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🇺🇾 Which countries we looked at before the move02.10.2026 · Which countries we looked at before moving: Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, Georgia, Armenia, Brazil, Serbia, EU/NATO. Residency: income or unipersonal. Piriápolis. → 🚀 My quail project: from an idea to the first birds02.10.2026 · How I built a cage, bought 17 quail through Mercado Libre for about $5 each and started learning to care for them in Piriápolis. → 🚀 My YouTube channel02.10.2026 · I make videos about our move, house construction, school and everyday life in Uruguay while learning filming, editing and audience work. → 🧉 Winter in Uruguay: our first one in an uninsulated concrete house01.09.2026 · Our first winter in an unfinished house near Piriápolis: 7°C indoors, a tonne of firewood for $150, a chainsaw, the rainy season, mould and two days without power. → 🏗️ What our plot and house in Uruguay cost: $121,100 so far23.08.2026 · We paid $50,000 for a 1,000 m² plot, $40,000 for the house shell and $6,000 in BPS so far. Our itemised minimum total is $121,100. → 🇺🇾 How we ordered Ukrainian criminal records and apostilles remotely01.08.2026 · How our family obtained Ukrainian criminal records and apostilles by mail while living in Switzerland: about two months and $700 for five people. → 🇺🇾 Which country to move to in 2026: why we chose Uruguay01.08.2026 · How our family chose a country for a second move: Europe, the Balkans, Georgia, Asia and the US. Why the options fell away and we stayed in Uruguay. → 🏥 Healthcare in Uruguay: the clinic we chose and why01.08.2026 · Our experience with healthcare in Uruguay: free ASSE first, then Asistencial Médico. A four-month ENT wait, about $200 a month for four, and roughly $10 per appointment. → 🇺🇾 How we flew a pug from Switzerland to Uruguay01.07.2026 · Our pug could not fly in cargo. The cabin limit was about 8 kg with the carrier; she was almost 10 kg. Our case covers weight loss, vaccinations and travel papers. → 🇺🇾 What papers we prepared for the move to Uruguay01.07.2026 · For Uruguay we needed Ukrainian documents with apostilles and Swiss criminal records. Friends mailed the papers; the package cost about $700 for five people. →