A Final Farewell to Buenos Aires

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We had some personal business to attend to in Buenos Aires so we decided to make a week of it. We had for gotten how busy the city was (compared to Salta) and we were in for a shock with the price increases since March!

During the week we said "hi and goodbye" to lots of friends and ate and drank far too much! It was quite sad saying all those farewells, but it made us realise what good friends we made in the city last year. It was a shame we couldn't see everyone we wanted to though.

Instead of heading to Bolivia for a final visa-run, we decided to take the ferry over to Colonia for a day. A cool breeze prevented us from hanging around more than was really necessary, but we did manage to find a fabulous restaurant in which to celebrate our 13th wedding anniversary. At least the water was smooth on both crossings, much to Trish's delight!

We stayed with Ronnie and Mario all week in their new apartment in Belgrano. They have been wonderful hosts and we shall miss them terribly, as we will all of our friends. We have uploaded some photos of various objects from their apartment, including the turtles "relampago" and "sweetiepie".

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Photos

Great Mates
Ronnie, Mario, Trish, Russ

Relampago
"Lightning" in english, named after the speed with which she darts across the floor - really! And she has doubled in size in the time we have known her. Maybe she's really a Galapagos Turtle!

Sweetiepie
So small, she fits comfortably in the palm of your hand, and she's fully grown too.

Mario's Art
Created by the man himself.

El Jirafe
An enormous giraffe lurks in the corner.

A Crow?
Ronnie, please remind us what this is, and what its name is again!!

Happy Anniversary
13 years? Anyone else think Trish deserves a medal?!!

Trish's Trains
Another disused railway station sign for the collection

Defences
from Colonia's colonial days.

NASA Ship
They don't just go into space you know!

Modern Art
Not sure if we were supposed to sit on it or not!

Comments

[Natalie]

FINAL farewell?!?!?!?
I think I need an update....what's this about a final farewell????

[Ronnie]

Crow?
Our weird bird sculpture is names Raúl. I thought of you today when on the TV in the subte, I saw a guy explaining the rules of RUGBY! We miss you already.

[Joseph]

Buenos Aires
Last week in Buenos Aires, que tristeza!