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South America » Argentina » Córdoba February 13th 2006

Well looks like if you want to get out of town you need to do it yourself even if you do it wrong. I finally got in touch with Venesa and I headed off to San Luis for the weekend. I made the decision on Thurday night and headed out on Friday night. It seems that all of the busses leave at O dark thirty in the morning or late at night and arrive at some un godly hour in the morning. Mine left at 10:10 and got in at 5AM. you know how much I love the mornings. At any rate, the buses are pretty first class here. There have two levels and look like planes of sorts. Some have full beds on the bottom of the bus and Semi camas on the top. (Large ... read more

South America » Argentina » Córdoba February 7th 2006

Well It is thursday, I went on friday evening to teach Priscila how to Make capinias. It was funny however I did get the thumbs up from the brrazilians that I did in fact make them correctly. There was a German girl at the house trying to tell me, I was wrong however, in reality, it is only the brazilians who can correctly judge these thngs since it is their national drink. I only made one since the correct limes needed are difficult to find here. Sort of a side track but, the fruit here is wonderful it is all in season. It is like cheating for me. Because I never eat this things in the winter because they are not ripe. But now, here the peaches pears, and limons are perfect. I have taken to ... read more

South America » Argentina » Córdoba February 4th 2006

Suddenly, around the next corner, the clouds just rolled into the side of the mountain and engulfed me. Visibility was down to about 15 inches and the condensation on the visor halved that. Fortunately I couldn’t see the precipitous fall to the valley below, the gaps in the safety barriers, the rows of little crosses dedicated to the ones they found, the oil/rubber slicks glistening on the wet asphalt, the loose gravel on the corners, the cops, the trip wires, the hit men, the imagination going wild… The road up had been sweet, cool curves and mega views back down to the flat lands, classic badlands, a boringly straight 520 odd kms from Mendoza to Mina Clavel yesterday. The days ride only excited by a session with the local cops at some forgettable pueblo on the ... read more
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South America » Argentina » Córdoba February 3rd 2006

I tryed to load photos it takes too much damn time and it is not easy I think I only got one photos in the gallery. There is likely an Easier way to do this but the hell if I know. The guy here at the computor place tryed to help me but the language, then add to the mess the computer, another language. So Sorry you will have to wait till I return for the photos copied them on to a disc and will be taking more. Today is friday I opted not to go the a going away party last night. I was tired and I was also getting sick the weather change. Not that I am complaining getting out of the rain there in Portland. We have advanced to the second level and ... read more

South America » Argentina » Córdoba February 1st 2006

Well I think my last entry was on Saturday. I was not feeling so great so I went to the mall to get a present for the Birthday party that night. There is aircon there. Brought Just chocolates, but it was still appreciated. That night after a nap, yes a cesta we headed out for the evening. The party was a small dinner sort of gathering that only involved a very few people. The party was at Suzanna{s apartment in Neavo Cordoda. It was a pretty nice place and had about as much room as my house does. the evalator only went to one floor with one door. The appartment was the whole floor of this building. Acoording to suzanna each floor had a theme, strange but true her appartment was the Asian edition. It had ... read more

South America » Argentina » Córdoba January 28th 2006

Well Sorry another entry without photos I need to take the camera to the store and get a disc made in order to do it but I will at some point than I will need to figure out how to do the it on this site. But on to more important things, Life here. I left off on wednesday night. I went to a party at the School{s house. One of the brazilian student{s was having a birthday party. It was a nice time. One of the employees at the school brought over his sound system. The appartments tape player was broken so there was no music and you can{t have a party here without music. One of the rules. Before he arrive all of the studnet were talking and it was nice to hear about ... read more

South America » Argentina » Córdoba January 23rd 2006

Well it is wednesday now. But I guess I should start with where I left off on the weekend. On Saturday during the day The shops are are closed during most of the day. It is those strange spanish times to do things. So I mostly wondered around the city taking in the sites and taking photos Which maybe I will figure out how to publish here but I think I need to put them on the Disc. In the evening on saturday, I was invited to a special dinner at Lornezos house. He lives near the university campus. It of course started later then it was supposed to. We had sauages and bread they really know how BBQ here the saugages are a local speciality. We had lots of wine champaigne ect. The house was ... read more

South America » Argentina » Córdoba January 21st 2006

Well it is the weekend I had class yesterday and realized I am having big problems with my ability to pronounce the words. It is so hard for me. Some of the sounds are like cat{s hissing. But I will keep trying. I am going to starting on Monday having the classes in the morning. This will be so much better. I will also be with a diffirent group. I have met the women in my new group and they are much more friendly, I think I will be better off with them. One is the women from Scotland. I am feeling this will be much better for many reasons. One is the activites that the school has are in the afternoon. There is nothing in the morning to do. Sadly, I have the tendency to ... read more

South America » Argentina » Córdoba January 20th 2006

So, we got to Cordoba second largest city in argentina, and considered by argentine´s (more specifically Cordoban´s) as the centre of argentine culture. the day previous, our last day in BA, we went to Debbie´s second cousine´s Boris´s place to meet Marica one last time as Marica´s place was getting painted. The original agreed time of 11:00 was cut short on Sunday morning, when Marica phoned us stating that she'll be at the hotel at 10:00. The time was 9:15. after frantic packing of both my stuff and debbie´s, we were able to check out and pay and were able to be on time to meet Marica. The day was spent going over family history, and old photos. One thing that stood out that afternoon was Marica, who never drank asking for el pochina (a small ... read more
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South America » Argentina » Córdoba January 19th 2006

Well, today I finally got my lugguge And I am feeling like I packed too much after getting it from the airport. It was all one of those south amercian experiences. But, Since I am still dealing with Quest our great phone company from Home in Portland. I wonder if true incompedence is limited to traveling to far off countries. One thing I have come to realize is that people want to provide with an answer. It may not be the right answer but then they can make you happy for the monent then pass the problem to one of thier co-workers then they don{t have to deal with you again. At any rate, I took the cab off to the airport because for some reason they can{t delived the packages to you. They say you ... read more




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