- Nate is back in the states. Got a molar yanked out. Feels better.
July 2006
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PrintDied and Went to Heaven
Posted Tuesday, July 11, 2006 under Travel|
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Buenos Aires, Argentina- Argentina is for lovers. They are everywhere, sitting on each other´s laps and making out in parks and cafes. The entire nation is caught up in a dream of romance. The music, the wine, the steak, the chocolate, the style, the poetry, the wide open savannah, the snow-smothered peaks, the parks and trees- it´s the best of Europe spread out over twice the area at half the tempo. The USA has aggressive, mostly vile, graffiti covering it´s bathroom stalls and city walls. Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia are awash in political slogans. In Argentina, the public declarations are of undying love: “Te amo, Amilia, con toda mi vida.” Every village seems to have its own signatory poem, speaking of the passion and pain of it´s history, the deep veins, the roots feeding the fruit-bearing branches of the present. Grapes both sweet and sour, turned to local wine, the complex flavor distilling place and time, telling stories. Argentina is vast. The average bus ride from region to region is some 15-20 hrs. I have 3 1/2 weeks. I need 6 months. (more…)
