https://calderescapes.com The Calder's Global Travels Mon, 05 Sep 2022 11:41:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://calderescapes.com/wpcms/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-ce-site-icon-32x32.png https://calderescapes.com 32 32 https://calderescapes.com/posts/final-days-in-uruguay/ Sat, 04 Jan 2020 15:17:53 +0000 http://calderescapes.com/?p=34143   January 4, 2020 After leaving Cristian’s we went to the big supermarket, stocked up and got plenty of sunlight for our solar panels to recharge the house batteries.  Our next stop was to get propane but, the travel gods were on vacation and the place had none!  Alexis told us to return midday on […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/vegas-vacay-xmas-with-the-grandkids-urg/ Sat, 14 Dec 2019 15:13:49 +0000 http://calderescapes.com/?p=34072   December 14th, 2019 Part One: Las Vegas, Nevada We were up before the sun on Saturday morning and tried to use Uber to get to the airport but had no luck.  Fortunately, Cristian had given us a taxi driver’s number and he showed up quickly and we made it to the airport before 5:30.  […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/uruguayan-beach-time/ Sun, 24 Nov 2019 15:31:00 +0000 http://calderescapes.com/?p=33965   November 24th, 2019 We left Cristian’s seaside camp on this Sunday morning and hit a large grocery store for supplies.  (Note: today is Uruguay’s runoff election day so no alcohol buying was allowed.) We made our way eastward along the Atlantic Coast stopping first at Piriapolis – a small seaside city that caters to […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/on-to-montevideo-urg/ Sun, 17 Nov 2019 22:07:46 +0000 http://calderescapes.com/?p=33727   November 17th, 2019 We drove from Fray Bentos inland through Mercedes (where we stopped at a gas station for a hot shower – aaaah that felt so good!) and then moved on to Carmelo on the coast – still on a river not the ocean but now we are on the Rio de la […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/entering-uruguay/ Thu, 14 Nov 2019 12:49:49 +0000 http://calderescapes.com/?p=33720   November 14th,  2019   Uruguay is often referred to as the “Switzerland of South America”.  Its most popular former president, Jose Mujica was modest, confident, progressive and totally laidback – like the people of this land – considered one of the most liberal in the world.  The country has rolling hills and surfing beaches […]]]>