20071310_Pasaje_de_la_defensa It’s three weeks now since I left Buenos Aires . Probably for the last time, but last times have a habit of turning into long-time-away rather than never-to-return.Back in Perth for…
dia de la primavera
As I write this evening, I am looking out my 5th floor window across a small park. It is almost dark, and there are about three dozen swallows performing aerobatics at my…
across the andes by A400
well, it may not have the same resonance to it as “Across the Andes by Frog”, but it was still a memorable view.An uneventful trip back to Buenos Aires – none of…
back in the old country (for now)
Finally made it back to Perth on Sunday afternoon. Trip uneventful (after we got out of Buenos Aires). The 18:15 plane took off at 22:15 for a 1:45 trip to Santiago. Even…
I went to Uruguay, but it was closed
20070826_Colonia Yesterday was the worst day for weather since I arrived here in early July. That day was the first day of snow in Buenos Aires since 1918. What better way to…
the world heritage game
I scratched Uruguay off the country list over the weekend – I think I’m getting bored with the country game. Here’s a new one – the world heritage game.UNESCO publishes the World…
revisiting recoleta
20070820_BA_Recoleta I have been waiting for 5 weeks for a sunny weekend day to revisit Recoleta.I spent an hour strolling around the mad wonderland of funeral art – stark pyramids, deco slabs…
abrazos gratis (free hugs)
Perhaps it was the weather, perhaps people were just tired of being grumpy, but everywhere I went today, I saw little moments of ordinariness and goodwill. Two men had one of the…
sonnet español
Alfonso the eleventh, a former king of SpainWas often plagued by nightmares of worms within his brain.Fearful of doctors’ derision, but more for the state of his head,he stationed twelve hungry sparrows…
misty morning in madero
20070814_BA_Puerto_Madero It was quite foggy along the dique this morning. After a couple of days of drizzle and low clouds it was starting to feel like I was back in England. The…