A few highlights from the weekend in Buenos Aires, Argentina:
- Being in a taxi and talking to the taxi driver about his experiences with the money crash of 2001. How he had a big laundry business with 50 employees under him and then he woke up one day to discover the country was bankrupt, and so was he. Going broke with the rest of Argentina, hes making the best and when I asked him if he were happy he contently smiled and said ¨I have my health.¨ Just everything about it was so humbling.
- Going to a Tango show at a cool old cafe.
- The recoletta. I never knew that a cemetary could be THIS cool. In the middle of the main part of the city is an enclosed cemetary with graves taller than me all right next to each other in a maze, with the big buildings of the city towering around. Again, really peaceful.
- Colonia, Uruguay. Taking the 1 hr boat ride to Colonia for the day, a town made up of a UNESCO site and also an authentic area for the locals, where we found a place for lunch run by a cute family. Walking around this desolate town in the drizzling rain, really beautiful along the water with old old historic houses. Very peaceful and beautiful.
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Mrna, Enjoy your last few days and then Matchoo-Peetchoo. Achoo. "Achoo is my name. No Ping."
Did a 2-miler w/Daisy today. Seeing that Bruce Willis, Part IV, tonight.
It's definitely a-okay to feel sad about leavin' the students. In fact, I'm amazed and impressed. That's the sign that the teaching spirit has bitten.
Have a pleasant picnic tomorrow!!
Love, Dad
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