We had a bus/ferry to Buenos Aires leaving at 2pm - bus to Colonia de Sacramento, ferry from there to Buenos Aires. Turned out to be lucky for us - Friday is asado day at our family’s: Hosts are Matthias and Nathalie, wielding the tongs & in the pink shirt, respectively; neighbors in the other bus, Gernan transplants in the process of settling, are Paul & Gabi, in the green shirt & hat & dishing lunch respectively. Others are workers, they’re building another parilla (becaus

The end of our month here is coming into view, we leave on the 6th. We’ve settled into something of a routine (i’m writing this on the 5th). Mornings - exercise & yoga & b’fast of granola, yogurt, oatmeal & toast w/marmalade; over to the cafe in the Kavlin Cultural Center for a coffee & to to work on the taxes (me) and PolarSteps (L); home or out to lunch, grocery shopping (yes - every say), then through what has become our favorite neighborhood: San Rafael, to the beach for

Rented a car & headed up the coast toward Brazil, to Punte del Diablo. First stop, Museo de Autos, inland from El Chorro, just east of La Barra: Next, just across the street to the Fundación Pablo Atchugarry. Remarkable: On to Jose Ignacio. Matthias sez this is where models & football players go. Not sure we saw any…lunch at El Mostrador de Santa Teresita: The beach & point: We coughed up the ~ $3.50 to climb the narrow spiral staircase to the top of the lighthouse: Back on t

Around the ‘hood on my spanish lesson walkabout: There’s a big Rolex Southern Atlantic Circuit refatta this week; we rode out to the east beach, toward La Barra, to have a look. No boats; instead we saw mosquitos and a thunderstorm building: Headed home for bug spray, snd as it turned out, to wait it out. Along the way home: rode back out & ended up back at the harbor on the peninsula, where we caught the finish. Pretty spread out, pretty anti-climatic: Next day, out to the