April 2010

First day of school! First day of school!

April 7, 2010

We spent the entire day yesterday trying to get me into Spanish for Foreigners at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA).  We trekked downtown, I took an oral and written exam, got a note from the ‘principal’ and then trekked all the way back into Palermo to attend class.  Phew!  So much walking and talking […]






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The tour

April 5, 2010

This is our home, for the next few months.






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Simpler times

April 5, 2010

On Sunday afternoon, we decided to walk over to the Hippodromo Palermo to watch some horse racing.  Gambling on an Easter Sunday wasn’t exactly part of the plan but it was a great excuse to walk through the parks and get some sunshine. During the hour-long trek over, I thought a lot about why it […]






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Saturday in San Telmo

April 5, 2010

Easter weekend in this here Catholic capital was a quiet one. Those of us who didn’t run down to the beaches to catch the last rays of Indian Summer sunshine were treated to a ghost-town oasis in one of the most bustling cities in Latin America. An empty Baires is strange. It’s like running down […]






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