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| Meet for cocktails Atlantica Bar, Pocitos on the Ramblar 3-4 blocks east of Avenue Brazil every other Friday night 7 PM till ? (Beginning 11/20).An informal get together for Expats and Uruguayans, you buy your own, good food, outdoor deck, great views. |
| "new expat meeting?"
Hi Robert, This is an interesting proposal, did you come up with it or is it an idea of Atlantico bar? I'd be interested to know how this goes for you as the Sunday Expat Lunches are very popular these days with 30 or so people from all over the world meeting there to exchange stories and chat in English. Have you ever gone to those meetings? Keep us informed! :) |
| "Uruguay is NOT Costa Rica"
Thank you for the information about your meeting for cocktails on Friday. I do have a little bit of a critique of your post though.Unlike, some places in the world (for example, Costa Rica), Montevideo does NOT have a problem with street names or street numbers. I think when promoting an event it would be a good idea to give complete and correct information so that no one finds it frustrating to find. I think trying to explain "3 or 4 blocks east of Av Brasil" would be a chore in a taxi. However, if you said (or wrote down) you wanted "Rambla Rep. del Perú 1105 esq. Guayaquí" you would be dropped off at the door without a second thought. I also find my sense of direction to be quite poor in Montevideo, so "east" is not often helpful. But with a street number, one can readily see if they are walking in the right direction. Just remember blocked are numbered in 50s, not 100s as is usual in the USA. Additionally, the name is Atlantico. Not Atlantica, and their phone number is: 709-7511. I don't find the good anything to write home about, except you get a lot of it. The view from their patio area though is nearly unbeatable. Enjoy. |
| "Another Opportunity"
Relax, Elaine! Creating a new opportunity for expats and Uruguayans to get together isn't making a critical statement about the Sunday lunches. A variety of offerings, at different times and places, is a good thing; people can choose the one(s) that suit their own schedules, budgets, and interests. There are a number of English-speaking groups meeting regularly in Montevideo, each with its own "personality". Thanks for the additional info, Linda. The more info, the better. I hope Robert comes back and posts more too. |
| "Expat meetings"
It's great to have lots of various meetings and activities for expats (and others). What isn't so great is when:1) People cause ongoing confusion by intentionally scheduling one meeting at the same time as another. 2) People change a meeting and don't update information on the web. The result being that people go to a meeting that isn't where/when they expected and then start to lose faith in any of the information on the web about any of the meetings. For example on one site you have to PAY to announce a meeting seems to still be promoting an expat meeting here with information that is a year or so out of date! I am happy to setup a section totaluruguay, like the section for the Sunday expat meetings for any other meetings that would not present that type of confusion and the organizer would agree to keep the information updated. |
| "Expat"
Lee, Sounds good. There are 4-5 regular meetings Atlantica, Punta del Este, Southron's, Glenn's and now Doug's and mine. We need a place to find a calendar of events. Linda, Thanks for the address. I forget that everyone does not know Pocitos. Elaine, I love Glenn's Sunday meetings at Fellini's. We have met all of our Uruguay friends there. |
| "Meetings"
I will email you and Doug later today or tomorrow with a link where you can edit a page here with info about your meeting. There is already a page here about the Atlantida meeting and in the works for the Punta del Este Meeting. I'll setup a better index for all the meetings.Southron's will never be presented here as it was started with a schedule that conflicted with the Sunday expat meetings I started (some would say it was started as an attempt to hijack the Sunday meetings I started). That generated a tremendous amount of confusion, some of which still occurs still. |
| "Language Exchange at Bar Atlántico in Pocitos"
We're having informal social meetings on Friday evenings (EVERY TWO WEEKS) in Pocitos in Montevideo. We meet from 6:30 PM at the Bar Atlántico on La Rambla (corner of Guayaquí) in Pocitos. No reservations are necessary and there is no agenda. It's just an opportunity for Native Speakers of English and Spanish (and other languages) to meet and chat informally. Even if your Spanish is more a project than a reality, it's still an opportunity to meet Uruguayans (of all ages, but predominantly younger students and professionals) who are trying to learn English. You'll make some new friends and potentially learn a lot...about Spanish, and about some of life's opportunities here in Uruguay.So, come meet and mingle with some new friends! NEXT GATHERING IS NOVEMBER 20th (FRIDAY evening) from 6:30PM. For questions, contact Doug Heller. |
| "More color on the Bar Atlántico in Pocitos"
The Bar Atlántico, for those who don't know it, is a family-friendly café overlooking the Rambla in the Pocitos neighborhood of Montevideo. (4 blocks from the corner of Avenida Brasil and La Rambla...if that helps fix its location.) They have tables with crisp new green umbrellas outside surrounding the café, and inside there is a front area with wide plate glass (to see the beach) usually peopled by señoras having cakes and tea most afternoons. They also have a semi-private area to the back and the side which is made up like an open living room with white sofas and stuffed chairs. All the furniture in this "Living" section can be turned to create a private circle to talk...and this is the area they are circling off for us there.As far as food and drink~it's a la carte; you pay for what you order, and they have a full complement of café-oriented foods, including sweets, mini-pizzas, sandwiches, picadas, etc. In fact, they have a full kitchen so you can dine comfortably before, during or after the Language Exchange. The bar offers the same wide range of choices including coffee, beer, wine, sangría, soft drinks, mixed drinks...the usual. Hope to see you stop by sometime. It's a bi-weekly, Friday evening gathering, and open to all without reservations. |
