Friday was our last day at the Hotel Las Torres in Torres de Paine. Steven decided to take it easy, but as you know, I never decide to take it easy and so I didn't. We had a part-horseback, part-trekking all-day trip up Cerro Paine to get a different view of the Towers and because …
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 Final Weekend in Buenos Aires
Yes, We're Moving On Again We've arrived at the part of the journey where we begin to say, "We still haven't done ..." At this point, we typically make a list of sites, restaurants and other attractions we have seen in our wanderings and said, "We need to go there," but haven't yet done so. …
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 …
Un blog especial para los profesores de ingles
This blog is mostly in Spanish, but you can use Google translate 🙂 It's for English teachers because it's that nameless exercise where someone writes a sentence, covers it up and passes it down the line. Here's the version TJ, another student and I created yesterday: Una noche oscura "Los adolescentes caminaban por la ciudad …
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Marco … Polo!
Since our friends Marco and Barbara graciously took us to the peña, we decided to respond in kind with a trip to a polo (one l - two ll's would make it pollo -which is chicken!) match since the Argentine Open (Campeonato Argentino Abierto de Polo) was starting. The polo grounds are smack in the …
Dance Party! (and there’s more)
Cacio e pepe in the making! Wow, did we have a busy weekend. Our friend Tamar arrived Wednesday so now we have another partner in this adventure. But even before I get to the dance party, I have to tell you about the very best dessert, which I had following fabulous cacio e pepe (yes, …
Doing It On The Road 