Life in the City

So much to do, so little time. So much to eat and drink, too full to take it all in. The other night we went to the Carnitas district and had a dinner with Ben´s friends Mariano, Dominique, Lula and Emiliano. They took us to a great restaurant that is typically Argentine. Lots of meat!!!! It was all so good. You can not be a vegetarian in this city, you would miss out on too much. Although you could live on the icecream. Stan´s trying that out. We crossed the widest river in the world yesterday to spend time in Colonia. It´s a city of cobblestoned streets and stone buildings, reminiscent of Portugal. Good art, nice people and... good food. I´m exhausted! We came back at 11:00 and went out to dinner, which is the time everyone eats around here. Good thing we can sleep in.Zzzzzzzzz

buenos aires

it´s amazing how hard it is to work this keyboard, here in the internet cafe in buenos aires. if you haven´t noticed yet, i can´t find the caps. that being said, we are having a fantastic time here. we spent the day yesterday in the san telmo district, at the flea market and street tango dancing. there were musicians galore, along with lots of art works, leather crafts and jewelry. it went on for blocks and blocks. so fun, i can´t wait to go back. we spent the day at the modern art museum today. you think you´re going to have time for so much in a day but it is all so interesting and along with staying up till midnight just to get dinner under your belt <(yawn) we´re managing one main thing and lots of walking around. we don´t have internet in our apt at the moment so these blogs will come when they can. hasta pronto!

Leaving on the Next Plane...

We're off to Argentina in the morning and looking forward to seeing South America for the first time. The plane thing? If only we could just blink and be there. I'm thinking it will be worth it though. Our next post will be from Buenos Aires . Until then, hasta luego!

As far as the eye can see

Fields of sunflowers in Wyoming. A vision in yellow.

The Ascent

In preparation for Patagonia, Stan and I climbed Harney Peak in the Black Hills. This is the tallest peak between the Rockies and The European Pyrenees, at (ta da) 7242 feet. It was a really nice trail, with the coolest rock fire lookout at the top. When we got up there the sun was shining and the clouds were fluffing around below. By the time we left, we were in a world of white. From the top you can see into five states. North and South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, and Nebraska.