Uruguay, ta

Los gallegos son famosos por su morriña y orgullo por su tierra, pero esto no es nada comparado con el amor del uruguayo por su pais. )¿sera la influencia da miña terra¿ Ayer llegue a Uruguay en buquebus, un buque inmenso que es el autóbus acuatico y forma mas economica de llegar desde Bs As. Tras una breve visita a Colonia del Sacramento, vine a Montevideo donde he seguido conociendo a parte de la familia. Y es que tengo familia en mas paises de America Latina de los que yo pensaba. Montevideo es muy chiquito, siempre comparado con las dimensiones de Buenos Aires. Los uruguayos llevan colgado del brazo, en plan implante natural un termo de agua caliente y su mate con la yerba. Se pueden tomar alrededor de 2 litros de mate al dia tranquilamente y en las aulas universitarias, por ejemplo, no tienen permitido llevar ningun tipo de bebida, pero si mate. Los uruguayos no dicen vos, no en el porcentaje argentino, dicen tu, pero el verbo se mantiene: tu sabes. Y, por supuesto, esta el ta. Que seria algo asi como nuestro vale, vale, castizo. Pero siempre puede volverse multiusos y su significado cambia en funcion del contexto tambien. Mañana voy a visítar la zona costera, espero que haga sol ya que el tiempo esta cambiando y el sabado tenemos pensado ir a Punto del Este, algo asi como la Marbella del lugar, pero tambien del resto de Sudamerica, hiperpoblada. Y es que Uruguay es la Suiza de Sudamerica, el paraiso fiscal soñado por todos los ricos de Sudamerica y el resto del globo que cuando no saben donde poner el huevo de oro, van y lo dejan donde menos preguntas les hacen. En este caso Uruguay. El casco viejo esta lleno de edificios impresionantes. Lastima que esta muy sucio y muchos estan al borde del derrumbamiento total. La dieta gira tambien en torno a la carne. A destacar el caracter mucho mas relajado de la gente en Montevideo, no tan de gran urbe como en Bs Aires.

Gallegos are famous for their homesicknesses and the proud of their land, but thats nothing compared to the love of the uruguayan for his own country. Is it the influence of the galician people that came to this country back in the 30s and 40s? I arrived to Uruguay yesterday by boat socalled buquebus, which is an acuatic bus and the cheapest way to come from Bs. Aires. After a short walk aroung Colonia del Sacramento, amazingly beautiful coast village 200 kms aways from Montevideo, I arrived to Montevideo where I kept on meeting part of the family. I have family in more countries in South America that I ever thought of. Montevideo is very small, specially compared to the big city of Bs As. Uruguayans had an extension coming out of their hands, a carrier for their hot water and a mate and the herbs +this is the typical drink in this part of the world+ They can sometimes drink up to 2ls of mate per day and at the Universitiy, they are not allowed to take any drinks into the classes apart from mate. Uruguayans donçt say vos, not at least in the percentage that argentineans do, they say tu, but they keep the verb tense for vos: tu sabes. And, of course, they use ta. It would be something like the spanish vale, vale. But this one has several uses and meanings that can change depending on the setence, etc... Tomorrow I will go for a walk by the seafront. Hopefully it will be sunny as the weather is changing. Also on Saturday we are planning to go to Punta del Este, similar to the spanish Marbellas, for SouthAmerica, as the spanish version overcrowded. Uruguay is the Southamerican Switzerland, so to speak, the dreamt paradise for people with money that just want to put it away and not to be asked many questions. If you are looking for something similar, come and visit. The old part of the city has many amazing buildings. Same that is quite dirgy and most of them need some help as are really old and in bad conditions. The main dish here is meat, of course. People in Montevideo is more chilled out that in Bs As, may have to do with the size of the city as well.