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Susana Aliano Casales runs an interesting blog, mostly in Spanish: OFERTA LABORAL - Uruguay

She has a brief outline of jobs available in Uruguay, and seeks input from those with more information.

The Spanish Embassy to Montevideo Shopping on a Sunday

Ok, let's make it getting from the Spanish Embassy (the corner of Avienda Brasil and Libertad) to Shopping Montevideo on a rainy Sunday.

You have 3 basic options:

• Walk. 20-30 min.
• Taxi 60 pesos or so on a Sunday
• Bus 15.5 pesos

As it is a rainy sunday walking the recommended option is out and I'm not feeling lazy enough to take a taxi. The rain has pretty much stopped so I make it to the bus stop dry.

The only bus that goes to Montevideo Shopping is bus #71, I call it the bus that isn't. Over 45 minutes of waiting and getting wet when it rains hard. Although the bus stop is covered it doesn't prevent you from getting wet.

I suppose if you are really unlucky you'd get drenched by a car speeding through a big puddle. I wasn't that unlucky. Every time a cab drove by I thought it can't be that much longer for bus #71.

Plenty of buses went by and peeking out from the bus stop to check the number each time didn't help with keeping dry. Finally bus #71 arrives and then it takes it usual round about way to the mall.

Now, there are several advanced options. First take bus #121, or one of the others to Benito Blanco where a bus to Montevideo Shopping goes by every 2 or 3 minutes. If the rain isn't too bad, its less than a 10 min walk to Benito Blanco.

Or, it might be better to go to Punta Carretas Shopping as bus #121 which rapidly takes you there is always going by.

The only trick with walking is figuring out which streets are angled to your advantage or least avoiding the ones that are angled so that you end up way out of your way.

Spicy Korean Restaurant

The simple restaurant hides behind green doors that give no hint of what's behind in Spanish (or English). Just Korean. The plain tables and decorations don't offer any hint about the food.

I was meeting a friend for lunch and wasn't sure I had the right place as the name wasn't on the door, at least not that I could read. But the address was correct. The staff wasn't sure I had the right place either.

They said there was another Korean place up the street and maybe I was looking for that. I showed them the note with the name and address and they said I was in the right place.

My friend arrived and we sat down for a nice meal of spicy squid stir fry and friend dumplings. The entire meal set me back 250 pesos and they meant it when they said spicy.

When we left I saw the other Korean Restaruant and might give it a try, but will probably return to this one again because the food was good.

They speak Spanish and have a menu in English (but not Spanish). I left with a copy of the English menu, and here it is:

Korean Restaurant

• (gimbap) Rice Rolls in Dried Seaweek
• (ja-jang-bap) Rice in Black Bean Sauce
• (man-doo-guk) Dumpling Soup
• (bi-bim-bap) Rice mixed with spicy sauce, vegetables, egg
• (hoe-dup-bap) Raw Fish and vegetables over rice
• (ra-myum) Ramon Noodles
• (bi-bim-guk-su) Noodles mixed with vegetables, meat and spicy sauce
• (ja-jang-myun) Noodles with black bean sauce
• (gum-man-du) Fried dumplings
• (du-lu-chi-gi) Spliced slice beef stew
• (tang-su-yuk) Sweet and sour pork with vegetables
• (oh-jing-oh-bok-um) Spicy squid stir fry
• (jok-bal) Glazed pig's feet

Ciudad Vieja next to the Radisson. Opening times vary.

Seaman Club, Ciudadela 1383, Montevideo, phone: 908-9733

Expat Blogs, American's Living in Uruguay

There are quite a few expat American's who are living in Uruguay and writing blogs. Here is a nice listings of some of the blogs, Uruguay Blogs. If yours is missing, there is a add url link on that page. Each blog offers a interesting look at life in Uruguay from a little bit different prespective. Some are from full time residents, some part time residents and some from those just staying a short while. Tags: blogs • living • 0 Comments. - Permalink

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