Jeff and I sat next to a stereotypical French couple (stereotypical in that they were sneering at everything and everyone around them) at breakfast. They began by criticizing the traffic which I couldn’t fault them for. Then they moved on to the hotel, the food, and the Uruguayan people. Finally, they made some disgusted comments [...]
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For the first time on this trip, I slept in. I decided to get up at 8:40. Jeff and I grabbed a quick breakfast and went for an hour and half walk along the rambla, which is the beachfront street. It seems as though everyone in Montevideo must spend half their time walking along the [...]
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I woke up around 6:30 which surprised me as Jeff and I did not get to bed until about 2 because of editing this blog. I went for a walk along the rambla, looking at the variety of architecture. For once Monica, I failed you. I did not bring the camera with me due to all [...]
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I cannot speak for Jeff, but when I woke up from my nap (I will not call that a night’s sleep) this morning I was very anxious about making our connection in Sao Paulo. Our prank from yesterday had come back to haunt us as the flight attendant handed us each customs and visa forms. [...]
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After our geographical breakfast, Jeff and I continued our research. Currently, I am working my way through “World Development Indicators 2008″ from the World Bank. Our adventureous spirits were somewhat dampened by the taxi fiasco of yesterday, so we decided to go directly to the airport rather than explore Dallas. We arrived at the airport [...]
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Well, Jeff and I sat in the baggage claim area for a couple hours blogging and dozing. Finally I decided to stretch my legs only to discover they had pulled our bags an hour ago. They had told us to come back in four hours and there were our bags after one. We laughed it [...]
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Today, Sunday marked the beginning of our expedition to Uruguay. I spent most of yesterday packing keeping careful lists of everything I put into my bag. My friends threw me a “Latin American” themed going away party where we listened to Uruguayan music. This morning went smoothly; going to campus to grab lunch before our [...]
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Here is a brief sum up of our week. Jeff and I met every day to do research. We got a good feel for the background and the context of the study. We decided on a list of questions. We read allot. We met with Monica Lyons to get gear for our trip. We met [...]
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Before this block began, Jeff and I met with President Garner a number of times to sketch out the structure and goals of our research. He gave us some reading assignments and a list of other sources he felt might be useful. In our last meeting we agreed on two outlines for the two possible [...]
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