Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Halloween In Montevideo
I headed for the Rambula once again as I wanted to get a shot of the restaurant that I had dinner at last night. Along the way i passed the Castle ..
Just a block away I was able to get a shot of the restaurant.
To the left here you can see Ches Chief's. But with the wind in the rain I chose to head the other direction and walk through the local neighborhood up to a little park we had walked pass the previous day.
I also took a little video clip of the break water that Pierre and I walked out on last Sunday.
Don't think I will go out there today. Bet i would get quite wet let alone it might just be a bit on the dangerous side.
To the right here is the park that i was headed for.
Even here you should be picking up after your best friends. This is one of the signs to remind you to pick up not that any actually take care of such things.
Here is a shot of the Horse building. It is one of the well know land marks for the Pocito's neighborhood. The Horse building is commonly used for a starting point or directions. I am going to go back and get a better shot of this building as it is quite a piece of art work.
One of the common sights here in Montevideo are these horse dawn carts that the locals use to make a living by going through the trash bins. They collect the Plastic, card board and bottles that every one throws out and then sell them for recycling by the kilo.
Monday, October 29, 2007
Monday In the Pocito's area of Montevideo
Monday evening here.
I am killing a little time waiting for Pierre to get back from work. I took a couple seconds to shoot this short video showing the view going from North to West to South. Sorry about the sound quality but the streets can be a bit noisy during the day here.
This second Video was shot from bed room window. You will notice as I pan the taxi and that it is really small looking. Well they are for the most part. Me being only 5 ft 10 inches have a difficult time getting into them and out. It can be quite entertaining if you are catching a ride with a couple of friends. On the corner you will see one of the local bar's .. now they are not like a bar as you would think of it in the states. A bar here is much more like a cafe' that has a bar in it.
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Pictures from Montevideo
Saturday, October 6, 2007
Into the Life part 2 "Molly"
Now we have our weekday routine. We get up early and I get to take her out to take a quick break of nature. Make coffee for my self and breakfast and a treat for her. I shower she finds the best place to be out of sight. Once I am ready for the day we get to go for a walk, but as she know since it is way to early that i will be gone for most of the day she takes it on her self to ignore me and hide, normally in the upstairs guest room or what ever table she can get under. I am sure that she does it only so that I will stay home a bit longer.
When I get home from work then she gets a quick nature break and after I have relaxed for a bit we get to go for a good evening walk. Then we normally have our dinner and just before bed time I take her out one more time.
Well the other night she was up to no good. No sooner then I had gotton into bed did she start to act up. Now for the most part she is really a good girl or at lest I like to think so. She will just curle up and go to sleep for the night. But the other night she had other ideas. So this is what she did. Placing hear her on the bed looking at me with those big brown eyes of hers. Woof and then quiet just staring at me. A minute latter Woof again. Then she goes to the door wagging her tail and woof. Now it is really funny as she really isn't barking just making it loud enough for me to hear. OK ok i tell her and get up and out we go. She takes care of things and we come back in. Do you think i would be able to go to sleep now. I was hoping so, but now sooner then I got into bed. There she was again at the end of the bed looking at me and Woof pause and Woof again. Little smart ass that she is know that if she keeps it up that I will take her out. So the battle of wills starts. At lest I win there.