Feb. 19 – Uruguay
Day 202 – It was a week of sickness. Orlando’s immediate family (Lyndell, Dito, & Arianna) unluckily got colds from the plane flight. Arianna was out of commission for two days with a fever, right after they arrived in the city. Dito and Lyndell got the cold a few days later. On top of that Jason and I had a sinus cold that we got right before we left Chile – the first time we’ve been sick since leaving the States. So, overall, we took it pretty easy. Though I think the Brookhouse-Gil family must have been mermaids in their past lives, because we spent almost everyday in the water, and enjoyed every bit!
To get a respite from the hot summer air we went to a quarry which is filled by a natural spring. It was outside of Carmelo, located on a 77 hectors (roughly 140 acres) property, with a farm house that was for sale. We all day-dreamed of buying the land and talked about everything that we could create on it. The surrounding area was all grass fields and vineyards; along the rockcliff edge were some young trees that ruffled in the breeze amid long, wild grass. The water was refreshing and clean, a nice break from the salty ocean agua. The daring people among us climbed up on a tree and jumped into the water. That night Lyndell cooked us up some excellent pasta and homemade sauce. There is a lot of Italian food here, since 30% of the heritage is Italian; but the average meal in Uruguay is based around meat and bbq’s (asado in Spanish) and is the traditional favorite. For an asado they burn firewood on one side of the bbq platform, and when the coals are hot and ready they push them over to the other side, right under the grill. As the coals get colder they feed more fresh coals from the constantly burning fire under the grill. The meats are mainly hamburger, hot dogs, sausages, ribs, intestines…. everything. Spanish food is also popular since that is another 30% of the heritage, and Spanish tortillas are very common.
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Hope everyone is feeling better now. We’ve missed hearing from you.
Mmmm… Tortilla española… Si ustedes van a visitar Sevilla, España. Buscan la familia de Alfredo Rosa. Se vive cerca del Centro, sobre el restorante El Rey De Los Caracoles. Mmmm… Caracoles… aaaahhh…