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Uruguay Study Abroad Anonymous
My school has a bilateral exchange with a university in Montevideo, Uruguay and I am highly considering spending next fall there for studying for a semester.

By then I will have had three years of Spanish at my home university and my classes there will be all in Spanish.

I know very little about Uruguay other than that Argentinians use it as their backyard during the summer and that it seems to be skipped over by most tourists.

Anyone spend any significant time there? Will Montevideo be interesting enough to make the five months spend there not feel like a lifetime?

tl;dr: /trv/'s opinions on Montevideo & Uruguay?
>> Anonymous
Honestly, I was set on going to Uruguay next. Then, Panama took its position. Now, I'm strongly reconsidering moving to Uruguay again as a next destination, so it's held in high regard for me.
>> Anonymous
That is a fairly cool flag, I must say.
>> Anonymous
Go learn proper spanish. To Spain.
>> Anonymous
>>66605
Spain was an option for sure however the university I'd be attending in Uruguay has a very good business department and one of our current visiting professors here at my school is actually the chair of the department there so I felt like things would be much smoother going there then to some polytechnic school in Valencia Spain
>> Anonymous
Tell me where are you from and i'll tell you everything you need to know. I lived there for 1 year.
>> Anonymous
People from Montevideo speak similar to people from Buenos Aires: weird. Go somewhere else to learn spanish.
>> Anonymous
>>66607
I'm from southeastern Idaho (insert potato joke here) and have never been out of the country however the prospect of doing so does not scare me in the least.

I simply just want to know that, aside from the academics, that my time in Montevideo has the potential to be enjoyable.
>> Anonymous
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As you may know Montevideo is Uruguay's biggest town, but it is still small (like 1,3 million people) and it doesnt look like a big town to me, but you'll find every kind of thing you can thing in any big town, like cinemas, clubs, pubs, etc

>>Will Montevideo be interesting enough to make the five months spend there not feel like a lifetime?
There are no secrets. Make friends there or you will die in boredom, but i can pretty much say the same thing to any other place. If you dont make friends you gonna spend the worst 5 months of your life, but not because the city sucks, its because you gonna be alone in a place you never been before

People in Montevideo are friendly to foreign people, even more friendly if you try to speak spanish.

Its a safe place compared to other places in latin america. Pretty much safe, you can walk arround at night without having to shit bricks like in Brazil

since you're going there to study, i dont think you'll get bored and eventually you'll meet some people.

i'll post some pictures of montevideo that i took last time i went there
>> Anonymous
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by the way the city is full of old cars you may feel like you're living in 1960
>> Anonymous
>>66610
>Its a safe place compared to other places in latin america. Pretty much safe, you can walk arround at night without having to shit bricks like in Brazil
lulzy. Have you lived anywhere else in Latin America?
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tres cruces bus station, you can buy your bus or boat ticket to buenos aires here. you can also find bus tickets to the south of brazil in case you want to go there

there are few niggers in montevideo, its hard to see a nigger there. im telling you that just in case you're one of those 4channers that hate nigros. thats all folks
>> Anonymous
>>66616
no, but i also know some cities in chile, argentina and brazil very well
>> Anonymous
>>66621
What means "very well"?
>> Anonymous
>>66622
enough to not get lost lol
also, where to go, where to avoid, how to get there and where to run if someone is chasing me
>> Anonymous
>>66623
Would you live in any of the other places you listed in South America?
>> Anonymous
Lots of white people. So if you're a racist troll like I assume half the people posting on /trv/ are, you'll feel somewhat at home.
>> Anonymous
>>66625
Yea, in Argentina (Buenos Aires or Cordoba).
>> Anonymous
How many English speakers am I likely to find in Montevideo? How common are other foreigners living there?

How is the weather from Sept - Dec?

And how much does it cost to travel round trip to Buenos Aires?

Also more pictures would be great!
>> Anonymous
>>How many English speakers am I likely to find in Montevideo?
I can't answer that, because i speak spanish and i never really looked for english speakers. But if i had to look for english speakers, i'd try younger people (like students), most of older people dont speak english.

>>How common are other foreigners living there?
Not common. Most of foreign people are brazilians or argentineans. You can find some foreign people from other countries there, but as tourists.

>>And how much does it cost to travel round trip to Buenos Aires?
Buquebus is the company EVERYBODY uses to go montevideo > buenos aires. EVERYBODY. www.buquebus.com, you can check the prices at their website. they have english version.
protip: cheapest way to go mtvdo -> buenos aires is taking the buquebus BUS to colonia del sacramento and then the buquebus boat to buenos aires. 4-5hours trip.

>>Also more pictures would be great!
try this thread http://www.skyscraperlife.com/uruguay/1409-montevideo.html
>> Anonymous
montevideo? moar like mount video amirite?
>> Anonymous
OP, you should know that Spanish spoken in Urugay and Argentina is a bit different than regular Spanish: the accent is very strong and the conjugation of the second person is messed up.
>> Anonymous
I studied in Barcelona a year, easily the best year of my life. It would be hard to impossible to top which is pretty sad all things considered. The city you mentioned in Spain (Valencia) is an alright city. I stayed there for a few days when I was traveling around. I met some Turkish people in Andalusia who were living in Valencia a year and they said they loved it. As for Uruguay the accent is a little strange, and they might use vos in some parts. Then again in Valencia they speak Valenciano you could run into problems but I doubt it. The people in Catalunya seemed more hardcore about it. If money is an issue for you I'd say Uruguay, I'm not sure how the currency converts but I have a feeling it is a lot cheaper there than Spain. I am still dead broke from living with the euro for a year.
>> Anonymous
yea the accent is different but its easy to understand each other, like brit and american accent. accent wont be a problem in any country where spanish is spoken

>>I'm not sure how the currency converts but I have a feeling it is a lot cheaper there than Spain.
no doubt. uruguay is a lot more cheaper than spain. any south american country is.

>>66902
>> Anonymous
>>66891
Win bus service is win.
>> Anonymous
How's the weather during late Aug-Dec?

It's their late winter early spring right?
>> Anonymous
I am form Uruguay, where are you from? what are you studying?
>> Anonymous
i am from Uruguay, and i'll tell you that there are a few native english speakers here.
>> Anonymous
My name is Claudiom, and the truth about montevideo is that Uruguayan girls loooooooooooooove foreingers; specially if you are blond and have blue or green eyes.
I'm telling you this because i am Uruguayan and i've seen this shit.
Girls will do the impossible to try to suck your cock if you tell them you're from EEUU, and even more if you speak to them in engrlish, belive me.
>> Anonymous
OP here,

Any resources out there, documentaries, books, or websites with some good info on Montevideo and Uruguay?

I'd really love to see the country in motion. I'm just looking for more to convince me that doing this study abroad there is a good idea.
>> Anonymous
>>67172
http://www.amavericko.com/2006/12/why-uruguay.html
>> Anonymous
>>67176
Awesome! More like this would be great. I don't believe that ORT has campus housing so I'll need to find a place to live and pay for out of pocket so it's nice to know that Uruguay is not as expensive as other places. It should fit in nicely with my budget as I have a fairly low cost of living in my current place
>> Anonymous
>>67057
>specially if you are blond and have blue or green eyes.
lol