Chau Buenos Aires!

We have now been living in Buenos Aires for three months!! Crazy!! I have had the most amazing time here. This city is awesome, the people are awesome, and I almost wish I wasn’t leaving. But of course, I can't get too comfortable in any one place because that would defeat the whole purpose of traveling outside the "comfort bubble." So, Monday morning, we are moving out of our apartment (keep your fingers crossed that we get most of our deposit back) and we head to the beach in Uruguay. Then it's back to B.A. just to catch a plane to Ushuaia (the southern-most city in the world...it's practically Antarctica) on the day that marks 7 years together!

After that, there's no plan set in stone except a 3-night stay in an estancia (working ranch) at the end of March in the northern region of Argentina. So we have just under a month to make our way back up the country from Ushuaia/Tierra del Fuego.

We are skipping Brazil for several reasons (Visa hassles and cost, and the fact that we have learned Spanish not Portuguese) and we might skip Chile due to the entry fee. But Peru is a must! And I hear Bolivia is not to be missed. But we'll see.... wherever the day takes us...

So....goodbye Buenos Aires, 'sta luego, me encanta mucho, you will be missed; the beautiful porteños with hearts of gold--or plata (silver) I should say given the name of the river; the vibe of the city that is way more European than Latin-American; the Castillano language that sounds more like Italian than Spanish; the empanadas, the ferias, the tango, Homero (and the rest of Los Simpson), Quilmes, parillas, the Subte, the guia T, the cobblestone streets; the chatty taxistas, wiling away the hours in cafes and parks, public displays of affection, endless city streets, endless city nights, loungy lazy sundays, sinful helado, the awesome friends we made, and all of the things I have come to adore about this city, but now it's time to be a travelin' on. Let the adventure begin...again!

--S--
(as in in the S of S&A, not as in Steinberro...he signs with an A =)

ps...I'll upload more pictures next time we have access to the internet from my computer and I have time to do it.