Well, here it is, Christmas day. It's pretty strange here in South America. It's sunny, there's no snow, practically no one has ever heard of Santa, and the shops had NO decorations and hype like the USA. (There's also no mention of Bush, Iraq, or any of that other bullshit!) It's refreshing to see that there are more important things, like family and friends, than what the US media and Hallmark force feeds us all the time!
Anyway, this picture was from last nights dinner with our neighbors and our landlords. Dinner was served around 11:30pm and we didn't leave until nearly 2am! At midnight, the kids all opened their presents, and the adults toasted with some interesting NA FIZZ drink, along with copious amounts of fine Argentinian wine. What a treat!
Today is very windy, but still sunny. We're having a low-key day hanging out inside, enjoying the view.
Hope you all are having a wonderful Christmas / Hanuka / Kwanzaa / Holiday!
Peace and love -
Happy almost New Year! Today was the first NICE day we had in three weeks – upper 70’s and SUN SUN SUN - oh yeah, and NO WIND!! So we decided to head to the mountains! We went to Cerro Cathedral where there was a 6-seater chairlift operating that whisked us straight to the top where we found a lovely little restaurant for lunch then we hiked around the ridge for a few hours, and then rode the chair back down. From the top we could see into Chile and a HUGE part of Argentina - the entire lake Lago Nahuel Huapi which is over 100 km long! It was a pretty amazing way to spend the day!
