Rio streets

Then we had an idea...

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March 11th 2009
A month has passed since we arrived in Rio, wide-eyed and pale, guiltily clutching our phrase book. None of my clothes have that smell of home anymore, and I'm now accustomed to having feet with permanently black soles. I have a little bit of Spanish, even less of a sun tan, and a journal that is fat with doodles and scribblings, in many languages and handwritings besides my own (memories I h ... read more

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Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... ... read more