tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36371388675634659712024-03-20T04:36:13.804-03:00Buenos Aires NowThis blog is all about our "other" life in Buenos Aires and our travels around South America. We find this a great vehicle for keeping in touch with all our friends and also provide readers with ideas for things to do and see while in Buenos Aires, Argentina and any other countries in South America that we have had the privilege of visiting.Escape from Cape Cod's Winterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846410597236823450noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3637138867563465971.post-20485530620642638782011-02-21T11:44:00.000-03:002011-02-21T11:44:03.115-03:00Back in BAHi All,<br />
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Arrived here a couple of weeks ago and have been catching up with old friends, meeting new ones and spending a lot of time checking out our favorite restaurants. No surprise there! The trip down was uneventful. Fortunately for us the storms in the Northeast left us a window and we did not get stuck in Washington DC (our worst case scenario) as we made our way south. <br />
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We have a great new apartment for this year, much better for entertaining, as well as daily living. Barbara and I are not sure if we will continue blogging this year as we have pretty much taken pictures of everything that interests us, and how many more pictures of us in restaurants do you really want to see?<br />
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So this may be the last post for the year....Hope you all have a great rest of the winter/spring.<br />
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Chau for now!Escape from Cape Cod's Winterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846410597236823450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3637138867563465971.post-85615437311585027342010-09-12T13:20:00.000-03:002010-09-12T13:20:43.612-03:00Returning to Buenos Aires in JanuaryIt's been a great summer here on Cape Cod, and now as "Fall" begins to surface our thoughts of returning to Buenos Aires are beginning to surface. See you there soon. We'll keep you posted.Escape from Cape Cod's Winterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846410597236823450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3637138867563465971.post-11123848376422709442010-05-09T09:40:00.001-03:002010-05-10T12:13:59.411-03:00Fuerza Bruta“Fuerza Bruta” (translation...Brute Force) – On tour in London, NYC, Rio. Back in Buenos Aires for a limited engagement. It's Cirque de Soleil on steroids. It's heart pounding...mind blowing. <br />
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We go with Kirk and Genaro...<br />
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and have no idea what to expect as we walk into a large dark space – black curtains, black walls, high ceiling, strobe lights, fog, aerial cables, 2 platforms stacked high for DJs, and Latin techno music that increases in intensity as it gets louder and louder. Over the next 20 minutes, perhaps another 3,000 people (mostly young) join us. Wall to wall people. No seating...standing room only...waiting, looking up.<br />
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Blue lights, red lights...more fog...the tension of anticipation. And then the “show” begins. I can hardly describe the next 90+ minutes. All I know is that it's a continuous assault on the senses...and is best shown through the videos that David took and that make up most of the rest of this blog entry.<br />
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A man on a treadmill running for his life through mist and fog, a "brick" wall and a tunnel of wind...<br />
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women in tutus directly above my head doing wild acrobatics while swinging from aerial cables against a pulsating mylar wall...<br />
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people in business suits suspended from cables, running, climbing a staircase, stepping into space...all the while, the music is blasting...<br />
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an Amadeus-lookalike DJ who's wildly playing music that increases in intensity as gusts of wind, confetti and a watery mist simultaneously waft in waves over our heads...my entire body is vibrating from the raw power of the amplifiers and speakers...<br />
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and then the crowd all around us begins to break into spontaneous dance, even as buckets of water pour from the ceiling, soaking those just a few feet from us...and still the intensity heightens...<br />
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It's crazy!!! My entire body is pounding and, for the first time in my recent adult life, I feel like I know what it must be like to experience the energy and intensity of today's discos! And I feel kind of old...ughhh.<br />
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It's exhilarating and overwhelming in a way I've never before experienced and will never forget! <br />
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When the show ends at 1:00 a.m. we leave, though it appears that most of the crowd stay to dance for who knows how many more hours! We are so wired that we all go for coffee and don't say good night until 3:00. Don't go to sleep till after 4:00 cause by then the caffeine has kicked in!<br />
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David says it's the best thing he's done since he's been here!<br />
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And that, my friends, is how this year's blog ends. We arrive home on May 12th and will not be blogging again until next January when we return. We had a great time with old friends, new friends, and those who came for a visit, and thank all of you at home for following our adventures and staying in touch.Escape from Cape Cod's Winterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846410597236823450noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3637138867563465971.post-4167937052605860632010-05-07T17:58:00.002-03:002010-05-07T18:05:27.907-03:00The Home Stretch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>With just one week to go, there are still things to do...like going to the Palacio Errazuriz; aka the National Museum of Decorative Arts. We've passed by, had lunch in the courtyard, but never taken a tour...until now. The only early 20th century French styled mansion in BA regularly open to the public, it's elegant and beautifully crafted.<br />
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Original furnishings are on display, as are 15th to 18th century tapestries, sculpture by Rodin, and paintings by Corot, El Greco, Fragonard, and Manet, all collected by Chilean diplomat Matias Errazuriz and his Argentine wife, both of whom lived in the palace after its completion in 1911 until 1937, when it was donated to the state by the family.<br />
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Unfortunately, after taking just one photo in the reception area, we are told that no picture-taking is allowed...que lastima (what a shame).<br />
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Two nights later, we go to a “closed door” restaurant or, as the guide books refer to it, a salon for food and conversation. No mention of the address, no sign announcing its existence on the side of the building, the only way you'd know about it is by word of mouth. Reservations are necessary, and a mix of languages (in our case, English and Spanish) is a given.<br />
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The “restaurant” is actually the living and dining rooms of a private apartment, and the chef is also the apartment owner. The feel is casual but very dinner party-ish; a maximum of 12 individuals can attend, as there are only 2 communal tables, one seating 8 guests and another for 4. <br />
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The menu constantly changes...and is often thematic. In our case, it is duck and chocolate. Every meal is different, and every meal can be combined with a 5-wine tasting menu (one for every course). We go with our friend Michael, sans his wife Bettye, who is visiting family in San Fran (we miss you, Bettye!!).<br />
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We meet some really interesting people, including Natalie (to my right) and her husband Cesar (who's not in the photo), and Yuki, Akiko, and Phillip.<br />
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A few days later, friends Lynne and Joe come from the states for a week long vacation. We haven't seen them for 5+ years, so there's lots and lots of catching up to do. We spend the day walking around the Recoleta, including a “”tour” of the cemetery, of course...<br />
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and the following evening, we have a 3 ½ hour dinner at the Evita Museum Restaurant and slowly polish off a bottle of Malbec and 2 bottles of champagne...<br />
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Not surprisingly, getting up the next morning is slightly more difficult than usual! But we have to rally, because that evening we're off to our friend Michael's Cinco de Mayo party, where there are lots of new people to meet, pitchers of margaritas, and a buffet with great home made food. Due to an overdose of booze the night before we forget to bring our camera, so no incriminating photos!<br />
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When Thursday rolls around, we take it slow in the morning and start to focus on packing or, more to the point, throwing away paper and sorting clothing into 2 piles...what we leave with friends and what we bring home.<br />
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Fortunately, by mid-afternoon, Kirk saves us by suggesting we go to buy tickets for a Friday night performance of “Fuerza Bruta”. We don't know anything about it, but because we think it's something like Cirque de Soleil, and it's literally a 10 minute walk from our apartment, we decide to go and buy tickets at the Recoleta Cultural Center.<br />
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When we get to the Cultural Center, we're surprised to find a labyrinth of giant “plastic art” posters and realize it's the 2nd Biennial Borges-Kafka Festival, and Buenos Aires is the host city. <br />
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Organized by the International Foundation Jorge Luis Borges, in collaboration with the Center Franza Kafka in Prague, the intent (as I understand it) is to encourage new generations of readers to explore the similarities in the writings of both authors. That being said, we are fascinated by the art...perhaps 20 of these posters, one more surreal than the next.<br />
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Once we make it to the ticket booth, we buy tickets for the 11:30 p.m. show (what are we thinking??) and then head home, via outdoor space with street art (which changes every so often).....<br />
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and restaurants on one side with open air dining on the other. As we pass the Kosher Sushi restaurant, where they are simultaneously blessing the sushi and preparing tray after tray of the stuff, David feels a photo op coming on and the guys inside are more than happy to be in the picture.<br />
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And then there are the kioskos (one on almost every corner) where you can buy all sorts of candy. <br />
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But the best is this sign in a restaurant window...<br />
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which I think is a message to us until....<br />
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David and Kirk see a “Pancheria” stand where they buy foot long hot dogs. They both claim it is their first ever in Buenos Aires ( I suspect not)!<br />
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We have one more blog in us before we leave here, so stay tuned.Escape from Cape Cod's Winterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846410597236823450noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3637138867563465971.post-70991121950591208242010-04-28T19:26:00.000-03:002010-04-28T19:26:09.258-03:00A Day Away: La PlataWith only a little more than 2 weeks before we leave Buenos Aires and head home, there are still things to do, people to see, and decisions about what to pack and what to leave behind...yes, we are coming back again and already have our return ticket for mid-January 2011.<br />
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And as much as we love the city, we think it will be really nice to get away for the day. So on Saturday, we catch a bus that takes us to La Plata, a city with a population of more than 700,000 and 60 kilometers southeast of Buenos Aires. My friend Lilian, who I met last year when we were both taking painting lessons, and her boyfriend Fernando, who lives in La Plata, have invited us to spend the day with them. Because they have a car and know the city well, we see so much more than if we were going there on our own.<br />
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Founded in 1882, La Plata is known for its parks, cultural centers, theaters and opera house, university complexes, beautiful old government buildings...<br />
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and especially for its Natural History Museum and Cathedral. Our first stop is the museum, which is flanked by life-sized saber tooth tiger statues guarding the entrance.<br />
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The museum, renowned for its collection of large fossilized mammals, was built between 1884 and 1888 (pre-electricity), and designed to maximize natural light. There are 23 rooms and glass ceilings everywhere, so light floods in. From the main entrance hall, surrounded by paintings of animals of the country, some now extinct...<br />
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we are delighted by dinosaurs that once roamed Argentina, and especially Patagonia, which is rich in dinosaur fossils...<br />
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whale jawbones and giant sea turtles found in the continent's coastal waters and oceans...<br />
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mummies (part of the only collection of Egyptian artifacts on the continent)...<br />
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and everyone's favorite, glyptodotes, huge predecessors of armadillos.<br />
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and then to the Cathedral de la Plata, the largest church in Argentina. Its architecture is neo-Gothic, complete with flying buttresses, 2 spires, 6 turrets, 200 pinnacles, and 800 needles.<br />
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Its towers rise to 367 feet...<br />
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the colors of the 37 stained glass windows are fabulous...<br />
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the soaring arches and carved wood choir seats are magnificent...<br />
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and it took over a century (1884-1999) to build. We have a wonderful time, and we are very fortunate to have had Lilian and Fernando to show us their city.Escape from Cape Cod's Winterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846410597236823450noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3637138867563465971.post-8774514597558381722010-04-26T19:53:00.000-03:002010-04-26T19:53:55.936-03:00Little SurprisesIt's fall here and the days and evenings are getting cooler. David and I realize we've got to get jackets, or something to keep us warm, so we go to Calle Florida, BA's pedestrian-only shopping mecca. Though we don't find anything to buy, we do notice a rather unremarkable mini-mall with a banner that reads “Galeria Guemes” and decide to go in.<br />
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We are caught off guard when we quickly realize it's not the shops but the architectural detail that makes this so remarkable. The interior is a mix of Art Nouveau, Gothic and neoclassical, and we're astounded by what we see.<br />
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It's only later that we learn its history...for almost 75 years, the building was allowed to deteriorate. Then, in 2005, it went through major restorations; the 2 glass domes, once covered with concrete, were restored...<br />
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layers of varnish were removed from the Italian marble...<br />
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and the bronze bas-reliefs over each elevator bank were polished.<br />
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We give up shopping and decide to head home, which is about a 30 minute walk. On the way, we wander into the Hotel Panamericano lobby in search of restrooms, only to find another unexpected photo op...a vast expanse of black and white marble flooring, gold leaf mirrors and art deco lounges.<br />
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Not surprisingly, after all this eye candy, it's the giant sign, maybe 6 stories high, on the Avenida de Mayo, the widest and most traveled street in the city (16 lanes), that predictably makes me roll my eyes and shake my head. There, big enough for everyone to see, is “Rey Charlie Sheen” (King of Comedy). Go figure!!<br />
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We've been here 3 months, and it's time I have my hair cut...the first time ever while in BA. I make an appointment with Gaston, who's come highly recommended, but when I get to the saloon on the appointed day, I'm told that his brother Mauro is the only cutter available. Ugh!<br />
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OK...so the good news is he speaks some English and says he understands that all I want is a trim...keep the length, snip the ends. The not-so-good news...Mauro, who I now refer to as Edward Scissorhands, decides I need an updated hairdo and, before I know it, 2+ inches of my hair is on the floor. I'm initially skeptical about the cut, but it's ultimately proven to be one the best I've ever had. Nice job Mauro!<br />
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And, not only does Mauro cut my hair, but he also “suggests” I “invest” in a good hairdryer, so I go to buy one. The shopkeeper has difficulty answering my questions (she speaks no English), so she starts canvasing customers to see who speaks both Spanish and English. No one...until Silvia walks in, proceeds to translate, and we spend the next 20 minutes or so chatting away.<br />
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We form an instant connection and find we relate on so many levels...it's like we've known each other for years. Since our first meeting, we've met for coffee...which in Argentina means sitting and talking for hours (in this case, 4 hours)...<br />
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and together shared the ultimate splurge...high tea at L'Orangerie at the Alvear Palace Hotel...<br />
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the Argentinian equivalent of tea at the Ritz.<br />
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David and I, and any of our friends who want to join us, also start the “tours and museum circuit”...tours we've always meant to take; museums we've heard a lot about. Together with Kirk and Jim, we go to the Museo de Armas de la Nacion, which houses a sizable collection of arms, including rifles and machine guns...<br />
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gas masks for people, dogs and horses,<br />
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cannons,<br />
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dueling guns and David's favorite...a procedure manual for conducting a duel!<br />
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You name it, it's there...not to mention the requisite bust of General San Martin, the Liberator, whose face can be found most everywhere in the city!<br />
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So many guns, so little time!<br />
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Next day, a bunch of us tour the Palacio Paz...<br />
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a former private residence and the largest in the city.<br />
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It was designed and built between 1902 and 1914 for Jose Paz, founder of the Argentine daily newspaper La Prensa. The conservative paper was at one time ranked among the most widely circulated dailies in Argentina; however, it declined in popularity due to competition and the election of populist leader Juan Peron. <br />
