Well, nothing much has happened yet, but I figured I should at least make a post to tell everyone we arrived safely with all the luggage, and to let people know they're looking at the right blog.
So far we have walked the streets of Montevideo a few times to get aquainted with the neighborhood, eaten amazing food and desserts (some of which I was a little too sick to try), and settled in.
I learned two very important things at the grocery store today. One is that you can get a half kilo of delicious dulce de leche for only 20 pesos (about a dollar), and two is that they don't really care about centesimos (cents). I gave the cashier 210 pesos to pay for my 208.55 peso bill, and she gave me back 1.50 pesos. That means that I saved a quarter of a penny, or U$D 0.0025! If I keep saving like this, the trip will pay for itself in 2,400,000 days (2.400.000 dias).
Yeah, your stomach is not going to feel much better if you eat a half kilo of dulce de leche! And it's quite common for Latin American countries to round the cents thing. That happened all the time in Brazil, especially because the price of something might be R$20.13, but the smallest coin is R$.05. Keep saving those centisimos!! Now you know why they're called centisimos. :) Glad you're having a good time, and we miss you!
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