The instant that Mark dropped Emily and I off at the airport we knew that he should have made the decision to come with us. It was a once in a lifetime opportunity - time with family at a wedding in a gorgeous farm in Las Pampas, Argentina with time also to explore Buenos Aires again. We learned a lesson here.
Moments from our trip...
Emily discovering "Submarinos" - a full glass of frothy steamed milk with an accompanying bitter-sweet chocolate stick to dip and stir until it melts in to chocolate Heaven.
Meeting my wonderful new sister-in-law (Emily's new Aunt) Vero at our first "all meat" dinner in Buenos Aires (there were lots of all meat dinners to come).
Vero and Family at the farm - a very lovely group of people who made us so welcome and felt immediately like family.
Watching Emily follow Diego (Vero's brother) climbing through an electric fence in to a muddy field full of nervous cows - she tried her hardest to pet one but did not succeed.
Emily discvering the farm's kittens.
Standing in the back of the pick-up truck with Emily looking out at the road ahead over the top of the cab. Driving bumpily down the dusty dirt road in the sunset and feeling like we must be on a movie set.
Seeing Vero in her dress and having to leave her room so I wouldn't cry.
Watching Con and Vero get tossed in the air by the wedding guests.
Con dancing.
Diego helping Emily make friends with the small children at the wedding - watching them play together all day even though they couldn't speak to each other.
Emily's face when Jimmy (Vero's Dad) suggested a midnight bike ride through the farm.
A moonlight armadillo hunt in the back of the pick-up truck instead.
Emily making friends with the funny deer, rabbit, kangaroo animals at the zoo.
Learning to Tango.
Saturday, April 3, 2010
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Ohhhh, sounds like a WONDERFUL experience!!! So much crammed into so little time! (I do hope you'll be posting at least some pictures!)
I trust you've been well ~ warm wishes for a very happy Easter!!
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BREATH-TAKING pictures!!! You know what always amazes me about pictures from "foreign lands?" How similar things look. Most of those pictures look like they could have been taken in places I'm familiar with ~ they even have John Deere tractors!! I'm not sure why I always think LIFE will look so terribly different in faraway places, but I'm always a little surprised when it doesn't. Weird.
Thanks for sharing the pictures! Again, very, very beautiful!!
Buenos Aires is fantastic for kids. Not only do they have the Museum for kids in the Abasto, or Tierra Santa, but also there are a lot of other places they can enjoy. They have Parque de la Costa which is the greatest amusement park they have, the País de los Niños in the city of La Plata, a few miles away from BA. Also, theater offers a lot for the little ones. I remember last year when I travelled with my whole family. We were staying in an buenos aires apartment in the very center of the city and we got to see a lot of children plays real nice and fun. My daughters loved them!
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