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It is said that Paz, whose dream it was to become President of Argentina, built this palace to serve as the presidential residency. Unfortunately for him, he died 2 years before the palace was completed. Fortunately for us, much of the palace is now open to the public.<br />
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Room after grand room...<br />
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the reception salon...<br />
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the ballroom...<br />
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the gardens.<br />
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Interestingly, a section of the palace currently houses the Circulo Militar, an army officer's club...and because of Argentina's troubling past and the connection with the military, many Argentines have never gone near the palace, though its size, grandeur and central location within the city cannot be missed.<br />
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Next day, David and friend Michael take the bus to the Club de Pescadores for lunch. A building of historic significance on a pier overlooking the Rio de la Plata, it was built in 1937 and declared a national monument some years ago.<br />
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That brings you up to date. Stay tuned for our next outing, when we head out of town to the city to La Plata.Escape from Cape Cod's Winterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846410597236823450noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3637138867563465971.post-324496131440448992010-04-08T23:42:00.000-03:002010-04-08T23:42:47.397-03:00Fall is in the AirThe weather is still beautiful...but we're starting to see the first signs of fall. The leaves are beginning to turn, the days are getting shorter (it's dark around 7:15), and the temps are more likely in the 60's and 70's than high 80's, which is OK by us. And, overnight, white slacks are out...sweaters and jackets are in.<br />
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We have an early afternoon brunch at the Faena Hotel's outdoor garden with Matina and Steve, who are leaving to go back to the states. <br />
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And, as April progresses, we'll see more and more of our friends leave...Julie and Bob have already left, our personal trainer, Yamil, is moving to Brazil, <br />
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a bunch of us have a good-bye lunch for Kevin...<br />
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and, next week, Rick leaves too.<br />
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So, you ask, what will we do for fun? Well, for one thing, we've decided to take our dentist's advice and get fitted for night guards (though I think when she suggested it, she meant we should get them through her). But the price is right here (a fifth of what we'd pay at home) and when we ask our friends if anyone can recommend a good dentist, Kevin suggests his DDS, Sergio and offers to schedule the appointment for us. <br />
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When we arrive at the dentist's office at 7:00 p.m., as scheduled, there are 12 people already sitting in the waiting room! Fortunately, within minutes the secretary calls our name, has us complete a form, and escorts us into an exam room where the dentist is waiting. It sure helps to know people...thanks Kevin.<br />
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Now, we love our dentist at home, but we've never laughed as much as we did during this dental visit. David goes first...<br />
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and we immediately realize that the DDS speaks only a little English. Luckily, his secretary is more fluent in English. We get full dental exams, but mostly we chatter back and forth, complete one another's sentences, laugh, have impressions made (boy, do we hate that dental goop), and laugh some more. <br />
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He tells us our night guards will be ready in 10 days and, after an hour of mostly hanging out, we say goodbye. But when we walk out of the exam room into the waiting room, we see that at least half of those 12 people are still there...and realize that the doors between the rooms have been open the entire hour and everyone is looking at us. Now I doubt they heard / understood much of what was being said, but I guarantee they heard all the laughter...who knows what they were thinking!<br />
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Fast-forward to April 1st...Marnin, David's college roommate, and his wife Ellen arrive for a week-long visit. It's great to see them, and as they are first-time visitors to the city, we start off with coffee at La Biela (a classic European-style cafe) ...<br />
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and spend the next hour exploring the Recoleta Cemetery.<br />
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We walk down Avenida Alvear, through some of the grand hotels, past some of the embassies, and finish with the 1st of several dinners together.<br />
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We also turn them on to Volta, our favorite ice cream parlor, where we have an (almost) nightly fix.<br />
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I swear, no more deserts once they leave.<br />
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Next day, we meet at noon and, for the next 6 hours, walk around much of the city...past Congresso...<br />
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down the Avenida de Mayo...<br />
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past Cafe Tortoni...<br />
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and arrive at the Metropolitan Cathedral in time to see “the changing of the guards” at the mausoleum where the remains of General Jose de San Martin, Argentina's national hero, reside.<br />
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On Sunday...Easter Sunday...we think perhaps things will be shut down tight. However, that's not the case at all...we soon find that the city's hopping (no pun intended)...especially in San Telmo, the oldest neighborhood in BA, where we spend the day exploring the markets...<br />
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and taking in the colonial architecture, cobble stoned streets, old bars, old churches, and faded elegance. <br />
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On Tuesday, we go to the Evita Museum. The building is a beautiful Renaissance-style residence on a quiet Palermo street that Eva Peron “appropriated” and transformed into a shelter for women and children though, now, the museum is dedicated to Peron herself and her connection to the Argentine people.<br />
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We have a wonderful week with Marnin and Ellen...and spend our last evening dining in Puerta Maduro.<br />
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And then it's back to “business as usual”...or is it? <br />
Stay tuned.Escape from Cape Cod's Winterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846410597236823450noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3637138867563465971.post-87233908472336083702010-03-28T22:20:00.000-03:002010-03-28T22:20:37.054-03:00Uruguay...and BackIt's the law...without a long term visa, a foreigner cannot stay in Argentina for more than 90 days, which we are fast approaching. So we decide to spend Sunday in Colonia, Uruguay, get our passports stamped, and return to BA that evening. Matina and Steve, who we met here last year, are back in town and want to go too, as does Jim, who also needs his passport stamped.<br />
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Colonia, a day trip from Buenos Aires, is just one hour away by high-speed ferry. The guide books say it's a charming colonial town, a former Portuguese settlement dating to 1680 and a UNESCO World Heritage site. Our plan is to take the 12:30 ferry there, spend the day touring, and return on the 9:30 ferry.<br />
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And we're not talking about some rinky-dink ferry – no chickens on this ship! The seats are relatively cushy and, for those who get bored easily, there's a snack bar and duty free shopping. <br />
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But on Sunday morning, the weather has done a 180...Saturday was glorious, and today we wake up to a driving rain, cool temps and high winds. We decide to go anyway and, even though its raining really hard, the ride over is smooth.<br />
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I was optimistic about what the weather would be like when we arrived but it's raining even harder, so we abandon any thoughts of sightseeing and taxi to a restaurant in town, where we spend the next 2 hours eating, drinking, and having a really good time.<br />
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However, the minute we get off the ferry, the sky clears...<br />
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and agree that Colonia will have to wait 'til next year!<br />
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We also agree that we should eat at home for at least 3 days in a row...in the scheme of things, a rather insignificant but, none-the-less, binding decision on our part, made easier because Matina has brought us a homemade banana bread, and I find myself eating it for or after almost every meal. Great comfort food...great gift.<br />
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We spend a day in San Telmo, primarily to go to Walrus Book Store, which is known for its selection of “slightly used” English books.<br />
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On Thursday evening, we break our “restaurant fast” and meet Angela for dinner...<br />
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and then it's Friday...my birthday!! Feliz cumpleanos to me. To start the day, I get a “flower delivery” from Rick and Kevin, .<br />
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and later that evening 8 of us meet at one of our favorite “locals” for dinner. We order an assortment of tastes, including langostinos, lomo (beef) and champagne...<br />
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and then birthday cake, complete with candle...and a song (in Spanish, of course).<br />
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Around midnight, I go to the ladies room...2 little stalls opposite one another. I use the one on my right, but when I go to open the door, the handle comes off in my hand. I'm locked in and, try as I might, I can't get the darn door open. So I sit there, thinking how nice it would be if I had a cell phone with me, looking through the key hole, waiting for someone else to come in.<br />
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Finally, I hear someone and start banging on the door (feeling really silly). Of course, if I knew Spanish, I could have shouted “Ayudame, por favor” - “Help me please” - but of all the phrases I've learned, that's not one of them! I know she hears me, but instead of saying something, she just walks out and, much as I do find the humor in this, I can't help but wonder how long I'll be stuck in there. <br />
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And then, a miracle!!! The door opens...one of the waiters has come to my rescue! I look up at him, he looks down at me, and we burst out laughing. My savior!<br />
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Perhaps 10 minutes have passed. I walk back to our table, carrying the door handle, and ask if anyone has missed me? The answer....NO. Good thing I wasn't waiting for any of them to come looking for me!!<br />
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To round out my 48 hour birthday celebration, David and I go to a little French bistro on Saturday for a “romantic” dinner... pate, boeuf bourguignon a la Julia, crème brule, and champagne. <br />
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Perfecto!!Escape from Cape Cod's Winterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846410597236823450noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3637138867563465971.post-9414918969373555752010-03-24T19:44:00.001-03:002010-03-24T19:46:04.627-03:00Nine and 1/2 DaysWednesday night is movie night...so we go to see “Alicia en el pais de las maravillas” (aka “Alice in Wonderland”) in 3D and then do dinner at a traditional parrilla (grillhouse) with Rick and Kirk (standing 2 steps down - he's really not that short at all!).<br />
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Lots of meats, chickens, and sausages on the grill sizzling away, though the salad bar is the big hit for us all. I'm actually feeling vegetable-deprived...with the exception of potatoes, pumpkin squash, and lettuce/tomato salads, vegetables typically aren't served with an entree or as a side dish. <br />
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Thursday is quiet but, on Friday, we have breakfast with Claire and George, who are visiting from the states and just back from Neuquen, Argentina, just 40 or so miles from Concepcion, Chile...<br />
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and hear, first hand, how it felt to be close to the epicenter of Chile's earthquake. We didn't feel a thing here in BA, but aren't sure whether it's because it occurred at 3:30 a.m. and we slept through it or because the city wasn't affected...we've heard both stories.<br />
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Later that day, we go to the Palacio Errazuriz, the only early 20th century French-style mansion open to the public.<br />
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But we don't take a tour...oh no, no, no...instead we dine al fresco at the mansion's restaurant with Julie, Bob, Bettye, and Michael.<br />
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On Saturday, we walk over to the Marriott to welcome our friends Nelson and Brian, who've just arrived from the states for a week long stay.<br />
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On the way, we pass another of those statues that cause us to take notice...this time, a replica of Michaelangelo's “Pieta”...<br />
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as well as “tamale art”...(we photograph pretty much anything that catches our eye).<br />
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We spend part of the day and that evening with them and then, on Sunday, we all go to San Telmo, where we walk around the Plaza Dorrego...arts and crafts, tango singers and street performers galore. We browse in antique stores, nibble on filo dough and honey pastries,<br />
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and then go for lunch to El Hippopotamus …<br />
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(see the hippo on the left?).<br />
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Next we bus over to La Boca, where we “view” the works of “aspiring artists”...<br />
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and I catch David fraternizing with the local gnome.<br />
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On Monday, some of us go to the Palacio San Martin which, we were told only a week ago, gives English-speaking tours on Mondays and Wednesdays. But that was then...and this is now! We've learned that this weeks' tours have been canceled. Why? We don't know. But that's OK. We're flexible and, if I can't get photos of the Palacio's interior, Julie in the Sofitel ladies room will have to do. <br />
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Later that evening, David is feeling a little “off” and, by Tuesday, has a fever and sounds pretty awful. So, after I have lunch with Nelson and Brian, the 3 of us go to Farmacity (BA's version of CVS) and buy “proper drugs” for David. In retrospect, we've been really fortunate. In all of our stays here, this is the first time either of us has been sick. And since antibiotics are sold over the counter here, within 24 hours, the drugs have kicked in, his fever has broken, and a bunch of us go to lunch...<br />
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Then, David and I go back to the optical store to pick up my new glasses. Sabrina is there, thankfully, to help with the final fitting. Even though she doesn't speak any English, she's been a big help throughout the multi-visit process. And once David finalizes the deal (all in Spanish!), we're off and running.<br />
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Great...except that by that evening, I'm sick too! No socializing for me until Friday, which is Brian and Nelson's last night here...so we make it Paella Night!<br />
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It's back again to San Telmo, where we eat Spanish style...in a restaurant with lots of old-world charm, really good food and enough wine to take us through multiple courses.<br />
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And that's the story...until Sunday, when we go to Uruguay, so stay tuned!Escape from Cape Cod's Winterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846410597236823450noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3637138867563465971.post-72092462960877398682010-03-14T23:00:00.001-03:002010-03-14T23:03:19.381-03:00Expect the UnexpectedLife is easy, except when it's not. And some things are made just a little more difficult when the task must be done almost exclusively in Spanish.<br />
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Take, for instance, the purchase and activation of a new quad band GSM international phone. David, with some help from friends, spent hours figuring out how to add minutes, change the ring, retrieve messages, with all the items in Spanish. After all that, he finally figured out how to change the menu from Spanish to English! And he's passed this information on to Julie, who's had similar frustrations. Here we are, with Bob, celebrating “phone victory” at one of the outdoor cafes we've started going to now that the weather is perfect!<br />
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When it comes to the unexpected, we've had a bit of good luck. Last week, for example, Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) kicked off this year's Congress with a very lengthy speech. We happened to be leaving a cafe on one of the busier streets soon after she finished speaking and there, with perfect timing, was a procession of soldiers on horseback, which David was able to capture on camera.<br />
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A few days later, we walked by the Palais de Glace. Just a few blocks from our apartment, we frequently pass by, but this time decided to go inside. We thought Palais de Glace meant museum of glass but, actually, it means “ice palace” or, for those in the know, “ice skating rink,” which is what it was when it opened in 1910. A grand circular structure, it became a tango salon at some point and now, in its most recent iteration, houses rotating (and very eclectic) art collections. <br />
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like Shadow Box Marionettes...<br />
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Tie Haute Couture....<br />
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Wood Blocks and etchings, like this “Van Gogh Visiting Van Gogh”...<br />
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And, oh look, there's David with a friend!<br />
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We've continued to celebrate the fabulous weather by eating outdoors every chance we get. And, yet again, we've joined Julie and Bob for lunch. Along with Jim, we walked down Avenida San Martin, past not-so-understated courtyards...<br />
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(look – it's Winged Victory, on vacation from the Louvre!), on the way to restaurante El Claustro Santa Catalina. The first thing you see is the church of Santa Maria...<br />
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and to the left is an unassuming wall and doorway. But once through, we're in a courtyard restaurant that was once the grounds of the church's convent.<br />
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we walk to the Centro Cultural Borges, a gallery that's part of the Galerias Pacifico, a shopping mall located in one of the city's many, many turn-of-the-century buildings, of course!<br />
