Anyways, I only got a few pictures and they are quite lack luster unfortunately. Sorry guys! :)
If you are ever in the need of a pick me up or a reminder that good still exists, please read up on José “Pepe” Mujica. He is one remarkable man and the president of Uruguay for almost 5 years. Perhaps our American leaders could learn a thing or two......
Uruguay
is a South American country known for its verdant interior and
beach-lined coast. The capital, Montevideo, revolves around Plaza
Independencia, once home to a Spanish citadel. It leads to Ciudad Vieja
(Old City), with art deco buildings, colonial homes and Mercado del
Puerto, an old port market with many steakhouses. La Rambla, a
waterfront promenade, passes fish stalls, piers and parks.
Native language: Spanish, Portuguese, Uruguayan Sign Language and Portuñol.
Capital and largest city: Montevideo
Facts about Uruguay:
- Uruguay is the least corrupt country in Latin America. It is ranked
first in the region for democracy, peace, lack of corruption, quality of
living, e-Government, freedom of press, size of the middle class,
prosperity and security…
(Source: Transparency.org) - Over half of the country’s 3.3 million people live in the capital, Montevideo.
(Source: CIA World Factbook) - Suriname is the only country in South America that is smaller than Uruguay.
(Source: World Atlas) -
In Uruguay, cows outnumber people four to one. It is a nation of 12 million cattle but just three million people
(Source: BBC) - Uruguay is the only country in Latin America which is entirely outside of the tropics.
(Source: The Guardian) - Uruguay’s national anthem, which lasts more than five minutes, is the world’s longest in performance duration.
(Source: Telegraph) - With only 46% of the population Catholic, Uruguay is one of the least religious countries in Latin America.
(Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Uruguay) - Uruguay has renamed many of its traditional Catholic holidays.
Christmas, for example, is called Family Day and Holy Week is called
Tourism Week.
(Source: The Guardian) - In December 2013, Uruguay became the first country in the world to legalise the production, sale and use of marijuana.
(Source: BBC) - In 2009, Uruguay became the first country in the world to provide every schoolchild with a free laptop and wifi access.
(Source: BBC) - José “Pepe” Mujica, President of Uruguay between 2010 and 2015, donates 90% of his income to charity, a habit that earned him the moniker ‘the world’s poorest president’.
(Source: Al Jazeera) - In 2013, Uruguay was named The Economist’s Country of the Year.
(Source: The Economist) - Uruguay was the first nation in Latin America to establish a welfare state.
(Source: BBC) - Uruguay has one of the highest literacy rates in the world with 98.1%
for adults. This is largely thanks to Uruguayans’ access to free and
compulsory education.
(Source: CIA World Factbook)
For dinner we had one of Louis' favorite things in this whole world...a sammich.... :)
We made a classic CHIVITO. Chivito: a sandwich containing steak, ham, cheese, tomato, lettuce, and mayonnaise.
served it with cole slaw and fries and get this...fry sauce. Apparently it's huge over there but they call it salsa golf....crazy. :) Some of you reading this may not get this sentence at all.....in that case google fry sauce, make it and thank me later.
For dessert I made a cake called Chajá (postre): a dessert with meringue, sponge cake, "Chajá" cream and peaches. It is created by a well known firm in the city of Paysandú
