At least that is was Guido told me. This is where he plans to live in three years. That’s right, you heard right, he wants to move to Uruguay for an early retirement. I know that people like a change of scenery and climate from time to time, but damn. Really? Uruguay? Really! At first I thought it was a joke, but he was serious.
If you’re wondering, “Where the hell is Uruguay?” then like me you are a normal byproduct of the American educational system. I had to Google it. Its a little country on the southeastern coast of South America, wedged between the bottom of Brazil and the side of Argentina. Just to give you perspective, its closer to freaking Antarctica than it is to the United States. Are you completely D-ranged?
That was my initial reaction. But then he started to tell me why he's actually contemplating moving half way around the globe. As Guido told me about his Rosetta Stone software for learning Spanish, the culture, the climate, the lifestyle; I began to catch myself thinking, “Hey why the hell not Uruguay?” In fact, by the the end of our conversation I was actually starting to think this might not be a half bad idea for me and the blonde chick.
Amy always wanted to retire on the beach in Mexico. Things are getting a little dicey in Mexico these days, especially for gringos. This would accomplish the retire on the beach gig, without the threat of having your head randomly cut off.
Now, I find myself daydreaming about what life would be like in sleepy Uruguay. I may just have to visit there sometime. After all, it only costs $1000 round trip.
