CARNAVAL URUGUAY OFFERS A BLEND OF TRADITIONAL FESTIVITIES ON A SOUL-NOURISHING TRIP.(TRAVEL)

Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) | March 14, 1999 | Copyright

Byline: LINDA TRISCHITTA Staff writer

Eucalyptus trees and jasmine vines perfume the daytime air of Uruguay, until the cool and sweet scents are overtaken by the smell of burning pine, fuel for the evening barbecue ritual in a country where grass-fed beef is exported to Argentina and costs less than chicken in the supermarkets.

The Monday before Ash Wednesday, our route winds north along Route 3 and Rio Uruguay to the Salto province to visit my hosts' relatives and soak in roadside hot springs at sunset. After bathing we drive into the capital city of the ...

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