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We're there to see a photo exhibit by National Geographic photojournalist Steve McCurry that spans 25+ years of his works...you may recognize his 1985 cover photo “Afghan Girl”...<br />
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The exhibit doesn't disappoint. Nor does the store window that I look forward to seeing every year. If you've followed our blog since it started, you'll recognize these 3 ladies. <br />
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Our apartment is around the corner from this store and, for some reason, every year I feel compelled to photograph them. They never change their pose...only their gowns. <br />
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And, after David has his daily Spanglish conversation with Leo, our building's afternoon doorman. Leo's trying to learn English and David practices Spanish (which Leo enthusiastically corrects).<br />
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Yes – we actually prepared a meal. And ate at home. Wow – a big deal (for us)!<br />
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A week of sunshine...a week of rain. That's been the pattern since we arrived. The week of the 15th we had showers and thunderstorms (tormentas) that sometimes lasted all day (it's been the rainiest February on record in 150 years). David keeps reminding me that it's better than snow!<br />
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It rained so hard and for so long that some neighborhoods experienced major flooding. We were glued to the TV, watching people wade through knee-deep water while holding on to ropes strong between sidewalks. Street lights were out and stalled cars littered the road. Water seeped into ground floor apartments, restaurants and stores, and zodiacs were used to "rescue" stranded people. What a mess!<br />
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Given the foul weather, we spent less time outside then we'd have liked. But, in spite of the rain, we certainly had some good times. Early in the week, we had dinner with Jim, Linda and Carlos...check out the desserts – dulce de leche panqueques (crepes) and lava cake brownies with ice cream. <br />
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We really don't eat desserts like this too often (though a new bakery just opened around the corner from our apartment – wonderful chocolate and almond croissants – very French).<br />
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Linda is an American photographer/artist here on a grant, and Jim and I took the bus to the studio she is working in to watch her and 2 master print makers design and executive one of her new prints. <br />
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At this point, I have to mention my aversion to the buses here...and there are many on the streets, particularly during the day. <br />
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When they turn a corner, they can be very close to the curb. And they sometimes turn corners so quickly that I expect to see wheels off the pavement (think “Speed”). After a close encounter with one our first week here, I'm particularly cautious when I cross the street. But I didn't realize how “dangerous” they can be when you're inside one, especially if you're distracted while reading a map and happen to have your leg where it shouldn't be...in back of the rear door as it snaps open to let passengers off...ouch.<br />
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On a happier note...we're having some really fun times with Julie and Bob, who we know from last year...<br />
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And they've introduced us to some of their friends, like Bettye (and Michael), Bonnie, and Patricia...<br />
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There is never a shortage of dining buddies... for lunches (here we are with our friend Angela at "Dada")...<br />
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for dinners or, as it turns out, breakfast. On the mornings we go to the gym, I eat breakfast at home. David, on the other hand, goes to the Melody Cafe, where he met Ron, and they've caught up with each other on several occasions. <br />
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He and I also met Vicki for the first time, more than 20 years after he first became acquainted with Vicki and her husband Paul.<br />
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They wrote a book in the early 80's, which greatly influenced David (and as a result me) and our lives. I will let David tell the story, as it is, first and foremost, his...<br />
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Barbara has told you most of the story....I read Paul and Vicki's book when it first came out and had an epiphany, which took me (us) another 25 years to actually employ. Sorry guys...I must be a slow learner! <br />
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Shortly before we decided to come to Buenos Aires for the first time, I ran across an article following up on Paul and Vicki's whereabouts. I hadn't been aware of them since I had put the book down in 1982. Believe it or not, they had settled in Argentina and not more than a couple of hours from BA. Given their constant travel schedule, it's been almost 3 years since I e-mailed them and arranged to meet Vicki in BA.<br />
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Either persistence was paying off or Vicki read enough of our blog to know I was not a crazy stalker! Never the less, we met Vicki at the wonderfully restored Retiro Cafe (at the Retiro train station)<br />
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and had a great time chatting over coffee and medialunas. Due to all of our travel schedules, we get to meet Paul next year, as we now have been properly "screened"! <br />
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More to come soon.....Escape from Cape Cod's Winterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846410597236823450noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3637138867563465971.post-53452227403722724212010-02-17T15:47:00.019-03:002010-02-17T16:38:14.557-03:002010 Blog Post #3 Palermo - Valentines Day - and More<div><b>Palermo Revisited</b></div><div><br /></div><div>After all the rain, it's back to clear skies and hot temps. Palermo, a trendy area with more than it's share of restaurants and shops, is about 20 minutes from the Recoleta. While it gets all the write-ups in the travel magazines and the NY Times, it's not a neighborhood we would want to live in...rather plain architecture, broken sidewalks, a lot of graffiti (some of it art?)...</div><div><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOXthr0or6ZQ5Y18MDucjTEhQb1OfdTuBmo6NlH8OEnXirUPcG4y3QTZ4UV_ETmMZ0uc3xwArEAm0LDoqB6PyqjikQjrFpSLqIxVuwOoYhGqEPBwkHMcgq7L_TXuzQ1coXFfPyT1zmCkI/s320/P2090423.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439286691899358722" /></div><div><br />and more than it's share of dog poop. We find it rather drab during the day...but it comes alive at night...very Vegas. And while we hardly ever go there, this past week we went 3 times.<br /><br />On Tuesday, we decided to go to the zoo. But, once there, we realized it was way too hot out for people and animals and, besides, with summer vacation, the grounds were teaming with kids. So, instead, we spent the afternoon window shopping...with the exception of this store, where I tried on shoes while David and shopkeeper Marianna had a very lengthy conversation which included an exchange of restaurant recommendations. He's such a porteno!<br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxEHwzLtIoV_SG1IX_uNxL6DdGBpcQYMQFzSJ_MYl9q90fjHmlxqdWRKgAgxo2CREcVNrAhwYfORWIIqUTTkQREAhkNRYxZZS4AATyRhOMlSbgtnZ3ZSyBWEUVgaAY_Zd10lkiX4JQszQ/s320/P2090424.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 277px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439286697512725186" /></div><div><br />The next evening we went back to Palermo for a fish dinner (what...no beef?) with Kevin, Kirk and Rick.<br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_3OgC8-S19C47i1DGIVahQ6Xx9gN0wxkuWaiExP3AFHcOCSppZwwXFZl02nvEdHtt4MHe_nQjRqZH0imNqW8Rlbxsf83rqj2qB3SDxYhQzXbSGZGx6MMG1JmBIfVqUBHVVIqYLmXayXU/s320/P2100425.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439286699621498546" /></div><div><br />And, to round out the week, we made our annual trek to Palermo's Mercado de las Pulgas (Flea Market), where I, as always, drooled over the chandeliers while David wandered aimlessly, bored beyond belief.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh02C16mIwoaIKnoZAcEHyaFkgqKvdiew0voFdlWOyBt4PzrnHp5A-G9mhGi_s2YFuqF0uDSSuMsAFlc6XLJVRpU_oejeAtKLNFfDEbqg0aeBWDt4DEjtS4lcdxslpGx4uZ2Aja0N2vMRw/s320/P2120450.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439288136903028018" /><br /><br />On Thursday, we had a great time with Karen (who I've known for 20 years) and her husband Gary. From Boston, here on business, they were able to get away for an afternoon. After a leisurely lunch...</div><div><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoDeGVtWq73alFAWKdUaZ7IJs7_4HMXGfpgzsFlVJazkW74lGEpwjbkzlSUaF_IKWrge8eHU-rpc7eBblEJ6alK8R_jWocNCufRkPMaxNTN9P94bv5C1mLOx_XAZFLdwSI5X_CStgoTuM/s320/P2110428.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439286715018890770" /><br /><br />we walked down the Avenida Callao...<br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIf37HjQmlxU1CG69qOxweDMfnRzcjsWWE3iQE0g1c25Yg2wK3lUnQ5a4fsAUCeUQgfW-swqUIRcv8SaP8TVP8Gdw3QWzfwencjm1iCYadiRVw9fAAt-qLcMWbwlKDwf3CV2OmmBJLEfo/s320/P2110431.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439287327024353698" /></div><div><br />checked out the grand hotels and old mansions on the Avenida Alvear, including the courtyard of the Hyatt Duhau...<br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZMZ8N4R7dVJHCjxqm-XNebgeQaTAQIPBsBQ6JsFZ6mcg7M1DZZ7wuPds7FP1E8rtp3S9aKveqvapBq7T0uA71CXSDcq_ebW8-eD9i3E5VIe4EoVuhKuO-6Gz8jsfpNfXZLY82XD1ccuQ/s320/P2110434.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439287330469107698" /></div><div><br />and the 1916 French style Mansion,<br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIDfCXxcEdZ30RPdxV-KxB7ZhF5ysnowBxW4mUcRFd9zPfM3K-ILINdBLmTaenxGf6wOjR9k-FNQujZ-7U6J9Pyy1XObQYOFYu9j3kGdbvkFTnsoaZNKMU1D9bpRqlEMKSa9NvKNpJHys/s320/P2110442.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439287346287846786" /></div><div><br />part of the Four Seasons Hotel, with its restored frescoes, gold leaf, stained glass, and grand foyer.<br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDaMmf727PjqU9r8wXXIQSWMDGp_SKnTDYR0LZkDo_aTBW6KiUjUDNgANB223FWCtxfzwvk8F7hcdQW3Ch90tWs27SEAD-YzG6uDXj3aIAeaa3e-SkbvaYbldCgWwl8N8DawlSPOUHT-w/s320/P2110439.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439287342063601474" /></div><div><br />February 14th...Valentines Day – I'm happy to report that it's a Hallmark holiday in Buenos Aires too. Flower kiosks...<br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh46TZKuiyj9S0w9ezZWOaHxTL1_9Ha30pyzrXfAFTndlL2AKbxqlPq7T9_nqmpt8aMoWi-keS9DaXbBnCvDKsx2jUhdXTbVp09011i2s2izbyyIhthA_Q4_wq7FOGAYwf5kHaLo1YpBfY/s320/P2140470.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439288118447168930" /></div><div><br />heart-shaped boxes of candy, restaurants advertising “special” dinners advertised everywhere.</div><div><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoaWdXCza2B56OfNZjMM9kJoAWO96ze5uxnwn6KqMgZkms9p3VzolSG-k2AbqN9NQe_u0t_eEpjnBgEFIc8Xocqk44cGBesG6iw709L0md7Nyf0UpqgsjN68ZHuSuWGb1UjvBe4cM9O9E/s320/P2170473.JPG" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 208px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439288112196859186" /><br /><br />But we're excited just to spend the day in the park. So we pack up our new lawn chairs, books, and iPods and head over to Vincente Lopez Parque to soak up some sun and relax. But, alas, it's not meant to be. Because of all the rain we had last week, there are swarms of mosquitoes everywhere.<br /><br />Since we always have alternatives, we spend the afternoon walking around Puerto Madero, BA's port area. We've been there before, so no photos are necessary...but we find a whole new area to explore on our way back to our apartment. After crossing Av. Corrientes and Florida, we take a detour to Plaza Lavalle, where we photograph the Teatro Colon.<br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_fWIjZPsC0XQqjtV2GZml4mzjgu031beHKnDNNapyb26GuvxJLxFmnOYM080i0poBLzdl4K1bV6agtwwY3H2cEk3fxv2zrFZeMQCUBT_9LlOh0Qxili6T1PwCAOPHEC93m80BsQQqg4A/s320/P2140455.JPG" /></div><div><br />The opera house has been under renovations for at least the 3 years that we've been coming to BA, if not longer! The grand “reopening” is scheduled for the end of May...we'll see!<br /><br />In the same general area, we also check out the very stately Palace of Justice...<br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwG_Dq2jgJ_PVA7I5-LqIwVLHhP2Gqepv76oFm6LLomXO0-T9MfcCHRBB9Kqb4NJUr-rnsz7dEbhsy5qS8fEOMavEz55aISK_wn3FZl2TZCx1lMuYGeWt2Av3dHQ7_3-52cKQn8SgMebA/s320/P2140465a.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjJFt54G8uavZa3QynJB2IZnOYj5ELixgaiDScby_gDZSKBo6DH97WpyhYcPMlsCvF87-Gs9YR8Nx6YQqB17c13ErpkDFfO2vtWdTr8xIeSA2AY92VfB75dAKrKvmILouquEd6J2unXpE/s320/P2140461a.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div><div>and a small park with a fountain and statuary...<br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyxTh0OVwrTLuBvGYl_YMPmHvDkKYYko_2K1fGeCnDCVMWx-8TyfJU6KhQvA9VKS-G0vRJ7rCbjt7vOnqQexrSPZl-JcyvmlzVvAAsWX0CCPFObIqfy407LlUXT3G9tovm__z31u_geQQ/s320/P2140458.JPG" /><br /><br />that looks more like it belongs in Santa Fe, NM than in Buenos Aires, where the fountains and statues are usually on the grand side, like this one in the Plaza Carlos Pelligrini.<br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMvQ4aV8rY94SZJaYDogx0LTjYV8HSiayFQXreJwKZ5h_g7k0lk81wQr1q-TdD0PmPo0goqw-rnr3_AK_hEQa8JjvN0jxf3GbgZyLpyUpK6-KGGYtXE9B3nBf_VjtwrJHit3pZMkKa4Sk/s320/P2110445.JPG" /></div><div><br />And to end the evening, we have a “romantic” dinner of cheese and crackers (we had a really big lunch) while watching TV. </div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_w6bjJx0EFtYoRszIG5uxCYrwQRqHBYlFdUEHwvK_XdS2ar-NRCkYnKWe46YUJQxDSC66DNrVSl_T-9OqyAGu_sRXqGW2cfyt0GLyEOWP8Uyp5J-FolrrtRaUqEVcC61Aqy8xG-oJ55U/s320/P2100427.JPG" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Escape from Cape Cod's Winterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846410597236823450noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3637138867563465971.post-9591024307409691962010-02-07T13:15:00.016-03:002010-02-08T00:14:06.789-03:00Life Begins with CoffeeWhatever else happens, the day always begins with coffee...cafe con leche (with milk) for me and a cafe doble (double black) for David. It's very civilized...reading the BA Herald (the only English newspaper), chatting with the waitress, people-watching. We always go to the same cafes in the morning -- Josephina's on Sundays, Melody every other day -- and that's where we discuss the rest of the day - what to do, where to go, what to eat.<br /><br /><div>Lately, a lot of that discussion has been determined by the weather. After 7 days of heat and humidity, we're into our 7th day of almost continuous rain...some of it torrential. We bought ourselves 2 umbrellas and I got a pair of rubber-soled havaianas sandals to slosh around in. When it's just too wet out, we've been reading...at a record rate. David is addicted to his Nook, and I've finished 6 of the 7 paperbacks I brought with me. Luckily, we recently discovered a local bookstore with lots of English-language books (a rarity). While I canvassed the shelves, David had a lengthy conversation (mostly in Spanish) on local politics with the store owner.</div><div><br />When we're not reading, it seems food and friends continue to dominate our agenda. Whether it's an elegant buffet of appetizers and desserts at the Palacio Duchau Park Hyatt hotel with friends Jim, Claudia, and Tony...</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ0wI38RbeoOjjSh7eX1fXWrzXG8TfOM8SWjWshTp2QUEt7Bwp-t7ENl7gbXhxpkKf5-gPNdDj5J_ZpuD_H1jw2ExP0r5fSVSjfyC31I8kiMGjIZzmsWvJJA880-pwfesfZlyf2tTMBq0/s320/P1250391a.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435544966698144050" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgddq1_NLTWjo2S-_KWAItsU0TulV-7enhAZzD0SdYy9HRiP4J3XL99JBEMrZk7H_0mcaK9nGuj6l8Dq2ZW6KFWw2cH38gkU88j7VTztAwW44emQ4gWwS34OYDkyfWmXlvJ3qxZjDNVob8/s320/P1250394a.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435544959185501938" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwkKq_GADi9-cvxXUmmhn496D8YTHwEbKOm24hhcaBJoP5BNTFyZ6CtKTIluLrvXoQI8fzVs6FgHVNmp7_T4k8uaKu8LoLRNiYmxa1nVEk_NeLMkqYzm3OvSq5S2KvEP-WgEKeJPeQkf8/s320/P1250400a.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435544951653337378" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdvdDAssp-sHDFk0foec6ZrdVW8l93l_ANt_l-OwVHoPylhqv3BXxegC3PvODbbsFqddhyphenhypheneTBWrzIpM1rvX8EtIZ6x6d-znz9OhP6QsYHQAbbY9jNDW9MPTx7N3FpVu7oGbSMBAoPkWRE/s320/P1250407a.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435544947721479170" /><br /><br /></div><div>or a casual lunch at a neighborhood restaurant with Kevin, Rick, Kirk, Jim and Elida...<br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlnsxR8CX5eB2vDVyrO0YbgFF_LI7AIOv7rosZ7jZC4b_LgseHiG1mwdjtQ2rxcj4PPxlFxIXOqdEojua2LTKs609x7EDpF-JWq5T6anPaOAPEXhyphenhyphenuExXT_oGvMcl_nGSfWW_f91cq5EQ/s320/P2020419a.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435702724257286514" /></div><div><br />the afternoons fly by.<br /><br />Desserts often come with the meal so, in order to at least “maintain,” we reinstated our gym memberships from last year and started working out with Yamil, our trainer (also from last year).</div><div><br /></div><div>We also walk a lot more here than when we're home. The Chabuca Granda Boulevard that leads to the Pilar Church is just 3 blocks from our apartment and, with it's cafes and open spaces, it's a perfect destination in the early evening.</div><div><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzjfq2uzg_rC-HtH1MPb6g9kjKmcvdjHm2aqeWhNuVs48qZoVVx9x5Kj5wqCgiwHra3agbfcjkhlPjD2MkA9lapbGeM3fOm7xnVFFRWHo3ZXJi2O8PxhEUaZ5FkDQBt6B8qkG8B6HFZWU/s320/P1300412a.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435544938513025074" /><br /><br /></div><div>For a change of scenery, last Sunday we took the bus to Barrio Chino (Buenos Aires' version of China Town) with our friend Gaby. It's compact (only 4 blocks square)...good for people-watching and buying snacks.<br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifoQPYlTUdrYIsl-YQNHpYCGY05UBpqpxKqLda_TGSoN46LmSLYNUDWWDJruDKAqpYfZOmTmZLiwuqfB0FmwsJhBMXtbTakgTngLyUhEJrVO1xn4IPca_PC-RAfzIJknqDQoHgDovBY70/s320/P1310417a.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435702719917922274" /></div><div><br />David is never without his Spanish/English dictionary, which he shares freely when the conversation stops for lack of the correct words.<br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Go0OE1U1v_7lK3exu-NAzT7L6clD0ChbzTQfY6NVhhKAL6TTr7oAAoz3195rLRYr4OEVBRp7lBeRFJp3wmOgQf0cjlrvRTODFAeTq9VvpuA0vWVQHL5rnRwbOJMfWFvXTG7UlfKtvt4/s320/P1310414a.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435702714260231074" /></div><div><br />I, on the other hand, mostly listen. I understand a bit less of what's being said...enough to get by. and that has gone a long way as I recently went to the National Theater to see a performance of Verdi's opera "<i>Simon Boccanegra</i>", starring Placido Domingo, simulcast live from the Met – with Spanish subtitles.<br /><br />That's about it for now.... time to eat!<br /></div>Escape from Cape Cod's Winterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846410597236823450noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3637138867563465971.post-8595101610176087042010-01-29T11:54:00.001-03:002010-01-29T12:02:13.635-03:00MA to LA to BAIt's mid-January, 2010...time to leave New England's harsh winter....<div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaHDISJiPEn7TqV47iEY_IkgJ8vGUVTjCd_vQ3DhtqUUKDjkCisWqwU9a6TaZl4saiQQHua3wDNvrSQJiS4P_sP1qCoq0phf4_W7WJV1zp5J7GgETqaael_rI7RN4MYQ_evuflW0atzXr_/s320/Blizzard+09+blog.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432153498970217538" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDhGD0GB9rl1beE4HEi5l_Nx-Z7VIJxVWjj02P7fWIwkVTCrjeBYY-wQ1Ma2qo-W2lPZlVhohfo5uL1dTFoCtCedJndkm8PURldgYkD3owliMio_mxxXVFsPFFzm7NcpQ_rtGF4MiQHE4w/s320/Barbara+09blog.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432156751513227186" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></div><div><br /></div><div>and head to Argentina again (this will be our 3rd trip in as many years), but we go via southern CA.