Final Thoughts…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)
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