| "new language exchange"
Shirley it wasn't my intention to be critical in the slightest, the exact opposite in fact, but I guess thats the downfall of textual conversation, things can be misinterpreted :(I think this new meeting is a really great idea...especially as that venue and that time may be more likely to interest a younger crowd and it can be hard to meet young people in Montevideo sometimes. I mentioned the Sunday meetings as it might be a good idea to spread the word at those meetings and therefore get more people interested, thats all. I also see from Doug's posts that it will double as a language exchange night which is fantastic! It can be hard to find places to practice beginners Spanish, but if the Spanish speakers also want to practice their English then they'll probably be very patient :) Best of luck, I hope this one really takes off, god knows we all could do with a little Spanish practise! |
| "Why we set up these language exchange gatherings"
Elaine, The reasons we set up this twice-a-month gathering was to create an event where both English and Spanish-speaking residents could meet. We teach Spanish to English-speakers, and one of the biggest challenges is for students to have an opportunity in the real world to practice (and interiorize) what they are learning. It's like swimming in the shallow end of the pool for awhile, because beginning and intermediate students/speakers of both languages can get their legs under them in a real-life, but still somewhat 'supervised' environment.Apart from that, we hope it will be a great way to break into the social circles of our new Uruguayan friends. This way we'll have a time and place to meet regularly. Just coordinating a time that works for everyone is perhaps the biggest challenge. I love going to the Sunday English-speakers lunches, and this is just another option that was scheduled specifically to NOT conflict with the Sunday lunches. Sunday is also a time that is typically a 'family day' for Uruguayans, whereas an informal after-hours format on Friday evenings sounded like a good fit for them. |
| "Thanks to everyone!"
All is well, Elaine! Thanks for taking the time to clarify for me!Good to have more details about the new Friday night gathering. Thanks, Robert and Doug. A great idea, Glen, to have a space for people to post about their gatherings. Thanks for offering. I know of at least four other groups besides the Sunday lunch, the bi-monthly Thursday gathering, and the new one every other Friday. (I'm sure there are still others that I don't know about.) If they are looking for a place to announce current information about their meetings, I'll send them your way.... See you all soon (one place or another!). |
Comment #1211/17/09 05:56Rural east Colonia departmento | "Excellent plan"
I applaud Doug for his plan to set up mixed language gatherings... though I live a bit far away to attend myself now that the gov has cracked down on driving after drinking. During the boom times when millions of Brits moved to France and Spain there was a horrid tendency for them to associate only with their fellow countrymen, shop only in supermarkets, use only their fellow countrymen for building works and generally form their own little ghettos rather than to get involved with locals so 3 cheers for Doug.As to street names... across the ROU there are quite large numbers of streets called "17 meters" which puzzled me until I realised that these are streets which have yet to be named and the 17 meters refers to their width... doh :-) |
| "Thanks to everyone for coming to "Language Exchange" Get-Together"
Thanks to everyone who came to last night's "Language Exchange" Get-Together at the Bar Atlántico on the Rambla (corner of Guayaquí) in Montevideo. We had about 50 or so stop in to chat in English and in Spanish, and most we heard from enjoyed the evening. We started at 6:30PM and, given the early success, we're going to continue celebrating these get-togethers every other Friday. (Next meeting will be Friday, December 4th.) Many Uruguayan friends who couldn't come, or hoped to come have said they will be attending as we go forward.We'd love to hear any comments here about the meeting, the venue, etc. What did you like or not like? What could we do different or better? Most of all...thanks to everyone who came by! Muchísismas gracias!! Doug Heller |
| "Language Exchange at COSTA AZUL DEC 4th"
Hi! We've had a forced change of plans for the LANGUAGE EXCHANGE MEETING FOR THIS FRIDAY (TOMORROW) THE 4TH OF DECEMBER.We'll be meeting at the cafe COSTA AZUL at Tomas Diago 843 (corner of calle Scoseria) in Pocitos. Scoseria runs parallel to Avenida Brazil, one block toward 21 Septiembre. Tomas Diago runs parallel to Benito Blanco only two blocks up (going away from Pocitos Beach). There is a bus stop at the corner of Roque Graseras (one block up from Benito Blanco) and Avenida Brasil. Otherwise we'll be meeting at the same time: 6:30PM until 9:30PM. The Costa Azul is a family friendly cafe offering both food and drink. No consumption is required. No reservation is required. For questions/messages, etc. Call 098-928-250. Hope to see you there! Doug Heller P.S. And don't forget the Sunday lunches at the restaurante Fellini on the corner of Benito Blanco and Marti. 1PM. |
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