</div><div><br /></div><div>First stop - San Clemente, where we spend 3 days with our friend Rick, who takes us on leisurely drives up the coast to Laguna Beach and Newport Beach.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><div><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJhPsg_7lsXNu_rmmRQxKk1MrcHweeODOnom96fbWaqQG2lsvVVR_CZhLvQsQJFUZ0HSH0XO6iYaVW8CbkxNBR8p3YXhHi7NT7-RrSptoRPjKpJ0ra3Ia-AnP8OZHfRCDY0BcyZqAsp9t-/s320/P1110163blog.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432153506434320962" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>We eat at seaside restaurants, walk the beaches and the boardwalks, watch the surfers and the sunsets. What a great way to chill out – we love it here!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0IsPByNng7_OeXjZb7yfNu7W7KRjFwSLedo1ayoqP-m0IcEzq9slb7dj2I4zxBgTa4hVIuT8MmcNyrWxhyphenhyphenRBBWvxo6op9kKmOY7q_qaiKzeTgTbMyQI6f4ZwPSQ4gUW5tBKLjM41Ja03w/s320/P1110162blog.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432153504977763650" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Next, we head north to Huntington Beach, connect with Joan and Larry (great friends that happen to also be close relatives) and resume sightseeing...more boardwalks, beaches, and new restaurants.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMq68BTC2naGBinPSy7k7nZwEHi9Ep54ecVpJwn3nnfcmXhEl29IU-aWV9Dom-axKOVuCTOhXVzP5oO9H83covPe6xrcmnWAWSZcc-ti0EFUMb0ag-_7pTEeZdxz20DsV_vs8UvtOTNv7z/s320/P1130206blog.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432153512868012370" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br />We also spend a day in the Santa Monica hills at the Getty Museum...16,000 tons of Italian travertine stone, paintings by some of our favorites (Sargeant, van Gogh, Cezanne) and Depression-era photos by Dorothea Lange.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKgrkzATzq7USwqO__UV-l5P-rKPFSYg-VMwuH9ssZl0tniGYzUV43e3Qakreic4mH0GgWRpSi8GaGie2lY9chCdu_2vx-3_zSyDP860SPIOULcpw_07UsJIGh2m07nIBBf70Kxi0nZzu_/s320/P1140287blog.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432156759076581986" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy8JMZ30y1UIE8gsStOm_siZKYJIjyZLbAXM4wXp8StjrnE5OTMWJvw_KSAAF9dJfcypchYAe6JCK6u4IBQN801ZkGOEqRVo7ei4ClqyWOZePkY_m2-Ee55VRX-8OHEsh16Cel2QClBnXn/s320/P1140214blog.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432156756286627842" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>To top off the week, lots of David's family arrive from all over the US for a family social function. It's great to see so many family members together for such a happy occasion. Leah, our niece is the star of the event!</div><div><br />January 20, 10:00 a.m. we land in Buenos Aires. In no time, we go through customs and, within the hour, check into our apartment, where we will spend the next 3 to 4 months. I am sketchy about the time frame, as we have no return ticket...that's because David will not go back to the northeast until it gets warm (it's all about the weather).<br /><br />We're renting the same apartment as last year. After some “cosmetic surgery” by the owner, it doesn't seem quite so “tired”...perhaps it's because it feels “familiar” this year, and we really like the location. So here we are...feeling, for the 1st time, like BA is not a vacation destination but, rather, our winter home. And, to that end, we anticipate that our blog will be updated a little less frequently than in the past 2 years...just managing expectations!<br /><br />It's hot...very hot. High 80's to low 90's most days. Today it's going to be around 104 F... but dry. Absolute heaven for David – T shirts and shorts. After a week, his Spanish is coming back to him and he practices with accommodating Argentines every chance he gets. It's unusually empty here. Portenos (those who live in the city) have headed to the beach resort of Mar del Plata for vacation so the waits at restaurants and the lines in supermarkets are short and move quickly.<br /><br />A typical day may include...</div><div><br />...a leisurely breakfast at the Melody Cafe, which we frequented last year. The two Gabriellas still work there and its really nice to have a breakfast “local.”</div><div><br />...lunch out with friends. We're only here a week and already we've discovered 2 new restaurants and revisited some old favorites.</div><div><br />...shopping at local markets for bottled water, Malbec, fresh produce (the tomatoes, avocados, and white nectarines are especially good), stuff for dinner (which we've typically been eating at home), and lawn chairs to take with us to the park.</div><div><br /></div><div>... but not ready to sit in the park yet...it's way too hot, so we head off to Rick's to swim (really just relax in the pool at Rick's apt. building)</div><div><br /></div><div>Most of our friends from the states are already here, or will be arriving in the next few weeks, and we will be catching up with our Argentine friends soon. So our community is strong, we are doing well, and we will keep you posted as life happens.<br /><br />Hasta luego.></div></div></div>Escape from Cape Cod's Winterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846410597236823450noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3637138867563465971.post-42098193526331292812009-09-18T18:56:00.001-03:002009-09-18T18:56:43.569-03:00Stay Tuned - Returning to Buenos Aires in January<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: tahoma; color: rgb(85, 85, 68); font-size: 13px; "><h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 16px; "><a href="http://6weeksinba.blogspot.com/2009/09/stay-tuned-returning-to-buenos-aires-in.html" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 153, 34); background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; ">G</a>reetings All - </h3><div class="post-header-line-1"></div><div class="post-body entry-content"><p style="line-height: 18px; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 1em; ">Our plans are all set. We will be arriving back in BA mid-January and staying in the same area of the Recoleta. This will be our third long term stay in BA and we are so looking forward to catching up with our friends and enjoying all the great things Buenos Aires and Argentina have to offer.</p></div></span>Escape from Cape Cod's Winterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846410597236823450noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3637138867563465971.post-42529338467103123852009-04-09T12:58:00.042-03:002009-04-09T23:52:29.578-03:00Blog Post 20: Feria de Mataderos & the Long Good-bye<div><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" >April 5 - 11<br /></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman;" face="times new roman">It’s Sunday and we take an hour-long bus ride across the city to the Feria de Mataderos (Fair of the Matadors).<br /></p></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" ><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman;" face="times new roman"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_m9EzNrGNtWMsN66HIw65CjjpnTBl7oqVnA9eu4gJJDkLFv5DPJE37mB9Idaf1Qzfs5IfPMQw3n3wUyvgMgC0IVDoMRuunnkDmTvmlN4aV_n7EHf2ZUTuWXVlI1wxAW_1Bs0PY2ssj7w/s1600-h/Feria+de+Mataderos+004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322723395191012626" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_m9EzNrGNtWMsN66HIw65CjjpnTBl7oqVnA9eu4gJJDkLFv5DPJE37mB9Idaf1Qzfs5IfPMQw3n3wUyvgMgC0IVDoMRuunnkDmTvmlN4aV_n7EHf2ZUTuWXVlI1wxAW_1Bs0PY2ssj7w/s320/Feria+de+Mataderos+004.jpg" border="0" /></a></p></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman;" face="times new roman">It's held every weekend and it’s more a local than a tourist fair. There are gauchos with horses, </p></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" ><br /><a style="font-family: times new roman;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidOXNcFOAlOBOJqer7EyiDRKrQTMNV5nvWAX55X01-8PJnDuOzeMCHQ5fpwuwMooj-S0atIctkRvvV-b2eQcLlHUvwJ_jg7gsF5DZVi373_9OH56CmuqbSTWPkj28eKSmzHqYDlyll1DA/s1600-h/Feria+de+Mataderos+026.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322724177482808162" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidOXNcFOAlOBOJqer7EyiDRKrQTMNV5nvWAX55X01-8PJnDuOzeMCHQ5fpwuwMooj-S0atIctkRvvV-b2eQcLlHUvwJ_jg7gsF5DZVi373_9OH56CmuqbSTWPkj28eKSmzHqYDlyll1DA/s320/Feria+de+Mataderos+026.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a style="font-family: times new roman;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS3loJ-LMN0DnwZgq5j_KAoSRswH2bsBInmdUPe_SfruhQJ86b8ESTwKloM4dd2S-3RHDfNIf2v_ScF_QQSuQBLMjtROcY1Fu0-IFrQzTdvpBl-52N_v7lRuuhxu_kU3iUhOpnXAFoMKQ/s1600-h/Feria+de+Mataderos+027.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322724183807614290" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS3loJ-LMN0DnwZgq5j_KAoSRswH2bsBInmdUPe_SfruhQJ86b8ESTwKloM4dd2S-3RHDfNIf2v_ScF_QQSuQBLMjtROcY1Fu0-IFrQzTdvpBl-52N_v7lRuuhxu_kU3iUhOpnXAFoMKQ/s320/Feria+de+Mataderos+027.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;">music and dancing, </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" ><br /><br /><a style="font-family: times new roman;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWtxSuNNE3dNF7xgJz7wNAdvSv4h1EB3V0Xrbck8t6KFIpLbTg57ShC0FwVJlHzTPxjxIrlxCxj__3w8QzDEw8dT40bqmTpCsCV0QsWwOYYM7MLyZ7rZ0LEfrhMoT-FB0pDTj0yyOYDBw/s1600-h/Feria+de+Mataderos+008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322723400992773922" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWtxSuNNE3dNF7xgJz7wNAdvSv4h1EB3V0Xrbck8t6KFIpLbTg57ShC0FwVJlHzTPxjxIrlxCxj__3w8QzDEw8dT40bqmTpCsCV0QsWwOYYM7MLyZ7rZ0LEfrhMoT-FB0pDTj0yyOYDBw/s320/Feria+de+Mataderos+008.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: times new roman;">stalls with local crafts that go on forever<span style="font-weight: bold;">,</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" ><br /><br /><br /><a style="font-family: times new roman;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUals8AHXeZiIYPL_dJZWxT0tbynyRgVCtaxKMIT5nP5-x27zq_puWp5_ZNefrwaEaTLOTUGPtddni3wj1C7TLhtjVyvAla8KxKQi84JEctSPFh1rQQHqvv9cNsavXj3UXrDfFkiVaUgk/s1600-h/Feria+de+Mataderos+006.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322723402582812610" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUals8AHXeZiIYPL_dJZWxT0tbynyRgVCtaxKMIT5nP5-x27zq_puWp5_ZNefrwaEaTLOTUGPtddni3wj1C7TLhtjVyvAla8KxKQi84JEctSPFh1rQQHqvv9cNsavXj3UXrDfFkiVaUgk/s320/Feria+de+Mataderos+006.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a style="font-family: times new roman;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4jghUDrU6LS7M4DJd0W_kj_njmUJp3VrQAGk0JCIlwTDcYghNbhSGtJ7bRRYmoNZ0-m_qa8ECAXOd5qqJTIUrPQ8-Nt55kj1XDwctkyjVRbG5N34FXN40IMb_c0_zWvM2QhEA_moNIKs/s1600-h/Feria+de+Mataderos+011.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322723403859990770" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4jghUDrU6LS7M4DJd0W_kj_njmUJp3VrQAGk0JCIlwTDcYghNbhSGtJ7bRRYmoNZ0-m_qa8ECAXOd5qqJTIUrPQ8-Nt55kj1XDwctkyjVRbG5N34FXN40IMb_c0_zWvM2QhEA_moNIKs/s320/Feria+de+Mataderos+011.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /><p style="font-family: times new roman;font-family:times new roman;" class="MsoNormal" >and, of course, all kinds of fair-food (like cotton candy and popcorn-covered jelly things!).<span style="font-size:0;"> </span></p></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" ><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3IZWjqfFFHLx1bqmveIAyOFwaL-VyUdUFKD5RJ4zA6cF7iGpk3Qu0imu6LIFvPYFRYtPPpAO_1a-ar1tsidPxTwK4bFtkkAMSB8GKPybTbsIGJFWt2CfdZ-CZN8ZuYahHfCoUwPoi2Mg/s1600-h/Feria+de+Mataderos+021.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322723405876153554" style="width: 320px; height: 277px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3IZWjqfFFHLx1bqmveIAyOFwaL-VyUdUFKD5RJ4zA6cF7iGpk3Qu0imu6LIFvPYFRYtPPpAO_1a-ar1tsidPxTwK4bFtkkAMSB8GKPybTbsIGJFWt2CfdZ-CZN8ZuYahHfCoUwPoi2Mg/s320/Feria+de+Mataderos+021.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" ><span style="font-family: times new roman; font-weight: normal;font-family:times new roman;" >David’s favorites are, of course, the empanadas!</span><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman;"><span style="font-family: times new roman; font-weight: normal;">After walking the entire fair, which takes a few hours, we grab a table outside and dine al fresco. Our meal is just okay, but the people-watching is a blast. And before we head back, David wants to make one more loop around one section of the fair. We do and there, standing by the empanada stand buying lunch for her family, is our friend Gabriela from the Melody Cafe!</span><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHVyR6pD30ZU7_C-Aow6xYoa9oUoZnoCmw2yPrQuBxPqDY6A-ZCyp2tsuFCcKJhSkcCaCG_eIn9KhS_YdOIDKxNUXpmfCi8CQj1OWij8M5CpZJ_9YAdFH_VkuZ98eqmZpN-ntjfXnjSGA/s1600-h/Feria+de+Mataderos+032.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322883306460183906" style="width: 240px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHVyR6pD30ZU7_C-Aow6xYoa9oUoZnoCmw2yPrQuBxPqDY6A-ZCyp2tsuFCcKJhSkcCaCG_eIn9KhS_YdOIDKxNUXpmfCi8CQj1OWij8M5CpZJ_9YAdFH_VkuZ98eqmZpN-ntjfXnjSGA/s320/Feria+de+Mataderos+032.jpg" border="0" /></a></p></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman;">This is truly amazing because the fair is huge, so to run into someone we know is miraculous! She introduces us to her family and, after chatting (in Spanish) for a few minutes, we begin the long walk back to the bus stop.<br /><br />And so our last weekend in <st1:city><st1:place>Buenos Aires</st1:place></st1:city> comes to an end.<br /><br />Now there’s not a whole lot left to do but have friends over for a “clean-out-the apartment” party, since we're storing our stuff with them in BA until next year.<br /></p></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" ><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXjOWy83ruRuzg7nYxyAVAM8jBaJ2dhusjBBHWv4oU8O3p6i5I_QgCyeP5UuBz0rOAql6qwkFIieBt4tKS6SPoJtncLd6snxjC6wvS-6p8JEJhQs6JIeNfe92kz32gY8PAu-91m77CJ4U/s1600-h/Last+Dinner+009.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322874103928448082" style="width: 240px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXjOWy83ruRuzg7nYxyAVAM8jBaJ2dhusjBBHWv4oU8O3p6i5I_QgCyeP5UuBz0rOAql6qwkFIieBt4tKS6SPoJtncLd6snxjC6wvS-6p8JEJhQs6JIeNfe92kz32gY8PAu-91m77CJ4U/s320/Last+Dinner+009.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /><br />We have a few more lunches with friends, spend an evening at a milonga (tango club) watching Angela dance, and I have my last art class. For those of you who've asked me to post what I've been working on, here it is:<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" ><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXkYCnH5o8syH7G23MaSKUPp3RwOELwkDjh97Vma3jEu_Jx82vtMvt-bFdVW4lnz0GAfYrMVfo9B6iswmTD49H0uwE5LXR6Mtw1J53rhsqn0pZuvnOqV-Xlo8CVidQuv9u69P6dxX1MDs/s1600-h/Last+Dinner+011.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322874102893744082" style="width: 285px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXkYCnH5o8syH7G23MaSKUPp3RwOELwkDjh97Vma3jEu_Jx82vtMvt-bFdVW4lnz0GAfYrMVfo9B6iswmTD49H0uwE5LXR6Mtw1J53rhsqn0pZuvnOqV-Xlo8CVidQuv9u69P6dxX1MDs/s320/Last+Dinner+011.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /><br />It's not perfect...but I'm happy with it. Unfortunately it's still wet, so I'm leaving it with Kevin and will pick it up next year.<br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;">We had a great time here this year. We loved doing the blog…and loved getting lots and lots of emails and comments from all of you blog-followers. Thanks for connecting with us regularly…and thanks to all our blog-stars for making our stay so memorable!<br /><br />Adios amigos and amigas! Hasta el proximo ano...until next year.</span></div>Escape from Cape Cod's Winterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846410597236823450noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3637138867563465971.post-81628447582339610562009-04-06T22:35:00.010-03:002009-04-06T22:50:44.911-03:00Blog Post 19: Won't Make that Mistake Again!<span style="font-family: times new roman; font-weight: bold;">April 1 – 4</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">It’s Wednesday…David has his last Spanish session with Diego, we go to lunch with a friend, and I go to painting class. Rather an uneventful day.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">Thursday, however, is quite the opposite. Early afternoon we leave our apartment and just around the corner, we see barricades lining the streets. Crowds are gathered and we realize today is the funeral for Raul Alfonsin, Argentina’s President from 1983 to ‘89, who died earlier this week. His was a landmark Presidency, as it symbolized the return of democracy and ended more than 7 years of a repressive military dictatorship that left thousands of people dead or “disappeared.”</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPU3RqBjwjlB_wVwablPn4dYn7eUsDpyfaVKh3BCykTUp6DWPxtQT_Ew8Kd6UgHx93H1XiIc_zmOj-BFj2kQS-J6afcyjiMo4ghevYUBuDs25xshQab8i0FSnG5mRKLkRfw5TqCH_kfj4/s1600-h/Feria+de+Mataderos+033-1.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPU3RqBjwjlB_wVwablPn4dYn7eUsDpyfaVKh3BCykTUp6DWPxtQT_Ew8Kd6UgHx93H1XiIc_zmOj-BFj2kQS-J6afcyjiMo4ghevYUBuDs25xshQab8i0FSnG5mRKLkRfw5TqCH_kfj4/s320/Feria+de+Mataderos+033-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321759735433518914" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">He is being buried in the Recoleta Cemetery, only 5 blocks from where we live. While we don’t see the actual procession, we’re right outside the cemetery with throngs of people as the eulogy is being given...the Jablons witness a piece of Argentinian history!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">That evening we have dinner with Angela, who David met at his Spanish class, and who turned us onto our personal trainer and our gym. We see Angela at the gym 3x per week as she warms up the personal trainer for us!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTtRAq5kC7otKTjCoRlvUEa4FiaHxWDX90F74MNJVJDh90U9Dbqc0jriCxmPs3KxEnz_SyYYrKUdU42BmxZzQoWLLpfYhdgBHX7TKLv6TNC4bPzh9VqIGSm3Xn314gI9tryvY1mtPWgK4/s1600-h/P4020124-1.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTtRAq5kC7otKTjCoRlvUEa4FiaHxWDX90F74MNJVJDh90U9Dbqc0jriCxmPs3KxEnz_SyYYrKUdU42BmxZzQoWLLpfYhdgBHX7TKLv6TNC4bPzh9VqIGSm3Xn314gI9tryvY1mtPWgK4/s320/P4020124-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321759733016140434" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">After dinner, she heads home and we walk back to our apartment building. The doorman lets us in, we go to the elevator, push the button for our floor, and nothing happens. Not a problem, or so we think! We speak to the doorman, who tells us the elevator isn’t working and won’t be fixed until tomorrow! He suggests we use the service elevator to let ourselves in through the back door of our apartment. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">Sounds logical…but we never carry the key to the back door of our apartment. So using the service elevator won’t help. And since there’s no staircase to the front door of the apartment (only the elevator, which opens directly into a vestibule where you can access our apartment and one other) we are stuck. More specifically, we have no place to sleep.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">Shoot…now what??? As we leave the building we realize there are only two options…bother our friends (who have their own guests in town) or go to a hotel…so we choose the latter. It’s already 1:30am when we check in, and we have no luggage. Can’t imagine what the desk clerk is thinking! </span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3w1m0ovRTUpXEGH_r-toreW8b8tjNI9maXnzbUJxbm4to8SuIS3w0GzwsQP1QUNBHictvjKH4eMxMyKvnztqccNNF3qiLsah0SsusNPITRFzezaQwp5mdHTG6UnF_Ht4XNfif7eP6ivg/s1600-h/P4020126-1.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3w1m0ovRTUpXEGH_r-toreW8b8tjNI9maXnzbUJxbm4to8SuIS3w0GzwsQP1QUNBHictvjKH4eMxMyKvnztqccNNF3qiLsah0SsusNPITRFzezaQwp5mdHTG6UnF_Ht4XNfif7eP6ivg/s320/P4020126-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321759740867325522" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">Since friend Jim lives around the corner from the hotel and we’re wide awake, we go over to say “hi” (although the party he had is winding down) and get some toothpaste before calling it a night. It’s really so easy here (when your friends all keep the same crazy hours) . </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">The next morning, the elevator has been fixed and the 1st thing we do is put the back door key on our key ring. Our friends tell us they have all had this happen to them…welcome to the club! Won’t let that happen again! </span>Escape from Cape Cod's Winterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846410597236823450noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3637138867563465971.post-7043405702615834452009-04-03T20:07:00.063-03:002009-04-04T00:44:30.591-03:00Blog Post Number 18: San Isidro & Tigre<div><div><div><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" >March 27 – 30<o:p></o:p><br /></span><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div style="font-family:times new roman;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The weather is still great…sunny with daytime temps around 75. And even though the days are getting shorter (gets dark around <st1:time minute="0" hour="19">7:00</st1:time>) the evenings are still warm enough to walk around in shorts. