A Bit of Our Neighborhood

This picture was taken while driving down...or up...the Rambla, the street that runs along the beach from our neighborhood into Montevideo. I think it's 13 or so miles long, and on nice days, especially come summertime we hear, the wide sidewalk is just filled with people walking, biking, jogging, just enjoying the outdoors. There are fresh fish markets, and little restaurants along it, too. We haven't walked it much, yet, since it's been chilly overall, but it sure is pretty! Z drives it to work everyday, and on nice days says everyone drives soooo slowly because they're all enjoying the view. Rainy days, not so much.

Here's the Montevideo temple. It's right next door to our church meetinghouse. We haven't been yet, hopefully soon! We just need to get a sitter...

This last photo is taken on the way back from our little grocery store that's a couple of blocks from our house. The cool looking building waaaay in the back is the top of our neighborhood casino. It looked pretty neat in the fog, but the picture doesn't quite portray it right. Just imagine it closer up, and mistier. In the left of the photo there's a little white hut-thing. That's a security stand, they're peppered throughout Carrasco (the area we live in). We actually have one right across the street from us. It gives me incentive to be up and dressed earlier than usual (the dressed part, I'm up early enough thanks to two small people, but pjs serve me well) and have our front blinds open so he doesn't think I'm a lazy American. Is that weird? Good, I didn't think so...