I need a vacation from vacation
After a great two week visit by my parents and sister involving a whole lot of translating, a bunch of classy dinners, and the occasional active volcano, I´m definitely exhausted. They arrived in BA two Mondays ago, and we headed down to Patagonia this past Saturday, eventually taking spectacular a boat/bus journey through the Andes mountains from Argentina to Chile. It was really great to see everyone, but as their Spanish is on par with my Mandarin Chinese, I often felt like I was working overtime to ensure that everything went along smoothly. My head, stomache, and mind are all in need of some serious R & R, so I´m taking off again on Thursday for Iguazú Falls in northern Argentina (the biggest waterfalls in the world), with the intention of making my way into Paraguay and then heading back down to BA, stopping at a few Argentine cities on the way back. I figure the 20 hour bus ride from Buenos Aires to Iguazú - on a ¨business class¨ seat that goes back 180 degrees, no less - should more than makeup for the pitiful lack of sleep I´ve been getting.
Anyway - the social scene is really picking up. Last night and Friday night were a bit reminiscent of my glory days back at 814 church, so I´m very excited to see what´s in store upon my return in a few weeks. In a few days I would´ve officially been out of the US for a half a year, so I´m really starting to feel like I´m digging in down here. I´m about to get kicked out of the internet café so I need to run, but I´m planning on putting some pictures up before I take off for my next jaunt…
Until then,
Ádam
Tags: Buenos Aires, Paraguay, volcanoe
March 6th, 2006 at 5:07 pm
When you say “reminiscent of my glory days back at 814 church” are we talking as lucky as someone who would bring you a 6 pack of New Castle for no real particualr reason or as lucky as someone who tells me in the morning that she was a great talker? Just trying to get a feel of the definition of ‘glory days’ from someone who ACTUALLY has morals…
March 6th, 2006 at 5:09 pm
Please feel free to click on “The Dig” in the previous post…
March 6th, 2006 at 7:05 pm
I think he means as lucky to have a room similar to a walk-in closet with a door directly connected to my bathroom (through which I heard many a conversation with these “great talkers” the Dig so eloquently speaks of…)
By the way, one of those pictures in your photo album (the one you took of yourself in the mirror, hotshot) makes you really look like a terrorist!
March 7th, 2006 at 10:33 am
Har-har-har…scoff all you´d like. I was simply trying to explain that I´ve found my own Feldman, Gene, and Kevin to replace to you all…Well, not really…but the other night we had people over real late BSing all night, taking me back to University of Michigan´s premiere after-hours party, 814 Late Night.
And Ian if you could only see my room now - you´d drop that 99.9 % fat-free east Indian baby water buffalo dip (or whatever pretentious non-college student food) you always carry around from whole foods.