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><p>With less than 2 weeks to go, we’re thinking we will have to do a “practice” pack soon to see if all the stuff we’ve bought over the last 2+ months fits in our 3 small suitcases and 2 knapsacks. David, who usually insists we only travel with carry-on luggage, has resigned himself to the fact that, due to airlines weight restrictions (baggage, not people), there’s no way we could have avoided the check-in process…so we might as well make it easy on ourselves and check it all.</p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><p>Our weekend is quiet, but we have plans to see our friend Jorge on Tuesday. We met Jorge on last year’s cruise; we kept in touch with him after we returned to the States and have looked forward to reconnecting with him in person. </p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">March 31 </span></p><p style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Jorge picks us up at <st1:time minute="0" hour="11">11:00</st1:time>. He has offered to show us some of BA’s northern suburbs and our 1<sup>st</sup> stop is <st1:city><st1:place>San Isidro</st1:place></st1:city>…just 20 kilometers outside of the city and you’re in another world. <st1:city><st1:place>San Isidro</st1:place></st1:city> lies along the <st1:place>Rio de la Plata</st1:place> and was once a weekend destination for BA’s wealthier families. Today you can still stroll along the original tree-lined cobblestone streets,</span></p><div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHEX7yNQNmWobf5s3fusCm95-a7-veVoVb5-z1kbveAztqGHVJQ-hAfrubrnZf-iN-ePjLNygLtWfNNs9eyPaKhTnPJTi-CBsZk6uAqBEsYsrs2pUllfw9ZFHdEabOObCq5EZZxU1BPHA/s1600-h/San+Ysidro,+Tigre+%26+Jorge+013.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320656864245507666" style="width: 240px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHEX7yNQNmWobf5s3fusCm95-a7-veVoVb5-z1kbveAztqGHVJQ-hAfrubrnZf-iN-ePjLNygLtWfNNs9eyPaKhTnPJTi-CBsZk6uAqBEsYsrs2pUllfw9ZFHdEabOObCq5EZZxU1BPHA/s320/San+Ysidro,+Tigre+%26+Jorge+013.jpg" border="0" /></a></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizgQJC6BNr0w3SmoaKwHsXkZppl16Ar1nA25gJQhWrHnMHTs7I2M0Dlr5rl13vS6hQ8M8g4MQkXKHUkokq0j87zeCo3ocrNjpRb3CQSlJpkXYCyHmpMzdJTu05tR9-I9nQeB7vebQPyYM/s1600-h/San+Ysidro,+Tigre+%26+Jorge+012.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320655693439101042" style="width: 240px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizgQJC6BNr0w3SmoaKwHsXkZppl16Ar1nA25gJQhWrHnMHTs7I2M0Dlr5rl13vS6hQ8M8g4MQkXKHUkokq0j87zeCo3ocrNjpRb3CQSlJpkXYCyHmpMzdJTu05tR9-I9nQeB7vebQPyYM/s320/San+Ysidro,+Tigre+%26+Jorge+012.jpg" border="0" /></a></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhudmUm7Ox8st_lsCz_uhnx1Wv_luzKodmyGZntStLsRgVyHHnHjw9zj5Kn7Yq952HZTPp9Sd1TsSk2FS8dPFN-aKBBZDBKJc3zWI2x4x9CBl0PIQIhBvegsNbX6ABFjRmVGVXr1ca6MlM/s1600-h/San+Ysidro,+Tigre+%26+Jorge+023.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320656307267948290" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhudmUm7Ox8st_lsCz_uhnx1Wv_luzKodmyGZntStLsRgVyHHnHjw9zj5Kn7Yq952HZTPp9Sd1TsSk2FS8dPFN-aKBBZDBKJc3zWI2x4x9CBl0PIQIhBvegsNbX6ABFjRmVGVXr1ca6MlM/s320/San+Ysidro,+Tigre+%26+Jorge+023.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">past large homes, </span></p><div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-VDntchV6x-mQsm7w_r69CJ2t0O1LfV4BjEvTf8Ue4iI7WspNBU8oSSR-koV1qMW6wEsdMSDQqXkviBaJ7p_Fb9NrFEYyB9cqJpZ6TQ5ZfKvJ4-rvhx9LNKfHDEptxR3UR8UeMzL2wNQ/s1600-h/San+Ysidro,+Tigre+%26+Jorge+008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320659070252827570" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-VDntchV6x-mQsm7w_r69CJ2t0O1LfV4BjEvTf8Ue4iI7WspNBU8oSSR-koV1qMW6wEsdMSDQqXkviBaJ7p_Fb9NrFEYyB9cqJpZ6TQ5ZfKvJ4-rvhx9LNKfHDEptxR3UR8UeMzL2wNQ/s320/San+Ysidro,+Tigre+%26+Jorge+008.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">the occasional eye-catching store front,</span></div><div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ7Z2dIWiBoiIFu3gU9czGCt_vtyR-wHpiuHaUstcp5JELmtkIaMXYa6W3CjipEKv66VQz_1-N-TYtf32rQhdzjIIBFQo2dKx5ZAkni5SS0-g5qW5vPjvT2QnoDXatBAcjcrRU34BfvPk/s1600-h/San+Ysidro,+Tigre+%26+Jorge+004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320659076864225906" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ7Z2dIWiBoiIFu3gU9czGCt_vtyR-wHpiuHaUstcp5JELmtkIaMXYa6W3CjipEKv66VQz_1-N-TYtf32rQhdzjIIBFQo2dKx5ZAkni5SS0-g5qW5vPjvT2QnoDXatBAcjcrRU34BfvPk/s320/San+Ysidro,+Tigre+%26+Jorge+004.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">through San Isidro Cathedral, which dates back to 1898,</span></p><div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKTR2GkZRj_9gk46XcbzazCwjQZ3eWPE8jbKI0qKaMJOC6n3-iBYoa6bWJ3swwLZO0aa4Jd4U7HdEg3z0QNV-IyPBL3g7cYKU9Zmy2gZz3TZN2_Kd6zgvDP4E8eTpgZdJ89k0W1aXo1aQ/s1600-h/San+Ysidro,+Tigre+%26+Jorge+016.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320667732764488722" style="width: 240px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKTR2GkZRj_9gk46XcbzazCwjQZ3eWPE8jbKI0qKaMJOC6n3-iBYoa6bWJ3swwLZO0aa4Jd4U7HdEg3z0QNV-IyPBL3g7cYKU9Zmy2gZz3TZN2_Kd6zgvDP4E8eTpgZdJ89k0W1aXo1aQ/s320/San+Ysidro,+Tigre+%26+Jorge+016.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtdEBkAnROitLXaEyfA80YidbzTKZwwZsIRxGI9A52ZtTYhBASdulC8F86lsKlPUh91Zjgq-UIhYqkNGV1j3WxrkpsL8_f9tyimhE01KG5BIGCT_RcRDYhWne3b7HF9n7ovDOJ7DOTlo0/s1600-h/San+Ysidro,+Tigre+%26+Jorge+022.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320656854889260914" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtdEBkAnROitLXaEyfA80YidbzTKZwwZsIRxGI9A52ZtTYhBASdulC8F86lsKlPUh91Zjgq-UIhYqkNGV1j3WxrkpsL8_f9tyimhE01KG5BIGCT_RcRDYhWne3b7HF9n7ovDOJ7DOTlo0/s320/San+Ysidro,+Tigre+%26+Jorge+022.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSQmsW5HiloZD8KRwhNx9_FWxhWsMYjE6-_5AGE740VJzUj8VrxgEiqsfz1TGGPoBqCEWWl1iqhWf3aoqiYrINbVfkldpxKktkWy8Qwd9D7f1CXdTbFL8BWPNz7xHSzqfzI_E1jH_ivY0/s1600-h/San+Ysidro,+Tigre+%26+Jorge+018.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320667737162776754" style="width: 240px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSQmsW5HiloZD8KRwhNx9_FWxhWsMYjE6-_5AGE740VJzUj8VrxgEiqsfz1TGGPoBqCEWWl1iqhWf3aoqiYrINbVfkldpxKktkWy8Qwd9D7f1CXdTbFL8BWPNz7xHSzqfzI_E1jH_ivY0/s320/San+Ysidro,+Tigre+%26+Jorge+018.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">and into <st1:street><st1:address>Mitre Square</st1:address></st1:street>, where an artisans’ fair is held every Sunday.</span></p><div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia_pYg1xP7RhOluduIJWTF3eUsutzaLBd2hTI4CFCnkJoOMHeJCKmfkaGaLiKKg8yqX9cRYtByMa78CHfZHZlc_CFnIVQG7t1X-y_sh14ifMryPij1CgO4z-3S2KlHFgWWx9E052tqMaA/s1600-h/San+Ysidro,+Tigre+%26+Jorge+027.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320667735180262130" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia_pYg1xP7RhOluduIJWTF3eUsutzaLBd2hTI4CFCnkJoOMHeJCKmfkaGaLiKKg8yqX9cRYtByMa78CHfZHZlc_CFnIVQG7t1X-y_sh14ifMryPij1CgO4z-3S2KlHFgWWx9E052tqMaA/s320/San+Ysidro,+Tigre+%26+Jorge+027.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:city><st1:place>The original San Isidro</st1:place></st1:city> train station dates back to the late 1890s; it was remodeled in 1995 but its original style was preserved. </span></p><div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaMHFKmqUhhQJt2uhi6X9U4R_iXUFJFP3L-SucTH9HheoRpfUy2UmpC6S-hV2WA_oQeF4WdfvXANMzdCKgaH_l6t609PvCAFbz462YHAOa8YPqNf4_eDXpf4KMFUPqOHPI5eyQX01pbj4/s1600-h/San+Ysidro,+Tigre+%26+Jorge+034.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320656867018855490" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaMHFKmqUhhQJt2uhi6X9U4R_iXUFJFP3L-SucTH9HheoRpfUy2UmpC6S-hV2WA_oQeF4WdfvXANMzdCKgaH_l6t609PvCAFbz462YHAOa8YPqNf4_eDXpf4KMFUPqOHPI5eyQX01pbj4/s320/San+Ysidro,+Tigre+%26+Jorge+034.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">From <st1:city><st1:place>San Isidro</st1:place></st1:city>, we make a brief photo stop at one of the riverside restaurants </span></p><div style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span></div><div style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCtRvzv5XblleKAt5562AOj9QbYwG7NTKpnod8AxncvcoIWaE6uoo0CcOQLwZdODclNvAdub9y6SXmmh-mnHPHiZp3KnQQFo14HjHsg1LUjuvcPlpyQ93TDAAIK4hCH9O5gJ_gHWl5D9s/s1600-h/San+Ysidro,+Tigre+%26+Jorge+037.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320657304149367986" style="width: 240px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCtRvzv5XblleKAt5562AOj9QbYwG7NTKpnod8AxncvcoIWaE6uoo0CcOQLwZdODclNvAdub9y6SXmmh-mnHPHiZp3KnQQFo14HjHsg1LUjuvcPlpyQ93TDAAIK4hCH9O5gJ_gHWl5D9s/s320/San+Ysidro,+Tigre+%26+Jorge+037.jpg" border="0" /></a></span></div><div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitkRaUfd4JdjJ9BFrq2HTfW3Unma9_gRYDYIawZv3bITS0kBb1qH2hxDfvXL18AqWOsPYLdRKIEWfXRrXNhaLxRk7whyB_W-fE1DwChc4aBzXhc8jvmuh0B3iHqM9BEko3K7gscfxKvZE/s1600-h/San+Ysidro,+Tigre+%26+Jorge+054.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320656297635936274" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitkRaUfd4JdjJ9BFrq2HTfW3Unma9_gRYDYIawZv3bITS0kBb1qH2hxDfvXL18AqWOsPYLdRKIEWfXRrXNhaLxRk7whyB_W-fE1DwChc4aBzXhc8jvmuh0B3iHqM9BEko3K7gscfxKvZE/s320/San+Ysidro,+Tigre+%26+Jorge+054.jpg" border="0" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;">and then drive to the Puerto de Frutos (Fruits’ Port) in Tigre. Situated on the Rio Lujan, it’s the gateway to the canals, islands and waterways that comprise the Delta area. </span></p><div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOpId_hTcMG2BEdAL5G5H4ei0AO_BTCnB6VZHA7bPtm7czlB9JvQ6t4evayPW9k7CTZSwimEI8QBTST5wffQnCK3AqUEFaJCXiNsfjcDp4jROsBYwD8zN_ZH44NCwWQnsvMSPsO380Joc/s1600-h/San+Ysidro,+Tigre+%26+Jorge+056.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320656295053044610" style="width: 240px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOpId_hTcMG2BEdAL5G5H4ei0AO_BTCnB6VZHA7bPtm7czlB9JvQ6t4evayPW9k7CTZSwimEI8QBTST5wffQnCK3AqUEFaJCXiNsfjcDp4jROsBYwD8zN_ZH44NCwWQnsvMSPsO380Joc/s320/San+Ysidro,+Tigre+%26+Jorge+056.jpg" border="0" /></a></span></p><div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">Shops and stalls line the river bank,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT_C2-8qQbAs0KgEH-BFAey1jzvX9LUpTq5V1-xjbZpiJTj-75W_eAMlvfC4vXhrHyWZN7uYhn1u5dMwsHWic6Di-rrU1lWixANaV6iLwM2lFiHwH6ly_ynS8i6EScMgNrF8oqAT5gQ54/s1600-h/San+Ysidro,+Tigre+%26+Jorge+046.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320656302348979346" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT_C2-8qQbAs0KgEH-BFAey1jzvX9LUpTq5V1-xjbZpiJTj-75W_eAMlvfC4vXhrHyWZN7uYhn1u5dMwsHWic6Di-rrU1lWixANaV6iLwM2lFiHwH6ly_ynS8i6EScMgNrF8oqAT5gQ54/s320/San+Ysidro,+Tigre+%26+Jorge+046.jpg" border="0" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;">but we think the coolest things are the transport boats loading and unloading wood to be used for docks and pilings.</span></p><div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXT0VmWR6G8bDqev2rruM-usq5zfySCvBoUHzpFTcPKWsRVkhMXAFCuXgtQ-JEiDz-SU3efA5H8FethIpQllGwy682aq0EwNsdqxzO9Uqju-iMmv6Q03QmxOeEizJMOfGnmYWd2iI1uu8/s1600-h/San+Ysidro,+Tigre+%26+Jorge+049.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320657307900604674" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXT0VmWR6G8bDqev2rruM-usq5zfySCvBoUHzpFTcPKWsRVkhMXAFCuXgtQ-JEiDz-SU3efA5H8FethIpQllGwy682aq0EwNsdqxzO9Uqju-iMmv6Q03QmxOeEizJMOfGnmYWd2iI1uu8/s320/San+Ysidro,+Tigre+%26+Jorge+049.jpg" border="0" /></a></span></p><div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg84aVVXR2xfHIp16b9fhztpUYr-Swz6BAcuyJvDGHu2MDu3yyqxZ68KzFHM80JUx5f5szOJ845cp8I1K65Q-nXwaBQTx3tlvedVMNaT-mVhXKLq4VEmYv8aFxGvZU6ujJ2nCH7m31dgnA/s1600-h/San+Ysidro,+Tigre+%26+Jorge+060.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320655705315266658" style="width: 320px; 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height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDVNhNclaETJFpsvQLlBm_CNvIkOtHxt8nTVDur0qiDnAuFcMFPBIc4vaYNMzcT9O7zEBEqyCLVV-KfR7V856WMcxySzVlUCn2NUqQJYPpp9iIT-NvUMdXzAfyvkLk3EiGNolPidWuSe8/s320/San+Ysidro,+Tigre+%26+Jorge+043.jpg" border="0" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">After lunch, we drive past elegant boathouses built at the end of the 19</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><sup>th</sup></span><span style="font-size:100%;">/beginning of the 20</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><sup>th</sup></span><span style="font-size:100%;"> century and still in use today.</span></div><div style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9qGnqkXBQo6OhWmf7k4uKYeLXZgPp8M9tdBgz2-QLwf8Da2qKIEwIlaaavTZc2nWB6rPr46m-C8qe7PtDoKEYqRqnCwxYrQwyQXZRXWcITr9Qvv2Vr1MA9_yjaNVwirfEPECuQBHETvc/s1600-h/San+Ysidro,+Tigre+%26+Jorge+063.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320655699698780706" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9qGnqkXBQo6OhWmf7k4uKYeLXZgPp8M9tdBgz2-QLwf8Da2qKIEwIlaaavTZc2nWB6rPr46m-C8qe7PtDoKEYqRqnCwxYrQwyQXZRXWcITr9Qvv2Vr1MA9_yjaNVwirfEPECuQBHETvc/s320/San+Ysidro,+Tigre+%26+Jorge+063.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></span></div><div style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />We follow the Victoria Walkway, a promenade on the banks of the river, toward the historic El Tigre Club, a fabulous building once used for Gatsby-like dances but now the site of the <st1:city><st1:place>Tigre</st1:place></st1:city> art museum. </span></div><div style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span></div><div style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB6d6mwTbu5GLiEF_GZofMFHvLbKNxalyH8dB9kpCgIXPgW-Ak-wPXMYy1d4oOTvigFfR2rWes9r9UmB2U8GKHJuUofh8un9dPdWWyRnEK6YjYp815_bqVYfg_wRS4R_2y7iZsOv9NFwA/s1600-h/San+Ysidro,+Tigre+%26+Jorge+072.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320655701822969730" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB6d6mwTbu5GLiEF_GZofMFHvLbKNxalyH8dB9kpCgIXPgW-Ak-wPXMYy1d4oOTvigFfR2rWes9r9UmB2U8GKHJuUofh8un9dPdWWyRnEK6YjYp815_bqVYfg_wRS4R_2y7iZsOv9NFwA/s320/San+Ysidro,+Tigre+%26+Jorge+072.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></span></div><div style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Closed today, we promise ourselves we’ll visit it next year with Jorge and then take one of the motorboats for a cruise through the Delta inlets and waterways.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span></div><div style="font-family:times new roman;"> </div><div face="times new roman"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />It’s getting late, so we say goodbye to Jorge and board the train that takes us back to the city. After a leisurely day…quiet sun-drenched streets, waterways, palm trees…it’s a shock when we get off the train during rush hour...hoards of people everywhere! We walk the 20 minutes to our neighborhood, where the pace is slower and we have time to reflect on a wonderful day. </span></div><div><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" >Thanks Jorge.</span><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Escape from Cape Cod's Winterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846410597236823450noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3637138867563465971.post-37427613317782205562009-03-27T17:44:00.015-03:002009-03-27T20:13:59.009-03:00Blog Post 17: Feliz Cumpleanos - It's a Banner Day<div><span style="font-weight: bold;">March 26</span><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><strong></strong><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Feliz Cumpleanos – Today I turned 60!! Holy smoke – how did this happen?</span></div><div style="font-family: times new roman;"> </div><p style="font-family: times new roman;">As we are riding down in the elevator of our building to go for breakfast, David apologizes, for perhaps the 3rd time, telling me he hasn’t yet gotten me a birthday card. I tell him not to worry. </p><span style="font-family:times new roman;">But as we leave our apartment building, I look to my left and there, stretched across our street, is a fabulous brightly colored banner…wishing me a happy birthday. </span><br /><div style="font-family: times new roman;"> </div><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPaniI_uvRQ1uMtzBVaEM8QTdJxgOIZ-MSw36DVT6gsrN2MwTlvontndRSD8urBqsjI0Vwi7wAdNTb_Y29pQW4uwi5jW3W4ArBuFGwt-QVyv9eaUWm0fbu9SyG6e1JpVkKzD3m6DaYZaA/s1600-h/BJ+Bday+004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317973500601664642" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPaniI_uvRQ1uMtzBVaEM8QTdJxgOIZ-MSw36DVT6gsrN2MwTlvontndRSD8urBqsjI0Vwi7wAdNTb_Y29pQW4uwi5jW3W4ArBuFGwt-QVyv9eaUWm0fbu9SyG6e1JpVkKzD3m6DaYZaA/s320/BJ+Bday+004.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div> </div><br /><div> </div><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_vO_DuzPGNwJZSBoZ4VXkUliMd2oAoxKRogH1Fki1gpAd9ems68EhOv0dEm8OR1njSeNlorcdHAq5DujHEQLnVxZzGrC_nyR4fWcsBdBEHAdlnBKyGZ7_SkAfGnzN9jClpdEy9_8Jj2s/s1600-h/BJ+Bday+023.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317972618762155906" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_vO_DuzPGNwJZSBoZ4VXkUliMd2oAoxKRogH1Fki1gpAd9ems68EhOv0dEm8OR1njSeNlorcdHAq5DujHEQLnVxZzGrC_nyR4fWcsBdBEHAdlnBKyGZ7_SkAfGnzN9jClpdEy9_8Jj2s/s320/BJ+Bday+023.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div> </div><br /><div><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">I just love it, as corny as that sounds. I feel like a celebrity in my neighborhood. It’s just so much fun. All day long, every time we go in or out of our building, every time we turn the corner to go home, there it is, making me smile. Thanks David…it’s better than a card! </span></div><div style="font-family: times new roman;"> </div><br /><div style="font-family: times new roman;"><br />Rick and Kevin drop off a beautiful bouquet of flowers,<br /></div><div style="font-family: times new roman;"> </div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1YWfH55tWIB2y_SqvIPscPh17HVThV14t_TiNE9aDtFBoY_Jp08gznvd6OKvh144qZy5Y-_iqJOZ5ecwCqZqbUhKAd-WkULQutF8xKTw2hdmLACmnD3__32focZSHAVEva4OC4h-Gt-4/s1600-h/BJ+Bday+012.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317973502835388050" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1YWfH55tWIB2y_SqvIPscPh17HVThV14t_TiNE9aDtFBoY_Jp08gznvd6OKvh144qZy5Y-_iqJOZ5ecwCqZqbUhKAd-WkULQutF8xKTw2hdmLACmnD3__32focZSHAVEva4OC4h-Gt-4/s320/BJ+Bday+012.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">We spend the day doing a little shopping, a little eating, a little visiting with friends.</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> Jim brings me a lovely necklace.</span><br /></div><div style="font-family: times new roman;"> </div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8eTSeUHoCJFsP0S4AqaU_kjOzWU13c7Rxc-xA9yUuhctMGNUZoR3o4QWb7wv_6q7u_6eAZx78PSxH_freduSbsmw3KxOhwzJ_kqy1eBP7kpOxae0ItWYXc84VB3h5CEBgQLhp4ioDOCI/s1600-h/BJ+Bday+028.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317973507887503362" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8eTSeUHoCJFsP0S4AqaU_kjOzWU13c7Rxc-xA9yUuhctMGNUZoR3o4QWb7wv_6q7u_6eAZx78PSxH_freduSbsmw3KxOhwzJ_kqy1eBP7kpOxae0ItWYXc84VB3h5CEBgQLhp4ioDOCI/s320/BJ+Bday+028.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">David has made a reservation for dinner at our new favorite restaurant, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:times new roman;" >Lola</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;">, for 2 at 8:30, or so he tells me.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">But when we walk in, there are Kevin, Rick and Jim sitting at the bar waiting for us...he’s arranged a surprise party for me! We have a bottle of champagne at the bar…</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjRGSTF928evo-t-N6w9bRzWoB9e73XPFK2CD0-UUARmIzTZ0RujYMcSqQqklms6po0I5JS0GM66IcWZe-llKWbRbChd7soz2CGLp3Dlq3DujhsYU0bTMt_AmyWvgKvshNV_3qOk10DDQ/s1600-h/BJ+Bday+032.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317973509905082306" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjRGSTF928evo-t-N6w9bRzWoB9e73XPFK2CD0-UUARmIzTZ0RujYMcSqQqklms6po0I5JS0GM66IcWZe-llKWbRbChd7soz2CGLp3Dlq3DujhsYU0bTMt_AmyWvgKvshNV_3qOk10DDQ/s320/BJ+Bday+032.