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By Lawrence Selby – Guest blogger traveling in Montevideo. In a previous blog entry, I talked a bit about the Ciudad Vieja. Some areas are completely renovated and gentrified. In other areas, the buildings are still completely blown out and abandoned. In between, there's a sort of ghetto "fringe" area. The police were located on… Read more »

By Lawrence Selby – Guest blogger traveling in Montevideo. The plan for Friday night was another late night excursion into the Ciudad Vieja with Adrian, the school tour guide and ambassador. This time the group was much smaller; it was just Adrian, his girlfriend Daniela, Enrique (a former student at the school) and myself. The… Read more »

By Alexa Boyce The Chinese zodiac is a form of astrology based on the Chinese calendar, a 12-year cycle of animals. Ancient Chinese astrologers called the five major planets by the name of the element that it was associated with. Venus corresponds to Metal (gold); Jupiter to Wood; Mercury to Water; Mars to Fire; Saturn… Read more »

By Lawrence Selby – Guest blogger traveling in Montevideo. I went to the Teatro Solis for a concert tonight on an excursion with the school. The Teatro Solis is one of the premier music theaters in Latin America, so I definitely didn't want to miss the opportunity. The big event also had the unexpected side… Read more »

By Lawrence Selby – Guest blogger traveling in Montevideo. I never did find Evita's grave. After two days of aimless wandering around Buenos Aires, I ended up more or less by chance in the splendid but eerie La Recoleta cemetery in the Barrio Norte. It's a beautiful place, though perhaps beautiful is not the best… Read more »

By Lawrence Selby – Guest blogger traveling in Montevideo. It's Friday night at 11:30 pm and I'm in my hotel room in Buenos Aires. The Rough Guide says, ¨There's no excuse for staying in on any night in Buenos Aires.¨ And though I've only been here a few hours, from what I've seen of the… Read more »

By Lawrence Selby – Guest blogger traveling in Montevideo. It's always been my opinion that the best way to get to know a city is simply to walk around a lot and take a look. I'm well into my second week now, so I've had plenty of opportunities to explore the city. I try to… Read more »

By Lawrence Selby – Guest blogger traveling in Montevideo. A word about the discotheques here in Montevideo and the Cuidad Vieja. I'm not a huge fan of the club scene but it's pretty much my observation that the discotheque clubs are basically the same in whatever city you are in (perhaps Brazil may be the… Read more »

By Lawrence Selby – Guest blogger traveling in Montevideo. The weather wasn't great this weekend so I didn't end up going to Punta del Este for an extended weekend trip. On Friday, I made plans to go to Buenos Aires for next weekend and then went to a discotheque. On Saturday, I attended a few… Read more »

By Lawrence Selby – Guest blogger traveling in Montevideo. It's Thursday night and I've been here almost 5 days now. My Spanish is definitely improving, though I have my good moments and my bad moments. Most of today was bad and most of yesterday was good. I'm finding out that my ability to concentrate, understand… Read more »