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Squeezing it all in

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 We are three months from returning home, so we are cramming all we can into our time. For Rob, that means bikes and soccer and mate and pictures of graffiti. For Sarah, that means swimming and walking and looking for treasures at the Tristan Navaja Feria on Sundays. For Marieka, that means gymnastics, swim team and friends. We are thinking: What haven't we seen? What do we need to experience? Can we sit in the sunshine more? (and...how are we going to sell these dang appliances?). My parents came down and spent Spring Break here. There is nothing better than showing people around a place you have been living...and it is a bonus if you actually like it! We went to the beach, we swam with my swim group, we checked out the Artigas Mausoleum, the Presidential Offices and Colonia. We ate pizza and pasta and bbq. It was a great visit. Since they left, it has been a whirlwind of school, swimming, soccer, gymastics and repeat. Marieka gets to attend 2 more competitions before we leave, wh...

Warning: this is mostly a travel blog today

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 We returned from the US, had about 10 days off, and headed back to school. If you know me at all, I assume you know that I like to "squeeze every minute" out of most days. So, a day after we returned, I decided we should visit a farm and stay the weekend. We saw a fabulous lightening storm as a reward. The balance of our vacation was spent driving Marieka to gymnastics practice (4 hours in the heat- this girl is amazing), going for walks and bike rides, and enjoying the bits of summer we had left. We then decided need to check out Colonia de Sacramento, an UNESCO world heritage site. At just 100 miles away, I knew we couldn't miss it, and it is so good to have a break from the day to day. Holy cow, this city was gorgeous! The weather was windy and cloudy, but still warm. Rob and I started our day with a walk to the Colonia sign, and he got to be Uruguayan with his mate and thermos in elbow: Every city of any size has one of these signs. I like the uniformity of them! We ...