“Bueno, entonces”

“Bueno, entonc...

The challenge of learning the language  in Uruguay is that you have to use a local tutor, text or program.  Rioplatense is the local dialect of Uruguay and parts of Argentina.  There are some big differences between the Spanish here to that spoken in Mexico or other parts of Central...
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January 26th, 2010
Posted by Lisa La Nasa

Miami-Box for Shipments from the USA

Miami-Box for Shipme...

I needed to view and approve samples for work, but they were 6000 miles away in Minnesota.  I weighed my options: FedEx and UPS were quoting in the $160-200 USD range to get a 2 kilo box to uruguay.  I thought that was insane and was determined to find a better way. Mail would be...
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October 22nd, 2009
Posted by Lisa La Nasa

Remate- The Craigsli...

Except in Uruguay, it is a physical location and not an online ‘for sale’ ad. You can find any assortment of thing for sale at these remates (or auction houses). There are everything from antiques, to rugs, small appliances, farm equipment, architectural salvage and...
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October 19th, 2009
Posted by Lisa La Nasa

Géant...

We’d been hearing about this superstore in Uruguay called Géant Hipermercado (pronounced sheee-awnt, we believe), which was located just past the Carrasco area and wanted to check it out.  Géant was described to us as a something like Super Target or Walmart. There is only...
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August 10th, 2009
Posted by Lisa La Nasa

Email Us With Questi...

We have had a great response to our blog and receive email frequently from people who are interested in moving to Uruguay and are looking for more information. I’ve been corresponding with a woman from the United States who was looking for info about a possible move here with...
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July 7th, 2009
Posted by Lisa La Nasa

Feria Vegetables...

There’s been recent talk in the Uruguay blog community about cost of food and I agree wholeheartedly with everything that has been said. Go to the many the ferias around town for great, inexpensive produce, fish, eggs and cheese.  I might add, go to any of the ferias outside...
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July 1st, 2009
Posted by Lisa La Nasa

“Preferimos Visa”

“Preferimos Vi...

While there are many places that accept credit cards here in Montevideo, you will often see signs like this one:  Visa  pretty much has the market  cornered.  All of the locations that take credit cards accept Visa.  Probably about half of those also accept Mastercard.  I...
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April 29th, 2009
Posted by Lisa La Nasa