This was our last weekend in Santiago, while we are here for nearly two more weeks, next weekend we are heading to the Atacama desert, and then we leave the following Saturday for Mexico City. Friday night we joined two of Sue's school friends, James and Rania (friends from where she is taking Spanish, not …
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Hard Landing in Santiago
Today it's time for some lessons from the road: Keep track of the compromises you made Remember where the hip neighborhood is (and that you were a few minutes walk from it) Wide-angle lenses lie (which we knew but ...) Perhaps it was partly because Patagonia was so magical, but even before we got to …
Patagonia – part 2
On Sunday, we did a full day tour to La Leona Petrified Forest. It is about an hour and a half outside of El Calafate. Our driver and guide, Leon, picked us up at the hotel and drove us north through the scrub desert. We stopped at roadside hotel/bar/restaurant/gift shop, and picked up another couple …
On to Patagonia
Our last week in Buenos Aires was a bit of a whirlwind. My cousin Robin, an experienced traveler on her own, joined us on Monday. We spent the rest of the week working and visiting the last few places on our must see/eat list. On Thursday night we had a goodbye dinner with our friends …
A traditional Thanksgiving?
Yesterday was Thanksgiving in the U.S., so my work was closed. Sue and I decided that since we had been back in Buenos Aires for three whole days, it was important for us to leave again – no more accurately, we decided that since we had a free day, we would head to Uruguay. There …
Family Fun Time
Boy, they really know how to eat meat in Porto Alegre (Yes they do!! YUM)! Aside from that, Vitor and family went all out entertaining us and making sure there was never a dull moment. Vitor wanted to show us how beautiful the sunset is over the river Jacuí, so we went to Cais Embarcadero, …
Family, Friends, Food and Football
This weekend was all about family. When I was in college, my parents hosted an exchange student from Porto Alegre, Brazil, named Vitor. Our families have been close ever since and we think of Vitor and his family as our family. My mother decided that for her 85th birthday she wanted to visit Vitor and …
Bridging Valhalla, Italy, China and Argentina
Another weekend, another 30 or so miles in what Steven affectionately calls our death marches (affectionately??? they are pleas for help!). We don't necessarily do it on purpose, but we want to see everything. Typically we intend to walk somewhere and then take public transit (here it is the Subte) back. But then, we think …
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Iguazu Falls – the video
The enormity of Iguazu Falls is mind boggling and our “expedition” was broken into four parts, the lower trail, the boat ride, the upper trail and the Brazilian side. I have attempted to capture a taste of what it was like on video. I was using my GoPro, which I had not picked up in …
Sometimes, it’s the simple things
Before I go any further with this post, I want to emphasize that we feel that we are about the luckiest people on Earth. We are living our best life and no matter what the challenges, it's really all just part of the fun. So, when I tell you that we went to four different …
Doing It On The Road 