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All right well after 2 wonderful weeks at Valle Nevado and Portillo(where most of the photos on this update are from) Bec and I went to a place called Termas de Chillan. It is a mountain in the south of Chile and is supposed to be a hided jewel of a ski resort. As we found out, it didn't like us much. On top of a number of other things that happened to us while we where there, such as my favorite board getting ruined on a hidden rock or my camera melting cause I forgot it in the pocket of my jacket left to dry next to the fire, Rebecca had a brush with death. I have told this story many times, about 40 times alone to Rebecca when she had amnesia. And some of ... read more

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Let's see, what have I done this week. I took another week of class, tough but I make tiny strides every day. Which gives me confidence. I had a conversation on the bus the other day with a 65 year old guy that didn't know any english. Granted I only understood about 15% of what he said, I did understand some of it. And by the look of his expresses I was answering some of his question correctly. So I guess these classes are doing something for me. We'll see where I'm at in a couple weeks. I took a nice walk around Recoleta. One of the nice barrios (neighborhood) of B.A. It has the famous above ground cemetery that has most of the famous people in Argentina's history, like Evita. Funny thing, at the ... read more