Christmas Eve

Merry Christmas From Argentina!

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December 25th 2007
Merry Christmas! We hope everyone is having a great holiday! As for us, things are pretty good. It´s only 100 degrees and sunny today. . . . a little too warm actually, but I guess we can´t complain too much! Christmas isn´t a very big holiday in Argentina, at least by American standards. Most of the stores are closed today, and waffle day did not happen, but other than that there really ar ... read more

South America » Argentina » Río Negro » El Bolsón

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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