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Not All Is Rosy

Not All Is Rosy...

Today I hit the wall. Not literally of course, but I hit the “I’m freaking-out-could-this-be-culture-shock” wall. I think it was more just general stress with lots of weird things compounding.  There were lots of tears involved, but fortunately a very supportive...
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April 27th, 2009
Posted by Lisa La Nasa

Shameless Plugs

Shameless Plugs...

There are a few people/services that we have used here in MVD that have gone above and beyond and have been so wonderful to us, we have to recommend  them to the world: Jorge Cassarino Etcheverry, Maria Jesús Etcheverry Negocios Inmobiliarios (rental/real estate agent) :  What...
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April 25th, 2009
Posted by Lisa La Nasa

Quick Water Update...

We have water again!  All that good karma you’ve been sending this way worked!  It was down to just about 10% of the city that didn’t have water this morning and all the city should be restored by tonight.  All the Uruguayos that we’ve spoke to can never remember...
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April 22nd, 2009
Posted by Lisa La Nasa

Our Little House

Our Little House...

So today was the big day. We got the keys to the house. Easy enough. Sign some papers hand over the money and in return, a set a keys. Well, it’s a bit more complicated than that in Uruguay. All in all, really it’s not that hard, just very time consuming. The papers are...
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April 21st, 2009
Posted by Lisa La Nasa

Housing – Part...

Well, our offer on the little house was accepted. We had a meeting a week ago with the owner and both Inmobiliarios (rental agents) to sign preliminary paperwork, sort of an agreement to agree/letter of intent with the basic terms and information spelled out. Now for the details...
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April 15th, 2009
Posted by Lisa La Nasa

Hooking up the ̶...

So after much deliberation as to the provider of our local Internet service; We’ve chosen Montevideo COMM.  They are a reseller of Antel and come with higher praise for their service level than Antel directly.  Both an Expat and a local Uruguayo that does website development...
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April 13th, 2009
Posted by Brad La Nasa

The Quest for Housin...

The hotel that we are staying in is great.  It is a long-term stay hotel and we have a month booked. It is still a hotel, though, and it makes it difficult when a baby is sleeping and a husband is working and needing to make phone calls all in the same space.   We’ve been...
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April 3rd, 2009
Posted by Lisa La Nasa

Safety Standards...

As we are starting to look for places to live, all of the US building code standards are flashing before my eyes. Life abroad is very different and that goes for building code standards as well.  Not that this or any other country are wrong, just different and we have to view it...
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April 1st, 2009
Posted by Lisa La Nasa