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Final Thoughts…Argentina

 Hola Argentina!

By The Numbers

  • Number of Purchases:
    • Leather purses: 7
    • Leather jackets: 5
    • Shoes and boots: 7
  • Number of animals who gave their lives for our purchases (including a guanaco): uh, not really sure we want to know this
  • Number of days the Toronto weather forecast was better than the Argentina forecast: at least 9
  • Bottles of wine consumed: ok, we don’t really want to go here either
  • Number of consecutive days of beef consumption (Mel): 13
  • Percentage of days we went to the gym: 0%

Moments We’d Rather Forget

  • Living beef-free our first week in BA
  • Trying to escape the smoke caused by the burning fields
  • Mel’s desperation for a taste from home: it’s amazing the lengths some people will go to for romaine lettuce, bacon and cheddar cheese
  • Fighting with our internet connection on an hourly basis
  • Mel’s repeated altitude problems at 1,100 metres
  • Too many Andean markets in Salta
  • Actually reaching the limit and not being able to consume prosciutto or wine (just for a few days)

Highlights

  • Living a semi-normal existence in an apartment and not having to pack/unpack all the time
  • Riding horses and staying at a ranch in Salta
  • The food: filet mignon, home-made ravioli, empanadas and thin-crust pizza
  • Finding some non-Argentinian restaurants for a break from all that beef: thanks Green Bamboo, Moishi Moishi and Kansas
  • Soaring high in the sky in La Cumbre
  • The Malbec wines: Fond de Cave, La Linda, Luigi Bosca and the $3 Norton Classic
  • Mel correcting Brendan on his Spanish pronunciation – and actually learning how to form sentences in Spanish
  • Finally understanding Brendan’s obsession with llamas
  • The views, the chocolate, the beer in Bariloche
  • Actually coming in $25 under budget after a month of good living

Memorable Quotes

  • “All the ugly girls go home after the third beer. “(Peter)
  • “It wouldn´t be Brel if there weren´t some homicidal thoughts every now and again.” (Leith)
  • “Do they sell ferrets at the ferreteria?”  (Sam)
  • “I have found out that there ain´t no surer way to find out whether or not you like people or hate them than to travel with them.” (Brel quoting Mark Twain)
  • “Chile is the skinniest country in the whole world!” (Jack Kirwan, 4 yrs. old)

A guanaco kissing Brendan…yes, the same kind as the one who died for my coatMate…the reason Starbucks isn´t in Argentina…



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