not quite so soon. Last year this time was still warm and mild, a late summer after we’d first arrived here.  It was glorious. Today, after two full days of rain,...
Give Us a Few Days

Give Us a Few Days...

As Geneva would say, “Opa!” (Meaning “whoops” or something along those lines…) We are migrating the Urmovingwhere site to a different format- one that should be more reader-friendly as well as functional on our end.  Please bear with us for a few days...

Thanks to Our Reader...

Thanks to all of you who have been sending us email, commenting on our posts and ‘voting’ in the polls! We’ve been working to get back to everyone and we’re excited that we have so many readers.  I’m nearly caught up on responses.  We also LOVE comments...

Another Great Urugua...

We’ve had many people contact us through our blog and have made great friends as a result. One family in particular that contacted us through this blog before they arrived in Montevideo is now settled here and blogging about their experiences. They can be found at www.exploringuruguay.com. Brian...
Do Your Homework

Do Your Homework...

Our adventure started long before we stepped off the plane at the Carrasco Airport, Uruguay on March 26, 2009. We’ve been planning this move for over a year, with an exploratory trip to MVD in March 2008 (with then-3-month-old Geneva in tow). On that trip, we spent 7 days in...

Blog Housekeeping...

I have a few topics in the works about why we’re here and our goals.  I’m also still working on my list from the other day… but for today, we’re sorting photos/adding to previous posts that may be missing some and doing general housekeeping on the site.  I...

Here’s a weird...

When we started this blog  we had to choose a theme…and we did.  A theme provides the look and feel of the blog. There are 1000s of themes available for WordPress. Lisa and I came across Minimahl by Ahlera. We knew the moment that we saw it–we have to use this!  It...