Aren't these flowers, which are in season here in Uruguay, beautiful? A lovely present from El Torero. ¿But wait, aren´t calla lillies spring flowers, prevalent around Easter? As most of you fully know but may not realize, the seasons in the Southern Hemisphere are the opposite of those experienced in the North. So, while you are preparing for the fall hues of yellow, orange, and red, we´re witnessing the reappearance of white, yellow, and fushia tree blossoms and tiny green leaves. And by January, we´ll be walking around in shorts and short sleeved shirts on the beaches, eating locally grown peaches, having barbecues and enjoying the heat of summer. We´re effectively skipping winter 2006.
October 1st marked the beginning of Spring for us and as the tradition goes we have "sprung forward" one hour. For all our friends in California, we are now five hours ahead; 2 hours ahead of the east coast folk. (As of October 29th, we will be six hours ahead of you west coasters because you will be going off standard time (falling back an hour), which will make calling us a little more tricky...
Did you all know we have a U.S. phone number? If you do not have it and would like to call us, just drop me an email and I will pass on the phone number. Technology is amazing. It is a local L.A. number, so for those of you with free weekend minutes you can call us 100% gratis! And it´s only $10 a month on our side for unlimited calls!!
To celebrate the first day of Spring we were invited to have lunch with a group of expats who live here in Uruguay. A fantastic group of people! We are happy to meet more people who are enjoying Uruguay as much as we are. Most have blogs about living here in Montevideo, and of course their information and experiences have been helpful to us. You can check out their links from our website.
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2 Comments:
Skipping Winter!!! Where do I sign up for this? Good to hear that you are being busy social bee's. I hope the old man is getting some work done. I really like the flowers. I bet they smell wonderful!
You have a great blog, I have read it all so far. My wife and I are interested in relocating to Uruguay and your site has been interesting to read. I would like to invite you, your husband, and your readers to the forums set up for Americans living in Uruguay and others interested in Uruguay. I think your advice, insight and experience would be beneficial to other members. You can visit it here: http://www.sociedadsouthron.net/forums/
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