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div> </div><br /><div style="font-family: times new roman;">then the maitre' d shows us to our table (without my knowing it, David had picked it out and planned the evening a few days before with the restaurant owner)</div><br /><div style="font-family: times new roman;"> </div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiykG17QZbZn75z1IReWhsFstS-KDegVLwOnp9qdjhKv2UWGrjrcsVSdT4homiqZQ9RbQrxjkkHlt_iUfTbdtD38h8RJTroMD0MAy6IgWSR-IE9iYM-ACCqKG7XLzIL9NME5k7hsmYkCF4/s1600-h/BJ+Bday+036.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317973829451371794" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiykG17QZbZn75z1IReWhsFstS-KDegVLwOnp9qdjhKv2UWGrjrcsVSdT4homiqZQ9RbQrxjkkHlt_iUfTbdtD38h8RJTroMD0MAy6IgWSR-IE9iYM-ACCqKG7XLzIL9NME5k7hsmYkCF4/s320/BJ+Bday+036.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div> </div><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">David and three great friends, </span><br /><br /><div> </div><br /><div> </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaKhPn46nptMydDdcvM8PEn1oMctj109ivpfra6nAwaD9JuHbsqANG0V_Fd_i4eT3sltWbFvIAO-rBlPJ-5VZhhC-Z0suIDBFoGTD9dpmDt4XsGOa5DE43h_Q1z-TMLJIKt3S49m-L9SM/s1600-h/BJ+Bday+040.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317973510432405650" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaKhPn46nptMydDdcvM8PEn1oMctj109ivpfra6nAwaD9JuHbsqANG0V_Fd_i4eT3sltWbFvIAO-rBlPJ-5VZhhC-Z0suIDBFoGTD9dpmDt4XsGOa5DE43h_Q1z-TMLJIKt3S49m-L9SM/s320/BJ+Bday+040.jpg" border="0" /></a><div> </div><br /><div> </div><br /><div> <span style="font-family:times new roman;">our favorite Malbec, fabulous food, more Malbec, fabulous desserts, more champagne, a birthday brownie covered with dulce de leche and marshmallow topping!!! What more could a girl want?</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiinB8uDDuy6WgXLz6wG1HbBXlfLIGI3oM3Ga6b_YHpL7NEE4R3yNB0YRODtNlKLH2QsIT63lA5L1-rP6IDjTKL73sCY01Nw2ef38fZ_2vzkZ4jffzRUTZBYmiG5RW5HOMIPSk2pXEqAWs/s1600-h/BJ+Bday+038.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317973822329323810" style="width: 240px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiinB8uDDuy6WgXLz6wG1HbBXlfLIGI3oM3Ga6b_YHpL7NEE4R3yNB0YRODtNlKLH2QsIT63lA5L1-rP6IDjTKL73sCY01Nw2ef38fZ_2vzkZ4jffzRUTZBYmiG5RW5HOMIPSk2pXEqAWs/s320/BJ+Bday+038.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">I have a wonderful birthday… and feel like 60 may not be so bad. </span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Escape from Cape Cod's Winterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846410597236823450noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3637138867563465971.post-34111710256269244692009-03-26T18:55:00.014-03:002009-03-26T19:32:26.608-03:00Blog Post 16: Abasto, Puerto Madero & Plaza San Martin<span style="font-weight: bold;">March 20 – 21</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;">Friday and Saturday are quiet days…leisurely breakfasts, dinners at home (3 in a row, in fact – a record!!). We often try to make lunch the big meal of the day, and these 2 days that is what we’ve done. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">We stay in the Recoleta on Friday, but on Saturday we take the bus to the Abasto shopping mall, a former fruit and vegetable market. Built in the 1930’s, it still retains its original art deco facade. It’s very impressive with its soaring ceilings and 3 story-high arched windows.</span></span><br /><br /><br /><a style="font-family: times new roman;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBeVa5Cg-5y2Yz45aRSOQLAaNoflMzITOhCSbYN57egIVc4liJsLn1Ma0naZMtmzldyK6f0KPOCmZlkWK1gqvqkpqj2WSIYCNcW_Xs8ymltqEnQEhJeiQbxzxQVxNzBNnVsvWYUDW5x3Y/s1600-h/P3210999.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBeVa5Cg-5y2Yz45aRSOQLAaNoflMzITOhCSbYN57egIVc4liJsLn1Ma0naZMtmzldyK6f0KPOCmZlkWK1gqvqkpqj2WSIYCNcW_Xs8ymltqEnQEhJeiQbxzxQVxNzBNnVsvWYUDW5x3Y/s320/P3210999.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317621036382000722" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">It’s one of several modern shopping malls in the city, complete with the largest food court I’ve ever seen (including the only kosher McDonalds outside of Israel), a 12 screen movie theater, a carousel, and three floors of stores.</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKduYXKUcMlHD-6Axe9cZOjuQ3HruW5lySFRBzBMTuQziD0se3itzUqGtkB8siyn0k677m0NVNktk1TNAIc9q5LuctWqRizpSMcTI6Hdd-e7wLRGaTQr6TAd2B6YztoztHUJeZkL4jZt4/s1600-h/P3210993-1.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKduYXKUcMlHD-6Axe9cZOjuQ3HruW5lySFRBzBMTuQziD0se3itzUqGtkB8siyn0k677m0NVNktk1TNAIc9q5LuctWqRizpSMcTI6Hdd-e7wLRGaTQr6TAd2B6YztoztHUJeZkL4jZt4/s320/P3210993-1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317622069428454706" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUGTIny7q0x0oujSqNMcPqxGMBz6C6ddeCMkh7FoeMDdz42jur4n5LZPkmjKC11zeWibHoXumBMOBTlOCRoIOtZy2rWhc9eAqGKBKgpGuzvDneR-QRFXp8n552Rm8cP2tA4pRO-NkEmMI/s1600-h/P3210998.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUGTIny7q0x0oujSqNMcPqxGMBz6C6ddeCMkh7FoeMDdz42jur4n5LZPkmjKC11zeWibHoXumBMOBTlOCRoIOtZy2rWhc9eAqGKBKgpGuzvDneR-QRFXp8n552Rm8cP2tA4pRO-NkEmMI/s320/P3210998.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317621046635631250" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3-OmvRWWg7m2JB25vnJbe89RCGAmDwo6khGT2NldRudAsSsub-efJ7BtbYhGFk1yVtPwpnJspyDSaD56dMw1wcT1lyRUWty2GIif-9KIr9wvwxqhyphenhyphenLuc1cpwmWPIvThN7dacfQqsEkTU/s1600-h/P3210997.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3-OmvRWWg7m2JB25vnJbe89RCGAmDwo6khGT2NldRudAsSsub-efJ7BtbYhGFk1yVtPwpnJspyDSaD56dMw1wcT1lyRUWty2GIif-9KIr9wvwxqhyphenhyphenLuc1cpwmWPIvThN7dacfQqsEkTU/s320/P3210997.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317622019300814786" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman; font-weight: bold;">March 22 – Sunday</span><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">It’s the 1st day of autumn…oh my gosh. I wonder if that means I can no longer wear white (kind of like Labor Day at home?). If that’s the case, my wardrobe has just been severely compromised!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">We’re off to the port area, Puerto Madero, for lunch at one of the many Italian restaurants on the River Plate. The old warehouses have been recycled and the cobbled walkways retained. It’s the last neighborhood in the city to be built up; remodeling began in 1991 and is still going full speed ahead.</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzLWsL51FRJ6fyLC3H0D1uf5NuKrj3PSDhlsUuBYGfVRYDud-jk04cGJk6aWmNYA-yy7f_bbHL32NdejTCPtlvjmw5eW8jyY1MxXD3__CCEZeO2pjPcQy0t7dLUBuhSHnIb0a-KDGHpcE/s1600-h/P3221001.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzLWsL51FRJ6fyLC3H0D1uf5NuKrj3PSDhlsUuBYGfVRYDud-jk04cGJk6aWmNYA-yy7f_bbHL32NdejTCPtlvjmw5eW8jyY1MxXD3__CCEZeO2pjPcQy0t7dLUBuhSHnIb0a-KDGHpcE/s320/P3221001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317622080641025090" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">There are also wonderful old buildings to see like the customs house</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqozTMqB5YDsS2lLB0HaOlW9q4r8bI-_Dz4ZzNqgdOY8Ny4_fOy5oQrExa38fFYBh2W39Jqc992jxV0rL2fLZks9_EDwj3ZATYPWvzh5DAsTPPeQA7GLEDQIgX6aFit9p7M47a_ZBBPO8/s1600-h/P3221006.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqNFfk9jKXUJDZri4UkxzqJ6TA8Av1YpBWhoWWYM5mArvvlUOFnSQYpm-W6wVJGS_CqEcA_gOAAqXVmeuJ75m5UsZrzjnz5TlVclkjhRI5mqJiJsN6tcAcEu-WaTj-eJ84ZTp-lp7Addw/s320/P3221024.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317622943777967362" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">to see the United Buddy Bears exhibit – each is 2 meters tall and represents 140 countries recognized by the United Nations,</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdA5Kv2goLBpvRibTJnZzl1JVUFvo4FkSzPYqhcXnb-XffSKCnkcdhZEapbQjc-gsIHvK50mkMJ3jufETx9ooR_hP5nNXLTE-pSm61O3UQH_4KiZpFogDe_Dt9yX2uvmV83u-bWlx4NMY/s1600-h/P3221013.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdA5Kv2goLBpvRibTJnZzl1JVUFvo4FkSzPYqhcXnb-XffSKCnkcdhZEapbQjc-gsIHvK50mkMJ3jufETx9ooR_hP5nNXLTE-pSm61O3UQH_4KiZpFogDe_Dt9yX2uvmV83u-bWlx4NMY/s320/P3221013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317622628891313058" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj5YV05yN3XEflu2eOMlrcE5gclYIGeTD2wWFsrUirNxPsdd6B_NJcgB5IpbElAQdjWcab74hI0XDmKLsOKbvcQMpqPxlarJXVKZMGD6f9FQmFbWFW-wyMQYYrgwmVJyptqPiZB-YFL0c/s1600-h/P3221019.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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font-weight: bold;">March 23- 25</span><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">What a relief – women are still wearing white (maybe that’s because it’s still 80-85 degrees?).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">We spend time outside, we occasionally run into people we know (that hardly ever happened to me in Boston!), and then we meet Ana and Jorge at a local <span style="font-style: italic;">parilla</span> for dinner where we also celebrate the birth of their new grandson (earlier in the day)</span>.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIk0eV9Ys-eoH_bDyjhb3kUkmQimz6ifbhIbQvbSGNCoKPZKl-TBDp8VMPZd9-gEIwhUv2t3xm1HYGDKLnuJsA2F2sb2-xEBL4Y7QilocibQ43pfkVTF7rOTauYyk6kfUchEiMZ_viU48/s1600-h/BJ+Bday+002.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIk0eV9Ys-eoH_bDyjhb3kUkmQimz6ifbhIbQvbSGNCoKPZKl-TBDp8VMPZd9-gEIwhUv2t3xm1HYGDKLnuJsA2F2sb2-xEBL4Y7QilocibQ43pfkVTF7rOTauYyk6kfUchEiMZ_viU48/s320/BJ+Bday+002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317622072046054370" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: times new roman;">Stay tuned...more tomorrow.</span>Escape from Cape Cod's Winterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846410597236823450noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3637138867563465971.post-28637710372676397522009-03-20T22:57:00.003-03:002009-03-21T16:50:42.421-03:00Post Number 15: Trip to Temaikan Bioparque><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="time"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; 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Not quite knowing what to expect, five of us meet at 10:00 a.m.,<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQK499yI0TPv8LoxfWCFd_p5wAJE_1ymxECSPPHoj5-jHdnrC85s9Y4-eKs_g2YGnf0k4frUtdKsUq81V9_j_oo7BKLgDLPqqtxPVvuH81HjDlRlI6eIGQErCW2Tfn-nk-RYz7855_nIo/s1600-h/Congresso+and+Temaikan+121.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQK499yI0TPv8LoxfWCFd_p5wAJE_1ymxECSPPHoj5-jHdnrC85s9Y4-eKs_g2YGnf0k4frUtdKsUq81V9_j_oo7BKLgDLPqqtxPVvuH81HjDlRlI6eIGQErCW2Tfn-nk-RYz7855_nIo/s320/Congresso+and+Temaikan+121.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315459409873866578" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz6FKQ5jx7IiyFFATTfi9GCS8RluTSUbuFhhk2YaHfQ8_nd48LgAjIqZTgKN8HDjylZFEeLry8AbZlwfap2SJwoZaENh7t0SLGyUuzLSkKmqJvDEEr9I5Tqt4xc4mvaPQvJDM6a6NGER0/s1600-h/Temaikan+016.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz6FKQ5jx7IiyFFATTfi9GCS8RluTSUbuFhhk2YaHfQ8_nd48LgAjIqZTgKN8HDjylZFEeLry8AbZlwfap2SJwoZaENh7t0SLGyUuzLSkKmqJvDEEr9I5Tqt4xc4mvaPQvJDM6a6NGER0/s320/Temaikan+016.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315458810721057458" border="0" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">catch the 1st of two buses <st1:time minute="0" hour="10"></st1:time> and, 2 hours later, arrive at <i style="">Temaiken</i>, which is north of <st1:city><st1:place>Buenos Aires</st1:place></st1:city>. It’s a zoo, an aquarium, a nature preserve, a park, and an educational facility – and it’s amazing. We spend the next 5 hours exploring and having a great time.<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Highlights include the merkats…</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2L50C0StGMApfMnPIaXZS2EO5euDXBwHqq9qdY5MosrCa6uHtlV0I96J-i2v6ExEsCu-vzPGC726sGIC-ZMY2OHgicqx9n8DMsuR3xCRLgRtWLmybYa1R5qotS87xfIEBNlpZlAprXv8/s1600-h/Congresso+and+Temaikan+069.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2L50C0StGMApfMnPIaXZS2EO5euDXBwHqq9qdY5MosrCa6uHtlV0I96J-i2v6ExEsCu-vzPGC726sGIC-ZMY2OHgicqx9n8DMsuR3xCRLgRtWLmybYa1R5qotS87xfIEBNlpZlAprXv8/s320/Congresso+and+Temaikan+069.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315458819170092098" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwGUhAu6bLgYnvx_tBj5MvTOTTNQPRmFlU5aUtfcZzCgQHZE4HT9Svgzl4kfEWOyr9aIJbW0OczE3uZHBTKowJoam_dxkHFIDxdbiSq1zq8FRwe2bziFPDKCKY78AQ9J0nRmjwAQilJ64/s1600-h/Congresso+and+Temaikan+071.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwGUhAu6bLgYnvx_tBj5MvTOTTNQPRmFlU5aUtfcZzCgQHZE4HT9Svgzl4kfEWOyr9aIJbW0OczE3uZHBTKowJoam_dxkHFIDxdbiSq1zq8FRwe2bziFPDKCKY78AQ9J0nRmjwAQilJ64/s320/Congresso+and+Temaikan+071.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315459402393967234" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Video:<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzU9Dmf-qxjFsLlFhUIs5QJ-dYdlIHZxyW3nkrQ6bC71z1XvGklKfCqrFCGewAtAlKRmJOzW66Jv3YdJckJ5w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">a giant hippopotamus…</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUM8cXVmBZsSf3VUozJT7AkTd21G6FQhuUnO3bjBv7pl3tcjJg4rOvPIg_o7vFXutFJGwc1-Um732Ybmj5yzw_XaKfUCl7bfda-d1CLLaESGcPGz4udE2n0SwDhLoCGrTHEHfnJD-Tjb4/s1600-h/Temaikan+018.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL8Q9IBYqJLRuf1ZIiqPtctseH4fT_KSiul18tuJO_PMFiK8rh8kvBC0hu0so-Kh8LViClT2Va3P5Sk99r1cdE7d-u3i5I4y6UXVP3YA3u6nksThnIW-IDUTrQA43fb4tD6HYq_B8FTag/s320/Congresso+and+Temaikan+090.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315461319985144466" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtT81l9dLVP85Sk9MKVFl9hM5p6At57TOLPlrrXTlVpQyr3oXVmtjfWJ4r6KZSBQR1XTts9KIYD-VNbx6Bo0rLy5yxLX8xEhNtGiYRcT7btLLnVvezvPhO2FltSawAieS2e955yuPkekw/s1600-h/Congresso+and+Temaikan+079.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtT81l9dLVP85Sk9MKVFl9hM5p6At57TOLPlrrXTlVpQyr3oXVmtjfWJ4r6KZSBQR1XTts9KIYD-VNbx6Bo0rLy5yxLX8xEhNtGiYRcT7btLLnVvezvPhO2FltSawAieS2e955yuPkekw/s320/Congresso+and+Temaikan+079.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315462518829877842" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal">and those too oblivious to know any better.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnqlUJJAof8bhtoyH1z7xMsr28HlVMGvIkVic69VIb18iVsrZvPX6au2Mq64I5M74wp2vwF6bFyKGJEOxMxaDtyHHjma0wvnR1iIf-vxGwg0SD6A4MbF7CXBBcesudv2OzSS80gmkn2Ws/s1600-h/Congresso+and+Temaikan+080.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnqlUJJAof8bhtoyH1z7xMsr28HlVMGvIkVic69VIb18iVsrZvPX6au2Mq64I5M74wp2vwF6bFyKGJEOxMxaDtyHHjma0wvnR1iIf-vxGwg0SD6A4MbF7CXBBcesudv2OzSS80gmkn2Ws/s320/Congresso+and+Temaikan+080.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315462523827689506" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">We laugh, we eat, we enjoy glorious weather.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0WFOlFCJ-4O6B1VHJ2Yf0Fe6-Haxbd3zTmQyCm7c4lwSGyjzBFOrc57kr03O2eUvOl3RhnfwV2sdqB7RPg2Pr5ZTYdufDFMUAKqXfov-dItdsRwgpb2LS0bwOZ-MFP8G3Sgm60Hu1gYo/s1600-h/Temaikan+021.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0WFOlFCJ-4O6B1VHJ2Yf0Fe6-Haxbd3zTmQyCm7c4lwSGyjzBFOrc57kr03O2eUvOl3RhnfwV2sdqB7RPg2Pr5ZTYdufDFMUAKqXfov-dItdsRwgpb2LS0bwOZ-MFP8G3Sgm60Hu1gYo/s320/Temaikan+021.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315458816939727746" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">We marvel at how beautiful the grounds are…</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibP82Wo1FGhjAJ31qhYfoTRnpxA1vnqKAKAmgmRnUxoSND4RiXCJZciwD7hh49Bor7JKKpakokrUio4Uya8i58MyqJNvl7lVb1zFlZD4VIHatTkv5WiXe1MjvmQ1vYhU_Bw4Ttx5Eogo0/s1600-h/Congresso+and+Temaikan+100.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibP82Wo1FGhjAJ31qhYfoTRnpxA1vnqKAKAmgmRnUxoSND4RiXCJZciwD7hh49Bor7JKKpakokrUio4Uya8i58MyqJNvl7lVb1zFlZD4VIHatTkv5WiXe1MjvmQ1vYhU_Bw4Ttx5Eogo0/s320/Congresso+and+Temaikan+100.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315461327231371346" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhag1Ixj2WNokY-MdYu2_fp72ji5WEPLYuJa256O-XyvX60_PWDkjn4IxIXJ5DlM-kSMigFsbczgOCqgP3x-f7_mNJcQczHUQVQw9i8GFQ0nCWgEo-LKofb3ml8drPV0VrjWe8eKlm0BBg/s1600-h/Congresso+and+Temaikan+111.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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Summer’s over, it’s mid-week so the kids are in school, and there can’t be more than 2 dozen other people in the park.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">We sit and watch the sharks and sting rays in the oceanic tank while listening to Ave Maria, Mozart’s Flute Concert and more.<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz2eh6cgJcNWlFkrl-vGZ3EcGiQggch57kzxImF3nN2SxZuIfkrPlt6Im3UN-Pouqyg7p4M5eAqM-ikqlyNvg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">We walk into something like a giant aviary. It contains 40 or 50 bats. We are no more than a foot away from those closest to us. We’re separated by nothing more than a wire screen.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK2vhyphenhyphenaz_mbmK8Rnv-kiYYiT1lp7Wj5rjQTt5b1vOoFYA8I5Tduw3WPd_Es7-AIwNO812C46oW8J0oUkLNNt7_VbDSxJSNv5ztE5MtYwKpP0xy2JNeZi5olzZJ7UIs1YbGoheLOO9wIKM/s1600-h/Congresso+and+Temaikan+177.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK2vhyphenhyphenaz_mbmK8Rnv-kiYYiT1lp7Wj5rjQTt5b1vOoFYA8I5Tduw3WPd_Es7-AIwNO812C46oW8J0oUkLNNt7_VbDSxJSNv5ztE5MtYwKpP0xy2JNeZi5olzZJ7UIs1YbGoheLOO9wIKM/s320/Congresso+and+Temaikan+177.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315462526510613554" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Some are flying. Others are hanging upside down. The larger vampire bats have a wing span of between 2 to 3 feet.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQqRCsDvYixJlgNYviX-L0OVnEkI9uxoXmyEuy7nH51SZvLH2v6Le18sSXylqI4YxQPBVLzOl_Jh-hcb_iVZCAm93iIF_vmlWkB5y4gZiBUMflkG1KDqQ2ZwOsUDESIJQkHL_aJAWNfKg/s1600-h/Congresso+and+Temaikan+145.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQqRCsDvYixJlgNYviX-L0OVnEkI9uxoXmyEuy7nH51SZvLH2v6Le18sSXylqI4YxQPBVLzOl_Jh-hcb_iVZCAm93iIF_vmlWkB5y4gZiBUMflkG1KDqQ2ZwOsUDESIJQkHL_aJAWNfKg/s320/Congresso+and+Temaikan+145.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315459417556222802" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhVixct4szsl5-1tbw2sidE5ciTnmq69F_iLcmLZXzkfszkY_6km1XqnS9_JVhC1UsRqdexh7Vz0AycfzeEZaPPSoHCgZFAieb5So74Pm2l2HSfk8qv4SrhulGWZEIPVkGYIHSjTq9v3A/s1600-h/Congresso+and+Temaikan+149.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhVixct4szsl5-1tbw2sidE5ciTnmq69F_iLcmLZXzkfszkY_6km1XqnS9_JVhC1UsRqdexh7Vz0AycfzeEZaPPSoHCgZFAieb5So74Pm2l2HSfk8qv4SrhulGWZEIPVkGYIHSjTq9v3A/s320/Congresso+and+Temaikan+149.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315461332176735106" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">They’re feeding on fruit and veggie brochettes...</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnK4S26OJHycEfI3JyO3O-Krgp4OWWGIp23dcaP1wOuJfjkU4Suw1yYYUlR8oJ4jYwEX8PLuOQLaFsvRxBuPhMOa4v-mvL3jGxIVcVuXZaTteR0AMq08oAioi4u9CqqvW57DiIDOBcSJw/s1600-h/Congresso+and+Temaikan+171.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnK4S26OJHycEfI3JyO3O-Krgp4OWWGIp23dcaP1wOuJfjkU4Suw1yYYUlR8oJ4jYwEX8PLuOQLaFsvRxBuPhMOa4v-mvL3jGxIVcVuXZaTteR0AMq08oAioi4u9CqqvW57DiIDOBcSJw/s320/Congresso+and+Temaikan+171.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315459408048667794" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">and after a hearty meal.....it's nap time.<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihE1vDaJSuj4xeX7Y93AvBoSwVPD5_oKwGoeuLoWjHgCevjcSGHnXMpc1eX3D49-qvDXeoeK1tk51kDlg6jzhXvKofRh7n4FjLJuFpJ5NtZQTXyS5ZhxlEiiyQVqv63AVSKVpgBM7CM40/s1600-h/Congresso+and+Temaikan+163.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihE1vDaJSuj4xeX7Y93AvBoSwVPD5_oKwGoeuLoWjHgCevjcSGHnXMpc1eX3D49-qvDXeoeK1tk51kDlg6jzhXvKofRh7n4FjLJuFpJ5NtZQTXyS5ZhxlEiiyQVqv63AVSKVpgBM7CM40/s320/Congresso+and+Temaikan+163.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315461332355990930" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Video:<br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyskSAhxIL_3rO1seFNMNF1XKgjsB6E-16rPCyghHZ2p4PDyfrZliPPlnkCb1rK-IIq_jj_9gYIMyFquZ5qyw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">It’s all pretty amazing and beautifully done. Like I said before…a fabulous day!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtJdP9dlTD0EarMkpDo-Zqzx2m41cEipGxxJFbIpjirAFeWqUmfV52y1EPNQ0tpoxxOSzl8wrMHThCairp0aVMXQKEKJ9DpkIzoIe6LeMBOrW97G_skCWwOwq2QeUYE4ls3p_c5XD0oVo/s1600-h/Congresso+and+Temaikan+196.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtJdP9dlTD0EarMkpDo-Zqzx2m41cEipGxxJFbIpjirAFeWqUmfV52y1EPNQ0tpoxxOSzl8wrMHThCairp0aVMXQKEKJ9DpkIzoIe6LeMBOrW97G_skCWwOwq2QeUYE4ls3p_c5XD0oVo/s320/Congresso+and+Temaikan+196.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315462530448286914" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Only three weeks more to go in BsAs before we start another adventure in Santa Fe, New Mexico. I (David) am not ready to leave Argentina, but at least we will delay going back to the Cape for another month. Stay tuned.