Candy

Happy June 2nd! It's a holiday here. They celebrate their unification date and have parades and some stores close. Sort of like our 4th of July. We've toured a museum, been to the Leonardo exhibit of his machinery, and to the leather store (well, maybe only one of us went to the leather store). Enjoy the pics and I'll try not to sound too teachery. ... read more

Hello! I've heard it's 100° in Arkansas, so thought I'd let you know that there is a cool breeze blowing, and it's about 78°. However, this afternoon will go up to about 90°. that's when we sit and have refreshments! I've taken a few pictures, but just now getting an email card. Pics will download in a few days. Working on homework for my report on tuesday. There are lots of tourists walking around the old city, but today is a bit less crowded. The gellato is wonderful! I can't believe we don't have this stuff at home--there is no comparison to any of our ice cream. Last night after a three hour nap, we walked over to the nearest outdoor restaurant and had a great meal...mine was risotto and shrimp, bruschetta, marinated veggies, wine. We've ... read more

Great so far, but little time to write, because I need to get euros for dollars. I'll write later! Had a good trip over, apartment is .....unique, but I'm coping. roomate is very nice and an artist, trying to get over jetlag and the fact that our teacher took us on a 3 hour tour yesterday. only walked 5 or 6 miles! More later. great food...really great food...great wine, too. Candy... read more

I just updated my email list for the travel blog web site. You will get an email notice that I have written something and if you want to read it, you can go to the site. To read other people's stuff from other countries, go to www.travelblog.org and pick a country. Our pictures and journal entries are still on my blog from South America-- I think the most recent entries will be first. You can also email me direct instead of responding on the blog that EVERYONE reads! See you soon, Candy... read more

Just looked up the blog from South American-- Can't believe it's still here, but I'm glad, because I'm going to continue with my trip to Italy! Gary and I are leaving tomorrow for Memphis; my plane leaves on Wednesday at 1:15pm. Delta. Cinncinatti, then Paris, then Florence- arriving at 10:00ish on Thursday. Don't forget that I will be 7 hours AHEAD of Arkansas. My schedule is class M-TH from 9 - 12, and from 3 - 5:30. I will have voice mail on my Italy cell phone, so I will call you back if I don't pick up. I will send you my phone numbers in an email. Hope I find some time to write! I'm already dreaming about fresh pasta primivera. ummmmmm. Will talk soon! chr.... read more

We arrived yesterday in Bariloche to much colder weather than in Buenos Aires! But what a great town! Looks like some towns in Colorado-- Big lake surrounded by mountains covered in snow. It's really pretty. It started raining in the afternoon, through the night and this morning, but that hasn't stopped us from enjoying the stores, restaurants and sceanic tours. A tour bus picked us up at 8:30 am this morning for a city tour. We went up to Cerro Cathedral--big mountain--and toured the ski resort, had lunch, rode the ski lift, and drove through the national park. Oh my. What scenery! And it was snowing!! And the tour ended with a tour through the chocolate factory. Bought a few samples for later... We'll post our great pictures on the next blog. All the gear we ... read more

with only 3 days left in BA, we tried to see the last things on our list. We visited the President's House--The Pink House--(Casa Rosada), The Teatro Colon- one of the 5 best opera houses in the world (NY, Paris, Vienna, Milan, and BA), and roamed through another street fair at Recoleta. We also took some more pictures in the cemetary and I can't wait to print them!! Hope you enjoy the pictures. Our side trip to El Calafate and the glacier didn't pan out, so we will head to Bariloche on Wednesday, then on the Chile by boat. BA is the longest stay of our vacation, everyplace else is for 3, 4 or 5 days at a time. We're excited to move on, but sad to say good'by to our local favorite places. Guess we'll ... read more

Gary and I got out of the apartment a little earlier this morning and had to find a place for breakfast. The common breakfast here is coffee and croisants. Not what we needed at all. In our apartment, we've been having tea and oatmeal with toast. So, we lowered our usual gourmet standards and went into the McDonalds that is in the big theater complex across from the apartment. HEAVENLY DAYS!!! The LOWER floor is "McCafe" and has hard wood floors, couches, stuffed chairs, gourmet coffees and a whole counter of pastries, cakes, and cookies. The Upstairs has the regular McDonald's, but with fresh squeezed orange juice and homemade bread. The EggMcMuffin was on fresh crusty bread, but had the same kind of egg, cheese and canadian bacon. YeeHAW! My stomach was soooooo happy!! The tables ... read more

Candy and I went to the park, where the "Tango" was going on. I gave it a try. I don´t know about the Tango, but the girl was nice!.. Today, we went to the "pink House which is the Argentine version of the "White House" but, we couldn´t go through it, because of a protest against the President was scheduled to take place. Friendly Public protests happen regularly here. It´s a part of their culture.... let´s go protest something tomorrow!....OK! Sounds good....Oh, Let´s share a "mate" and talk about it...Gary & Candy in Buenos Aires!!! ... read more