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Published: March 2nd 2006
the elegant mutisia flower
typical flower of the southern argentina patagonia region. gorgeous, especially in contrast to the burnt forest.also known as quiñilhue, this is the provincial flower of the province of NeuquenArriving in Buenos Aires yesterday after a 22 hour bus ride was like someone starting to rock out my favorite song on a sexy navy Fender guitar, it was like hopping onto the back of a black 2005 Ducati ST3 motorbike with my hair out on a busy highway without a helmet. Buenos Aires is a labyrinth of streets, smog, horns, lights and thrills.
When I reflect back on the past three weeks in Junin de los Andes, and especially our time in Bariloche, it can be described best as, unplugged. Bariloche was a deep breath of fresh greens, fresh water falls, cold air and familiar faces, I realized how much I love the mountains and how safe and at home I feel folded in between their valleys and peaks.
Lindsay and I had so many laughs and adventures in Bariloche, during our hike, at the random massage place, dancing at the reggae show so that we wouldn´t fall asleep, eating loads of ice cream, and pretending she was from Turkey! Her name was Malek (which means angel in Turkish), and we created a huge story about how we met and why she was in Argentina. We tripped
still enthusiastic
hamming it up, as usual, before the hike. trust me, after 1700m and almost 5 hours of hiking, there was no joking around! a few times during the story and at the end of it all, we confessed to our new friends the truth. They weren't pleased with us, but relieved that we didn't have to only speak in spanish anymore, Malek couldn't speak english, and if she did it was with a harsh slovakian accent (????). Anyway, yes, Bariloche and Junin are wonderful places where watches don't matter, people smile on the street, dogs roam ragged, and where the trees and flowers tell stories. It was as if Hailey Troock was singing to us in the hills, with her magestic voice filling our lungs and hearts.
And now, back to Buenos Aires. We moved in today. We were estatic, jumping and dancing around, unpacking, (we have over 100 dried sunrype fruit-to-go's thanks to Val Wojtula, thanks Val!!!) and some peanut butter too! Anyway, it is almost 8:00 and Lindsay in getting dinner started. As anyone who knows Lindsay can imagine, I better go. A gas stove, Lindsay and spagheti noodles, I don´t know... (just kidding Lindsay, I know you'll be fine!)
Anyway, school starts on monday, on saturday we are going to a 'country club' with some other exchange students
lindsay and the flowers
it was just so refreshing being surrounded by flowers, bamboo, trees and wilderness for a BBQ (yipee) and swim, on sunday we have a date with a friend of Heather Gloster's and on tuesday a spanish exam!!! So, we'll be sure to write again next week with some pictures of our apartment all set up and hopefully not too messy!
Muchos besos (lots of kisses) from Buenos Aires
Jenica or 'Yeni' as the argentines we've met like to say
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Lindsay Cooking??!!
Sorry - I can't let this one go by!Do you know how many saucepans have been burned and there was that time when I came home late to find all the windows open because Lindsay had burned something but then remembered that Martha Stewart said that if you fill the burned pot with water and brought it to the boil it would clean out the pot - Martha forgot to say don't let it boil dry again!!Watch out Jen!!