<br /></p>Escape from Cape Cod's Winterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846410597236823450noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3637138867563465971.post-16556125452516550742009-03-20T19:30:00.000-03:002009-03-20T22:57:46.616-03:00Blog Post Number 14: Congreso and the Protests<o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="time"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">March 16 – 18<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The beginning of another week and we go to the gym. It feels good to work out, and with every sit-up and every curl Yamil says “bien” – giving us the encouragement we need to keep going. And David has cut back on his Spanish lessons, no longer attending the 4 times-a-week university class (too much like going to work, he says) but sticking with his tutor. I’m happy about this because he’s my mid-day play mate again.<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">On Tuesday we go to lunch with Kevin and Rick, and then 3 of us take the bus to the <i style="">Palacio del Congreso </i>(Congress), which is modeled after the US Congress (as is their model of government). <span style="font-family:times new roman;">The building and the statue in the plaza are 2 more examples the richly ornate architecture found in this area. At </span><st1:time style="font-family: times new roman;" minute="0" hour="16">4:00</st1:time>, a tour of the building is given in English so we decide to kill an hour and then take the tour.</p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiocbeA0chFCtpJ7_mOIxvHhWYP4svDsIraz17nflWhbWhquXsHtWPoCwK6oHvTBKTTKodJxcfbq-JGmmuc2bHKDt3RhMAzM3ONE54hYSGqEoIShj_gaDB_vxASmqdjV_nGLz8J5ZCcIHI/s1600-h/Congresso+001+%2811%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiocbeA0chFCtpJ7_mOIxvHhWYP4svDsIraz17nflWhbWhquXsHtWPoCwK6oHvTBKTTKodJxcfbq-JGmmuc2bHKDt3RhMAzM3ONE54hYSGqEoIShj_gaDB_vxASmqdjV_nGLz8J5ZCcIHI/s320/Congresso+001+%2811%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315406493007639186" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuxh0PO1kXGb1L_UVOPX1ox-ii6GbhjhyphenhyphenFW_qcTCujwEux7piIOU1zUJu3hNkS5JZZrFJFQtbNNcXSL5ETb2oV-tn_DOV_8ssBgSQITAR29J0IPOVmosALeG5SaG0T5n5cfkFRnYGIs-Y/s1600-h/Congresso+001+%2813%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio8JkVLcFi-RB101MDwCp9-n9B2ipZZjNUnbngE6xUSq9x6SztXzjTQ6afWZlIWkSg-WiYtQ7rJn2oy4BnXShPgnNBB9IGntkDClDQhU0HRA-BxfT_A-FVn47NaflE5mZk4VC5pUWDN24/s320/Congresso+001+%2826%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315407111999463202" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">As office buildings go, the <i style="">Palacio Barolo</i> is a knockout! Designed by an Italian architect in the “spirit” of Dante’s <i style="">The Divine Comedy</i>, it’s said that the building’s “afterlife” begins in basement-level “hell and climbs 22 floors through purgatory up to heaven”!<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The interior lobby is ornate; bronze dragons, marble walls and antique elevators. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyzhKeEvnLF1-nmRO3yOrR0mPpfd0ehioxSQc2optq8p-LOaaQNQAj9ZLlNTYVY_hQ8NVirBserq6n4xqOnSOMKJvNEVRRX0UVeZQfle1HwqQ6wEit_TcznICoWScHqUSomuCqf69KxY8/s1600-h/Congresso+001+%2829%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyzhKeEvnLF1-nmRO3yOrR0mPpfd0ehioxSQc2optq8p-LOaaQNQAj9ZLlNTYVY_hQ8NVirBserq6n4xqOnSOMKJvNEVRRX0UVeZQfle1HwqQ6wEit_TcznICoWScHqUSomuCqf69KxY8/s320/Congresso+001+%2829%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315407117249172258" border="0" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">We ride to the 12<sup>th</sup> floor and walk 2 flights up the winding marble staircase<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbnhlvuDXghVkfnBGdIgMcQyBAwOr4xsfsRamX4o7Su88FynuYEDBE3iAOwIR-qKPrGYB4QyZNoE0fqg6XF5aXunJVjL3EYYeaR-Zc2MaeyGgb6xTFrJLVJDD8Gjt7NBp3AlM9Ux89cFc/s1600-h/Congresso+001+%2832%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbnhlvuDXghVkfnBGdIgMcQyBAwOr4xsfsRamX4o7Su88FynuYEDBE3iAOwIR-qKPrGYB4QyZNoE0fqg6XF5aXunJVjL3EYYeaR-Zc2MaeyGgb6xTFrJLVJDD8Gjt7NBp3AlM9Ux89cFc/s320/Congresso+001+%2832%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315407840410165922" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgje6d-hulrjEgl5rrGxCOxYoGJqdClXIkok_aM4t5bfjS8NohB2ZlapXKvxPv_fzwaw2UczHFV2BvCpe6_Dolrbuef448Z2uRJMPq6CarykaVuJfQJRraaobjxttXGIazo17mErySTblw/s1600-h/Congresso+001+%2838%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgje6d-hulrjEgl5rrGxCOxYoGJqdClXIkok_aM4t5bfjS8NohB2ZlapXKvxPv_fzwaw2UczHFV2BvCpe6_Dolrbuef448Z2uRJMPq6CarykaVuJfQJRraaobjxttXGIazo17mErySTblw/s320/Congresso+001+%2838%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315407831292418898" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">to <i style="">Tango Moda</i>, one of BA’s premiere shops for buying tango apparel. Beautiful clothing…</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKkGVXZxeTwEYciyQ-La40w3Ibsho5vGPwFahejq_d3wCdNhDMatMHfuDC1unequgDAXqrxjnaEt5DhPKvvx1HE7A-U9mEXLV-z-T_yfvF2EtSFs0CcNtvi8FCe8tcJ134lhX1O-yk0JA/s1600-h/Congresso+001+%2836%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKkGVXZxeTwEYciyQ-La40w3Ibsho5vGPwFahejq_d3wCdNhDMatMHfuDC1unequgDAXqrxjnaEt5DhPKvvx1HE7A-U9mEXLV-z-T_yfvF2EtSFs0CcNtvi8FCe8tcJ134lhX1O-yk0JA/s320/Congresso+001+%2836%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315407833411202898" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">but we are definitely not ready to invest in tango-wear; we haven’t even taken a tango lesson. The aerial view of the city from the 14<sup>th</sup> floor is outstanding.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGhA5dXG03C8hylgfkQz4H0zl6PN1jvLPN68TjIE8WD0sO9SLSssQViWpeMZIJ6P69w-E51Szw_wk3MojdUFz6AOvAqF18DzGG3lhVmlmazzEw7tuGQ8PQbefDpHPmqQXy6wg6JmQ3M1k/s1600-h/Congresso+001+%2835%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGhA5dXG03C8hylgfkQz4H0zl6PN1jvLPN68TjIE8WD0sO9SLSssQViWpeMZIJ6P69w-E51Szw_wk3MojdUFz6AOvAqF18DzGG3lhVmlmazzEw7tuGQ8PQbefDpHPmqQXy6wg6JmQ3M1k/s320/Congresso+001+%2835%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315407116025121234" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">As we head back for the tour we realize there are thousands of people headed in the same direction. We hear firecrackers and bigger “booms” (which we initially think are gunshots), see an abundance of police, TV cameras and people carrying signs and banners. There are pamphlets falling from the sky like confetti and realize we are walking toward the epicenter of a demonstration! </p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd3e9kvdrwN9oLUduYQ2uMUjb5IrQyRN1UbgPib30Q9IGe9ZnhjLERKpW0oAtkzzHflb4kITYDYzZ-TWek9JGeJv-tpbud2QtUL0dg_wtvJbhDufkK4hTwGBB0fCXJojoKOBtW3miY8jE/s1600-h/Congresso+001+%2844%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd3e9kvdrwN9oLUduYQ2uMUjb5IrQyRN1UbgPib30Q9IGe9ZnhjLERKpW0oAtkzzHflb4kITYDYzZ-TWek9JGeJv-tpbud2QtUL0dg_wtvJbhDufkK4hTwGBB0fCXJojoKOBtW3miY8jE/s320/Congresso+001+%2844%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315407827620709890" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The demonstrators (representing butchers union) stop and gather in front of the Congress, and it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to realize that there will be no more tours today. We feel perfectly safe…but decide it’s time to head home. Check out the video below:<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzKk87KHcNiyAkISH6J3si4SdbaJS9ch38bYAxjVavYGkG8qBa0zD1VPciugTtVR6HbLo-do_-JTj3aSFZOlA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">We walk down the <i style="">Avenida Callo</i>, a particularly busy street where a dearth of pedestrians, cars and buses are an assault on the senses! But, in spite of this, there is something vibrant about the city…we feel so comfortable here.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Wednesday is gym day again…we set the alarm for <st1:time hour="8" minute="0">8:00 a.m.</st1:time> – way to early to be working out, but we are committed!! David has his tutor late morning, and I have an art lesson from 3-7 (these are my painting “girlfriends” and instructor Gustavo).<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1nvcUyFYZMyjU02j00stLu-m9Fu-LWlyD5yjrgpWYUWekpIIgZBOi6_43OPAdbPv2PP-IMWtweHV4UZajF2N6wtCc9SBrTDOmDaWaay0_v5uO-NMOrwe7M__jeW-2-lzUDUQ1rA_BH9I/s1600-h/Temaikan+001.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1nvcUyFYZMyjU02j00stLu-m9Fu-LWlyD5yjrgpWYUWekpIIgZBOi6_43OPAdbPv2PP-IMWtweHV4UZajF2N6wtCc9SBrTDOmDaWaay0_v5uO-NMOrwe7M__jeW-2-lzUDUQ1rA_BH9I/s320/Temaikan+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315415547964940674" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Wednesday night is movie night, so we catch a <st1:time hour="10" minute="30">10:30</st1:time> movie (Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino).</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>Escape from Cape Cod's Winterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846410597236823450noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3637138867563465971.post-47252382082850760712009-03-16T18:38:00.000-03:002009-03-18T10:45:57.833-03:00Blog Number 13: More life in BA and La Boca<o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="time"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">March 9 – 11<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">It’s Monday and David has his 1<sup>st</sup> class at <i style="">Lenguas Vivas Institute. </i>Oh…did I mention that, in addition to the private tutoring he’s getting once a week, he signed up at a local university to take pre-intermediate Spanish classes 4 days a week (Mon-Thurs). Then, of course, he has homework each day. When David decides to do something, it’s an all or nothing proposition.<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">When he returns from class, he’s wired from speaking and listening to Spanish non-stop for 2 hours. Lucky for me, he relaxes when Kevin and Rick come for dinner.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifVFYNmwpM7RbkiRSV5u8our8tJs98zSwrbPk6y_vVly-2bpYD8NYDqyd_iyEYrxOJpso_MIBBQ3LZFLHky7PrjmqAz0-cdnbHCG44Xon3avn-eVM2Pwljeb4y0rT8Wm0qcCyGnIwnCkI/s1600-h/LaBoca_and_More+004.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifVFYNmwpM7RbkiRSV5u8our8tJs98zSwrbPk6y_vVly-2bpYD8NYDqyd_iyEYrxOJpso_MIBBQ3LZFLHky7PrjmqAz0-cdnbHCG44Xon3avn-eVM2Pwljeb4y0rT8Wm0qcCyGnIwnCkI/s320/LaBoca_and_More+004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313905147467777138" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Tuesday we get up early and go to the park, where David studies and I sketch.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB5q0OyKn5TZSZ1Hll_lSwznrSSTWSOocIauMWEuxzSi-1hXrY8Wb1rG0LAkMD26ZiWCifoq6o9DFJvwHT1JKNLnfotNpTxmxSEKUkKe3l5_SLWWEn6tBucLwNaS7D0xggx6koQb4RNXg/s1600-h/LaBoca_and_More+005.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB5q0OyKn5TZSZ1Hll_lSwznrSSTWSOocIauMWEuxzSi-1hXrY8Wb1rG0LAkMD26ZiWCifoq6o9DFJvwHT1JKNLnfotNpTxmxSEKUkKe3l5_SLWWEn6tBucLwNaS7D0xggx6koQb4RNXg/s320/LaBoca_and_More+005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313905149163707330" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">He goes to class and after, we head back to the park, sit and people-watch. <st1:time hour="17" minute="0">Five o’clock</st1:time> is a perfect time – the playground is packed with little kids, as is frequently the case around now. We enjoy watching them, as they are very cute. One of our friends describes them as ants…they’re all over the place.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil-8meakozrvZ_ysfvkR1yjt2oYg7n_GHzD3S3GopSNosYnpyI1nomlCCBSPR6OmB8O6-YXYI4kbZREvXPcGFy0iiyZFADkCdM4f-hwEdZ7oIftJNyoWqpj_7Wa_FHY1hPh8I84M4iAM4/s1600-h/LaBoca_and_More+009.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil-8meakozrvZ_ysfvkR1yjt2oYg7n_GHzD3S3GopSNosYnpyI1nomlCCBSPR6OmB8O6-YXYI4kbZREvXPcGFy0iiyZFADkCdM4f-hwEdZ7oIftJNyoWqpj_7Wa_FHY1hPh8I84M4iAM4/s320/LaBoca_and_More+009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313905161266027106" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0f27KxuSbdqxFc01dFxmfBGRBBH1pOlkWcbNCCDKS5-7IpVBKIdbaBihy8TPU3xTcW6dAuKEjkgURaqB-u_fB1meNAqwj7BDr2-2RYFglHCrbHrfydNYX-O49JKbOCpzeXHiUFtB9toU/s1600-h/LaBoca_and_More+008.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0f27KxuSbdqxFc01dFxmfBGRBBH1pOlkWcbNCCDKS5-7IpVBKIdbaBihy8TPU3xTcW6dAuKEjkgURaqB-u_fB1meNAqwj7BDr2-2RYFglHCrbHrfydNYX-O49JKbOCpzeXHiUFtB9toU/s320/LaBoca_and_More+008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313905156711829314" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">We go to the<i style=""> Hard Rock Café</i>, of all places, for dinner – not a typical dinner destination for us, but David announces he needs a Mexican food fix. According to friends they have the best fajitas in the city. We get there at <st1:time minute="0" hour="9">9:00</st1:time>, eat but don’t linger, since the music is blasting and it’s too loud for us old folks. On our way home, we stop at <st1:place><i style="">Volta</i></st1:place><i style=""> </i>for some of the best ice cream in the city. Have I mentioned how good the ice cream is here?<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">On Wednesday, Diego comes over to tutor David and I go to friend Jim’s apartment. We hang out, drink coffee and eat <i style="">factoras</i> (pastries). In the afternoon, David goes to Spanish class and I go to paint. We meet around <st1:time minute="0" hour="8">8:00</st1:time> and go to dinner at <st1:time minute="0" hour="9">9:00</st1:time>. Seems we’ve found a rhythm that works.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">March 12 – 15<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Thursday morning, after coffee, we stop in front of a store to admire a window display. We hear a couple, also looking at the display, speaking English. Turns out they (Matina and Steve) are New Yorkers here in BA on holiday. We spend an hour talking and decide to do lunch together on Sunday. Nice!!<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">We go to Julie and Bob’s apartment around <st1:time minute="0" hour="18">6:00</st1:time> and spend the next few hours in their backyard garden drinking and eating. They are leaving for their home in CA next week and we’ll miss spending time with them.<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Friday is a day of rest…and good thing, because we plan to spend Saturday on the go. I know some of you have marveled at how we seem to be eating all the time. And you are correct…so we have decided to join a gym (we probably should be joining overeaters anonymous too!).</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWEPgFOYMjnkyr4rojjSAOQcUGVPqB8q9YSlwXS0ftCC2TeUp-QSfHjvjkARg-8IAfO67xuMflU1xbrDtnx5CRQYdsFnPGeApdYlRYlzIPfKhXrPPsoICRggNe-QD5XQlnt1ZKrzhwlCE/s1600-h/LaBoca_and_More+132.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWEPgFOYMjnkyr4rojjSAOQcUGVPqB8q9YSlwXS0ftCC2TeUp-QSfHjvjkARg-8IAfO67xuMflU1xbrDtnx5CRQYdsFnPGeApdYlRYlzIPfKhXrPPsoICRggNe-QD5XQlnt1ZKrzhwlCE/s320/LaBoca_and_More+132.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313906076221490418" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">We meet Yamil, who will be our personal trainer for the next 4 weeks, and after discussing our needs (and his fee) we decide to start working out with him on Monday. On the way back from the gym we decide to check out a great hidden restaurant that Julie suggested. It's in a beautiful old world style building that we are told at one point was the German Embassy.<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ndqLihVlg6-zhMc9cACIbz_jV0OeSSSMPGOpKpR-DEh61aVFzgRk_2MV3qDLIJR5IKXDuaq4HGvjYU7QnoS-XAjCAtOJc8r_uboB8gKHzv7DBoBRyc3-pdcOkBi5kXJjuFTKai-CMFI/s1600-h/LaBoca_and_More+021.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ndqLihVlg6-zhMc9cACIbz_jV0OeSSSMPGOpKpR-DEh61aVFzgRk_2MV3qDLIJR5IKXDuaq4HGvjYU7QnoS-XAjCAtOJc8r_uboB8gKHzv7DBoBRyc3-pdcOkBi5kXJjuFTKai-CMFI/s320/LaBoca_and_More+021.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313906074803674402" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga-cqkmBXVuIDjg0TWmwd_bnTUWuKf2pVLvtrjmOFa7s62PyBc4O098EJRYwr8TNndUGsYVTj5dUvlPRAFRay5_zOS_xGXz7xe7sLOOjgIxO8aEBPmHKrBfsc_Vii1dmfj2uL879ygF9o/s1600-h/LaBoca_and_More+020.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga-cqkmBXVuIDjg0TWmwd_bnTUWuKf2pVLvtrjmOFa7s62PyBc4O098EJRYwr8TNndUGsYVTj5dUvlPRAFRay5_zOS_xGXz7xe7sLOOjgIxO8aEBPmHKrBfsc_Vii1dmfj2uL879ygF9o/s320/LaBoca_and_More+020.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313905163953296594" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal"> On Saturday we catch a bus to La Boca. Divided from the suburbs of BA by the “toxic” waters of the Riachuelo river, this working-class barrio was, until the late 19<sup>th</sup> century, the entry point to the city for goods and immigrants; hence the name La Boca – literally “the mouth”.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGZ5sn_lisDgRhWY89DpGWliOOQrNoahF2bX1eLjKlKEJdAwuZ9GsyRLVRZXCCUxyY9Q-I9Xn9LFcMkIhUO_foJRMXIdK2e1t_gCf0KTZePGdLW0ZfgMG7M7VVvm2woDtCQCa68wmjRwI/s1600-h/LaBoca_and_More+042.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGZ5sn_lisDgRhWY89DpGWliOOQrNoahF2bX1eLjKlKEJdAwuZ9GsyRLVRZXCCUxyY9Q-I9Xn9LFcMkIhUO_foJRMXIdK2e1t_gCf0KTZePGdLW0ZfgMG7M7VVvm2woDtCQCa68wmjRwI/s320/LaBoca_and_More+042.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313906844277440370" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijpOuqpJtXDGw1bfYIIJ2xABZvnUv4YGSNGVdHFMR8uNgZTPLclHfQZJqoc2D7tXYj68h9IlJSPYzLJEo2QVjduWv5rWbaLHsHDBfEjyuPpycGagPKnkwKIF8qC7pGf5q4mAJTUXYrdKM/s1600-h/LaBoca_and_More+040.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiMIgzGZW7u6SLQypL4qPXxau92xQVdRfot59OBMZs1btxhrOqvElWClf_BKgeYYFyOHvjxzmb1e8vOd7gQP30hxx2QSksc4wuX86a3aNg2qbERt-f_fJJevRZE0-W4biMixXnUo-ggMA/s320/LaBoca_and_More+055.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313907605212356786" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">and the Caminito; i.e. the “little walkway” lined with brightly colored corrugated zinc shacks.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaLISyoBPVxox7obBhsZzaHlBWayQrJ9-VM-K8cRBem3yo_FsuuZhyphenhyphenET6PBRajN6GpnrmP4ueQ1Q6YCNDOE5PwgqwC16yeRm6DL-bhkVTTkdz3eUMHnvh-WewF_0atjFA-U6pL0wVA4j4/s1600-h/LaBoca_and_More+045.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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Everything I read talks about how, in the early 1900s when the shacks were constructed, they needed frequent painting. The locals would ask the crews of ships that came into port to give them left-over paint. Because each local then took a small quantity, walls might be painted yellow, roofs green, and shutters red.<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">While this has become a very touristy area, it was fun to walk around for a few hours. It’s sort of like a tango-themed amusement park. Lots of cafes with mini stages set up for bands;</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Tango dancers....<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi93STPKjfQ0XpeOEL1KYdLWyPDEWjN2oyHJbDj4qFrZcBopdCTo_KSVDyjPDYk3H7Bm7W6mns3CbNJZ00on6DUO_s0wz7SiKTQqFJRxNe-lfowORjr2H-TT74H0a6PpkgYBOam0vZD4cQ/s1600-h/LaBoca_and_More+100.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi93STPKjfQ0XpeOEL1KYdLWyPDEWjN2oyHJbDj4qFrZcBopdCTo_KSVDyjPDYk3H7Bm7W6mns3CbNJZ00on6DUO_s0wz7SiKTQqFJRxNe-lfowORjr2H-TT74H0a6PpkgYBOam0vZD4cQ/s320/LaBoca_and_More+100.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313909693449373298" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis9DY89XQd8sPKvtkN5qJEQUVBJJWpciQuAYpRjp7jgAGcEaUo4VadqIUeDtQUlIlPBzNk0gI4XSsOR7oaNMfqhDR0PjyWhbKHdSHu9-5x0ZHuGkcSVXmGmZqT9o5bjUhquzC7U596WtQ/s1600-h/LaBoca_and_More+091.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis9DY89XQd8sPKvtkN5qJEQUVBJJWpciQuAYpRjp7jgAGcEaUo4VadqIUeDtQUlIlPBzNk0gI4XSsOR7oaNMfqhDR0PjyWhbKHdSHu9-5x0ZHuGkcSVXmGmZqT9o5bjUhquzC7U596WtQ/s320/LaBoca_and_More+091.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313912980669902802" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Check out the tango video below:<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxFw5TXQ-Qtpi898NkkCrvHusg3iS3GgnVHRyS16O7DWFlJDDb7NcgH_6zF9YG4aFnkXQlnm2-e-xaeG_xtEg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Tango chicas…</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAHdmoPGz7f2s8qV7-SIcEHuOSi_ukQqI2SklhfUFDJtOdJHLmCknLeS4AQeRHMvTnTSgil-eULMXAXcx3NV9oIoN6YVxDnrDtYUecHthQ2KnGWMfjZaNg_bpQli8WoSmXdmSjaHyYMyE/s1600-h/LaBoca_and_More+089.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt6HZ2RtymZ-qFo3KAZvcEtTbtVMdQslN9LYpNk0Bhq72K8zoFeaECm_1C4cYlQNB4IYmnE6V2ays4BNUFrivP6iS4KZwV-lQlx_elUoESwE-Ghz-6RVoysA19l55-JwviXQ6PdSHVzb4/s320/LaBoca_and_More+074.