Thursday, March 19, 2009

To the Provinces

Today we traveled from Montevideo to the province where we will be teaching for the first 3 months--Salto.


Salto is in northwestern Uruguay along the Uruguay River; a six hour bus ride from the capital. Salto is the second largest city in Uruguay with a population a little over 99,000; however it is considered a rural area (which is hard for me to conceptualize, considering my hometown of Shippensburg, PA has a population of less than 6,000). However, Salto does have a distinctly different atmosphere than Montevideo.

I am looking forward to experiencing both Salto and Montevideo. Hopefully I will be able to capture the essence of both rural and urban life in Uruguay.

2 comments:

  1. How will it work for your housing? Do you have to find your own accommodations and pay the rent with your Fulbright stipend or does the Fulbright team there find a place for you?

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  2. We have find our own apartment that we pay for with the stipend Fulbright gives us, however we have people here who are trying to help us find some good places.

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