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313911652475665266" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">and the occasional "Argentinian folklore" dancers (video below):</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy09AHOz-Sns1xUMdOzz8N3I3l89Tg1ZesgfZy8JKWPRXmfoEfw2Db_BpPQeMfdI_bJXTI5xDFpPbz--sUKlg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">There are murals, oil paintings, mosaics and reliefs all over, and many have a nautical theme.<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCRdtCe5GDq0NREPWjT3ABh_wRFA-Jh_CI6luRvv3nTngSrz5ddUqvDhHVovsz1poWcIlAz4Vb-M_N0l6oYbqxn9k9Cd74bLkNRp6m44tXSakXew6wjD8ZeJ3cj-WVMZKpI329PUnJkKI/s1600-h/LaBoca_and_More+080.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtrvJVWMMBeIVZ5RiL2EJnhQ67gYDEHR6_Fs74dPvpa6nYwKnF2qvgZXv_krih7z18Cngd5xwQ9-KBg8s-Wtf3esMT-Q-yqg5NMib_8HeKeOnwBbwu6ESpabRNtaXFQi1G1IXGjTyiLAU/s320/LaBoca_and_More+081.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313911655281106434" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Then there is the “<i style="">fileteado</i>”, a popular style of ornamental painting that appears on signs and storefronts.<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9DA8xptJLlfJUVhq1FK6JWITz-fdu0DtPaad5m5TDBROHWlK0M1vMSVtbOxZ7lByW_7dHy6M7DRgbpCOBCpG8lt3bEV6vH9f2fLOAbsM88tI2PDRM9-SHibnlkSlEblJW7Ez7cgg_ph4/s1600-h/LaBoca_and_More+037.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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And, just as we are leaving, we notice bunches of kids congregating around a box about the size of a refrigerator draped in navy blue velvet.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWlDZTN6WGL1nuEUYYD94FyU56yf5Vg5aV0UWrcO0QcoNtSAT5lPqX8QxwaWagqMbL8l1vMXT33yIKFM1nGhe2hQyo73kKhcOUs4Jv5j1D862T6p2rviN5N94ofWkTW-_yTngTVI0kSLc/s1600-h/LaBoca_and_More+119.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWlDZTN6WGL1nuEUYYD94FyU56yf5Vg5aV0UWrcO0QcoNtSAT5lPqX8QxwaWagqMbL8l1vMXT33yIKFM1nGhe2hQyo73kKhcOUs4Jv5j1D862T6p2rviN5N94ofWkTW-_yTngTVI0kSLc/s320/LaBoca_and_More+119.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313915165124573714" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLPphKXjdQC3D__ldc6g9kxKSj15K-N5TNSKKa-MVwRewscFrCTXuLNhBDy5tPHFnACviX1V8u0krPUJMmUXUCn2Nz2C2y7zz0SCXpIghym41QfJQb0iTwfyt2HemSTOO-k6WK6YTh_Zc/s1600-h/LaBoca_and_More+116.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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Fall is just around the corner…you can feel it in the air. Though we still have an occasional scorcher (yesterday I took 3 showers, it was so hot!), days are definitely starting to cool off ever so slightly, and they are often less humid. We are now just one hour ahead of U.S. Eastern Standard Time.<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">We meet Matina and Steve for a leisurely lunch at <i style="">Lola</i> and eat al fresco. After lunch, we say good-bye, as they are flying back to NYC tonight. Too bad they won’t be here longer…we have a really nice time with them.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwkfbvCEAiutgCb4T3e8f99XHx1fK7HSC1TEo3kbxGSe5Ql1Jo6ulBqmmL8k8WowfZAl8YHKHj0eSFrlk4oT4U2OW0Y7yr7IyrLcxyljpDmSgCs0CPLMakrQlcut1tCaWLOpMPgf8aFT4/s1600-h/LaBoca_and_More+130.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwkfbvCEAiutgCb4T3e8f99XHx1fK7HSC1TEo3kbxGSe5Ql1Jo6ulBqmmL8k8WowfZAl8YHKHj0eSFrlk4oT4U2OW0Y7yr7IyrLcxyljpDmSgCs0CPLMakrQlcut1tCaWLOpMPgf8aFT4/s320/LaBoca_and_More+130.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313921074186779266" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>Escape from Cape Cod's Winterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846410597236823450noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3637138867563465971.post-86742709838779070682009-03-14T00:17:00.000-02:002009-03-14T21:32:04.475-02:00Blog Number 12 - Avenida Cordoba Architecture and San Telmo<o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="time"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">March 7 – 8 <o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Saturday…we walk towards the artists supply store. On the way, we cross Avenida Santa Fe, which is one of the boundaries between the Recoleta neighborhood we live in and Barrio Norte. Wanting to take a different route than the usual, we head to Avenida Cordoba. On our left is a huge building which as been recently cleaned...the former Palacia Sarmienta, which we think is now the ministry of Culture and Education (though we're not really sure).</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkGS9bmpnOvyXtYfVTaQC9YUwnbBDtwrBoknRva3BUrFOOtaZZwdD9kakyoZdVfc60wdRC9Hfl-VMmcTvfI97kV9YfYrWPzx_RQDPOfLXsJ6CARa9d7c8fy2WVakWZCZ-hO7jfcBv_4ts/s1600-h/P3070498.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkGS9bmpnOvyXtYfVTaQC9YUwnbBDtwrBoknRva3BUrFOOtaZZwdD9kakyoZdVfc60wdRC9Hfl-VMmcTvfI97kV9YfYrWPzx_RQDPOfLXsJ6CARa9d7c8fy2WVakWZCZ-hO7jfcBv_4ts/s320/P3070498.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312865570948263954" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVb3izBGAcBUthpFa2GNd8niC5JaVKvMXffMHyq-Btgx0__5X_HlmZjeX2ZEQ0gS3bZBIjrwqeuxwUdCsdUWFouosaFfvwEjnUvkXEQ_HB6tPIzc4bmf905aeafSS1r8IL71wuwRoZQls/s1600-h/P3070488.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVb3izBGAcBUthpFa2GNd8niC5JaVKvMXffMHyq-Btgx0__5X_HlmZjeX2ZEQ0gS3bZBIjrwqeuxwUdCsdUWFouosaFfvwEjnUvkXEQ_HB6tPIzc4bmf905aeafSS1r8IL71wuwRoZQls/s320/P3070488.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312865576235785970" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyuwcXXHtUhVGg-31XRrAs3NB20vDmzM2RW3lRGdVRDo0ZSoNtF-Nao2MBSm3yV8qyUSaQNm4QqAZvHbHa5Ys_-NyR-LcEpN89orM2bk0Q2yqEPptaIweOf9exnB8uB0WcMxUxKDvocNM/s1600-h/P3070490.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyuwcXXHtUhVGg-31XRrAs3NB20vDmzM2RW3lRGdVRDo0ZSoNtF-Nao2MBSm3yV8qyUSaQNm4QqAZvHbHa5Ys_-NyR-LcEpN89orM2bk0Q2yqEPptaIweOf9exnB8uB0WcMxUxKDvocNM/s320/P3070490.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312865580387051922" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">We try to capture the beauty of some of the old (often juxtaposed against the new) architecture.<o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlFm6dctRpQJmMgJfC2j19YkPG1B8rXA7Xl2JmcrfIioo7hUijHG5W6tLmPUQrNDQwRy5pp8IKrKaou8P0PRcqS8m3tjIB34k0kaoklSZ_N-XD8FiblTsiZawr58lHqldem6veEpvccI/s1600-h/P3070502.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlFm6dctRpQJmMgJfC2j19YkPG1B8rXA7Xl2JmcrfIioo7hUijHG5W6tLmPUQrNDQwRy5pp8IKrKaou8P0PRcqS8m3tjIB34k0kaoklSZ_N-XD8FiblTsiZawr58lHqldem6veEpvccI/s320/P3070502.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312865581758259298" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><o:p></o:p></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcgZNxr1Y0ByVWLbjBUJagEgQPGVH-_VcSMSSOM7iESs9nLdj6Ig86hhuFa5vHavpl3uFp6AubkYK9lYrzx8ffGrFF11flMC9v2w9KUyqFGJwIspqcz0NzNMtkRka1XDwbijbdYHe0WQA/s1600-h/P3070499.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcgZNxr1Y0ByVWLbjBUJagEgQPGVH-_VcSMSSOM7iESs9nLdj6Ig86hhuFa5vHavpl3uFp6AubkYK9lYrzx8ffGrFF11flMC9v2w9KUyqFGJwIspqcz0NzNMtkRka1XDwbijbdYHe0WQA/s320/P3070499.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312865580729076562" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>Aquas Argentina is the city's water company. The building is one of the most ornate we've seen in Buenos Aires.</o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8RfRI_dLny-0zOzMrBhdPhbWhjv5iVczlhaHYhETHBhoTtbAolTw8J8BTRmjgNfDfuuGksGJ93wNdLYFWAHwfpGTjN-eXtMuANDBMexRUjrR2hzV4pbYmCu58S8wV_8QKAS8DbjUklRo/s1600-h/P3070508.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8RfRI_dLny-0zOzMrBhdPhbWhjv5iVczlhaHYhETHBhoTtbAolTw8J8BTRmjgNfDfuuGksGJ93wNdLYFWAHwfpGTjN-eXtMuANDBMexRUjrR2hzV4pbYmCu58S8wV_8QKAS8DbjUklRo/s320/P3070508.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312866449130607442" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowPrQ_kAKGmnCddUUECSQBy0AgYLd5ProXw748Vy0muzhf45eHGSmYA58vP1soDcPYO6HVYeSOZ9mrTqOJV-HV5Oy2Iu5GdOujVHsOanFXlBj_nPzPwsue44OQ5mM_yFsbcblL-qrWgw/s1600-h/P3070513.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowPrQ_kAKGmnCddUUECSQBy0AgYLd5ProXw748Vy0muzhf45eHGSmYA58vP1soDcPYO6HVYeSOZ9mrTqOJV-HV5Oy2Iu5GdOujVHsOanFXlBj_nPzPwsue44OQ5mM_yFsbcblL-qrWgw/s320/P3070513.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312866445761447826" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNxU3VmJLsowDZHKz6Pw2xVf-zcnjskYHUfT1x9uNzh9bkUNUH_48K5twqm32hhk2rXUoqFEDjFFYccVMInbl7-5CzhXfAvzU0gkrrHiRoxk_3NhNz-iKoC5wXtFr7E2-osxxs9o2E11w/s1600-h/P3070514.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNxU3VmJLsowDZHKz6Pw2xVf-zcnjskYHUfT1x9uNzh9bkUNUH_48K5twqm32hhk2rXUoqFEDjFFYccVMInbl7-5CzhXfAvzU0gkrrHiRoxk_3NhNz-iKoC5wXtFr7E2-osxxs9o2E11w/s320/P3070514.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312866452673691010" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>Diagonally across the street is an extreme example of the city's giant institutional look...one of the teaching hospitals,</o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><o:p></o:p></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkRP2NloqV_DL6heohKtzvUAE7PxFs4lsnIfHnyfLCBhREUUpoqsnyQAsDtGt5MD-8CkOkNotKc5Fnhx2FNwSa8EzyLVSJPI0MjasJHeplMRwORiA3qjvCdWw5xNAnZFSJi11QjABepoY/s1600-h/P3070515.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkRP2NloqV_DL6heohKtzvUAE7PxFs4lsnIfHnyfLCBhREUUpoqsnyQAsDtGt5MD-8CkOkNotKc5Fnhx2FNwSa8EzyLVSJPI0MjasJHeplMRwORiA3qjvCdWw5xNAnZFSJi11QjABepoY/s320/P3070515.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312867084846652738" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><br /></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">We have lunch at <i style="">La Querencia</i>, order the day’s special, a fabulous berry-glazed pork dish, and a desert that gives me a 1960’s Carvel “Fudgie the Whale” ice cream cake flashback (anyone remember Tom Carvel and his TV commercials?). On our way home, it begins to rain and, yes, we get soaked again.<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqZsSGUGxDPVy8BvIgQnK4v-pAPRBd24gdbCFK3xtKnAm5spPn_3YAL3nQHOUlpkAudfYqRxOJuELLHK5H3KelqwKDyNzub0mppvJopZoRCJM3bBLAt185ewJ2DK2NuCPWYltyvHL913c/s1600-h/P3070519.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqZsSGUGxDPVy8BvIgQnK4v-pAPRBd24gdbCFK3xtKnAm5spPn_3YAL3nQHOUlpkAudfYqRxOJuELLHK5H3KelqwKDyNzub0mppvJopZoRCJM3bBLAt185ewJ2DK2NuCPWYltyvHL913c/s320/P3070519.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312866453591399090" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">In the evening, we meet Julie and Bob at <st1:city><st1:place><i style="">Oviedo</i></st1:place></st1:city><i style="">,</i> an excellent seafood restaurant, for a 4 hour dinner (9p-1a) and take a leisurely walk home. One of many really nice things about <st1:city><st1:place>Buenos Aires</st1:place></st1:city> is that, with <u>very</u> few exceptions, we always feel safe walking, no matter what time of night.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/LAPTOP%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg" alt="" /><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/LAPTOP%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.jpg" alt="" /> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Sunday…we’re finally at a point where we think we’ve figured out (kind of) how to read the bus schedule, so we (successfully) take the bus to San Telmo, BA’s oldest neighborhood. The buildings are low, the streets are cobbled, and references to the tango are everywhere.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgSvkcj_fWrkQDGtjT8PPzXvlVHr5ODg2TESshbk6t_u1c2Xg-i4AKcbuFZVpyTXv6-n3yiRI-UhfnQSAgv7PEdAjypgibGh5ZFZBpGlgY9meYWXeATEv5C-h86Njz8tt04YAeboCFYWY/s1600-h/P3080600.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgSvkcj_fWrkQDGtjT8PPzXvlVHr5ODg2TESshbk6t_u1c2Xg-i4AKcbuFZVpyTXv6-n3yiRI-UhfnQSAgv7PEdAjypgibGh5ZFZBpGlgY9meYWXeATEv5C-h86Njz8tt04YAeboCFYWY/s320/P3080600.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313158551576582066" border="0" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Every Sunday, in and around the <i style="">Plaza Dorrego</i>, local artists display paintings and crafts and street performers entertain.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZy3S-bj-hcNFLygFYrGyEua_AWz-YPfWK_dMIomxnWrZcaV-TXkUMHhVRlnA9vtOcTYmBtLOfQ25fNE-9kdxgdKhluFSDIy3Q2XolhBx4czZ_eTY6OVW_28ox0yvHyjc8yx1Uq1lJxw/s1600-h/P3080586.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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Turning around, we see 2 neighborhood women we’ve never seen before (Maria and Sylvia) and they are agreeing (in Spanish, of course) that the buildings he has chosen to photograph are indeed beautiful.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmGmdzuGELYO4buR7tQKZkOE7SvBXGJ9-Yo1Gx2c4svE2lVadUBPzfSSQsBxoVy3Os0cwrkPRrtCOAmU122KGikTWzkGVUCaecS3PdWfQBtm9UkEtq7IUD_NwHYjM20kAuI_9Ap0oYKnw/s1600-h/P3080605.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmGmdzuGELYO4buR7tQKZkOE7SvBXGJ9-Yo1Gx2c4svE2lVadUBPzfSSQsBxoVy3Os0cwrkPRrtCOAmU122KGikTWzkGVUCaecS3PdWfQBtm9UkEtq7IUD_NwHYjM20kAuI_9Ap0oYKnw/s320/P3080605.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313158534675985426" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">We spend the next 20+ minutes talking with them, though neither speaks a word of English. They want to know where we’re from (always the 1<sup>st</sup> question), how long we’ll be in <st1:city><st1:place>Buenos Aires</st1:place></st1:city>, do we like the city, how old we are, how long we’ve been married. Maria wants us to guess her age (83), tells us how she loved her husband, how he’s dead now and no one can ever replace him, how long she’s lived in the neighborhood…I could keep going but you probably get the idea!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">She proceeds to sing for us, wants our phone # so she can have us for dinner (at least we think that’s what she says) and, to reinforce her invite takes out a kitchen knife from inside her apron packet! Sylvia, meanwhile, is translating, in abbreviated Spanish, what Maria has just said. It’s hysterical, and very endearing.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Another typical day for us!!</p>Escape from Cape Cod's Winterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846410597236823450noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3637138867563465971.post-29816528013115253102009-03-13T20:50:00.000-02:002009-03-13T21:09:58.965-02:00Blog Post Number 11: Spanish, Art & Evita!<span style="font-weight: bold;">March 4 </span><br /><br />Wednesday…a big day for both of us.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">David:</span><br />Fortunately for me, my Spanish tutor Diego (who I had a few lessons with last year) was available and I was able to start lessons again. We reviewed what chapters in my text I needed to study in order to be able to start my second semester of Spanish back in the US. Diego has his own method of teaching so we will just have to see what happens.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxzuceA72wt5n1ic34u1sf-2b8qwzw_GQnlk7Wsos9pVLJ-S_KzTphMohlWdd17E6AhXVil9yzwx6E8gnlItoTTC4W5ai7LM89eRLGgN2PQFL1oix1SalydW2BaeRVOgA56cZ5TVjws0U/s1600-h/Misplaced+so+we+made+dups+026.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxzuceA72wt5n1ic34u1sf-2b8qwzw_GQnlk7Wsos9pVLJ-S_KzTphMohlWdd17E6AhXVil9yzwx6E8gnlItoTTC4W5ai7LM89eRLGgN2PQFL1oix1SalydW2BaeRVOgA56cZ5TVjws0U/s320/Misplaced+so+we+made+dups+026.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312811534191529842" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Barbara:</span><br />I had been thinking about taking art lessons, so after hearing about an instructor from a friend went to see him and the studio. I liked what I saw and signed up for oil painting classes, the first of which was today. Classes are on Wednesdays from 3-7 for the next 5 weeks.<br /><br />It’s a 30 minute walk to the studio and there are 3 other women taking the class. All are accomplished painters, and all made me feel welcome. Lillian is the only one who speaks fluent English, and she’s a willing translator.<br /><br />The instructor, Gustavo, speaks very limited English, but his demos give me a good sense of what it is I’m there to learn. His goal – get me out of my comfort zone; i.e. use bold colors, bold subjects, bold strokes, big canvases! For those of you who’ve seen my paintings, you know this will be a stretch!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">March 5 – 6</span><br />Thursday at the Melody Café for breakfast, there’s an American who’s trying to pay with dollars. Gabriella, the waitress, is having difficulty understanding him and asks David to translate. No question about it…his time studying here and his semester studying Spanish at Cape Cod Community College have begun to pay off.<br /><br />Friday the weather is fabulous so 4 of us take the bus to Palermo Botanico<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl6QUgGhV_yzCJiSbA_FhbMiHQFAYeXi7JG3oKbSZ1EExKSYUeplM5DtXx-APyyaq5XIs5qTpzxudubbyQc3b0K4O0Bx8cJYrScmgAXnzC1zVx9ie54rXP1ai9djA-OILtTn0W5LWRBzQ/s1600-h/P3060471.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl6QUgGhV_yzCJiSbA_FhbMiHQFAYeXi7JG3oKbSZ1EExKSYUeplM5DtXx-APyyaq5XIs5qTpzxudubbyQc3b0K4O0Bx8cJYrScmgAXnzC1zVx9ie54rXP1ai9djA-OILtTn0W5LWRBzQ/s320/P3060471.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312812232737310450" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />for lunch at the Evita Museum’s outdoor café (we plan to do the museum another day). Housed in an architecturally stunning building that once served as a women’s shelter run by Eva Peron’s foundation, the umbrellas, black and white tile and greenery provide a serenity that enhances a delicious meal.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWLxa5y9SBh51zpXYq4Q-GB8ClXE4DUzF1gIb38TEeFFseKI56VYZ4ezNZZ9gG_mp-HA1UL-Zq2z3rYXbz7wUefw7n7fjcnDawsn1Rq5cxfj59G2KHr9J1yUKcnWAwhLA6_SDqviAqQd8/s1600-h/P3060441.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWLxa5y9SBh51zpXYq4Q-GB8ClXE4DUzF1gIb38TEeFFseKI56VYZ4ezNZZ9gG_mp-HA1UL-Zq2z3rYXbz7wUefw7n7fjcnDawsn1Rq5cxfj59G2KHr9J1yUKcnWAwhLA6_SDqviAqQd8/s320/P3060441.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312811542105136914" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9MwZ8iR2Kc6Ur6lG3ukSIqHwlekp82wDIz6E0qbA8gXsvmDI-u4ZBEeeMpiLlvBHGIxRKEpt_tZ0BiJl-31Dbr4DIPcLu_SEYMkIWbBg_mGoSRTR6cN-km5mNalFwa-b2XX4S2VxhqHA/s1600-h/P3060459.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9MwZ8iR2Kc6Ur6lG3ukSIqHwlekp82wDIz6E0qbA8gXsvmDI-u4ZBEeeMpiLlvBHGIxRKEpt_tZ0BiJl-31Dbr4DIPcLu_SEYMkIWbBg_mGoSRTR6cN-km5mNalFwa-b2XX4S2VxhqHA/s320/P3060459.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312812224222934530" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVrH7-Y9OwNPJNfW3b0sYLjEVPPa2Gq3xcNObOkRpkyDNbjaLTastKPzEbIR-KoMPhAygU0NbqtzB9fApZj364h8SbQTLMMoakdabbvu50emxdM1Bt1jjQS42bmapfB7sFPfxrNM-o9NI/s1600-h/P3060457.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVrH7-Y9OwNPJNfW3b0sYLjEVPPa2Gq3xcNObOkRpkyDNbjaLTastKPzEbIR-KoMPhAygU0NbqtzB9fApZj364h8SbQTLMMoakdabbvu50emxdM1Bt1jjQS42bmapfB7sFPfxrNM-o9NI/s320/P3060457.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312811542938040066" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrPlrAscBJNKzNqq5UEulThKfKTp6PU8EhUmDDq3M6vLYl74hHV6qrYU6fTLNQNd4TnlQVTsDkLalnmX1Kqz3uXBDlYpwZPb3spbk8Tf9DPTt_12D4MoEzXcvAKiCkeGHvBIfdP1RDDdE/s1600-h/P3060466.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrPlrAscBJNKzNqq5UEulThKfKTp6PU8EhUmDDq3M6vLYl74hHV6qrYU6fTLNQNd4TnlQVTsDkLalnmX1Kqz3uXBDlYpwZPb3spbk8Tf9DPTt_12D4MoEzXcvAKiCkeGHvBIfdP1RDDdE/s320/P3060466.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312812222850591874" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYIcZe-FhZ4j97W0bo4W19TXm54DgWyEreMOC67qJ-fKiVmsDTrDlgUzs0xVVdER-wQfveTpRdXKLgXQF9qf6jhItFhsx2zMIGa8W8EPuKttQbsj31Q4twkkcQ3UDqZjQfQtT-y4m8_Pk/s1600-h/P3060450.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYIcZe-FhZ4j97W0bo4W19TXm54DgWyEreMOC67qJ-fKiVmsDTrDlgUzs0xVVdER-wQfveTpRdXKLgXQF9qf6jhItFhsx2zMIGa8W8EPuKttQbsj31Q4twkkcQ3UDqZjQfQtT-y4m8_Pk/s320/P3060450.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312811539374780834" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4RfEfUP9mvlmKLVJVmAzVXBhIqgI52eplGkmmudHukS2j_U5KDAuY6VW_WUJQT5nqBOkRbTxD6GNuM2QZSZgy52oo-bEXharDHWfT26jlIruLN_QOs_9j_UezFzwSW68q-k7XFer7d7E/s1600-h/P3060446.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4RfEfUP9mvlmKLVJVmAzVXBhIqgI52eplGkmmudHukS2j_U5KDAuY6VW_WUJQT5nqBOkRbTxD6GNuM2QZSZgy52oo-bEXharDHWfT26jlIruLN_QOs_9j_UezFzwSW68q-k7XFer7d7E/s320/P3060446.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312811541177809570" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Buenos Aires is not the right destination for anyone who wants to loose weight. Most socializing revolves around long, leisurely meals (though our saving grace is that we almost always walk to and/or from our destination).Escape from Cape Cod's Winterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846410597236823450noreply@blogger.com1