vacation

Getting Away by gringohomechile

I really should be packing right now but I couldn't resist posting a quick one. We're leaving for Buenos Aires (Argentina) in a couple of hours and hubby and I have been singing The Go Go's 'Vacation' (or is it The Bangles?) since we woke up at 7:30 this morning. Excited much?In our five years together we have never been on a vacation by ourselves, meaning without other people accompanying us. Even our short but sweet honeymoon was shared with two friends of ours. So for this, our first trip alone, we decided to go to a place that holds some special meaning for both of us.

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Lasso the Moon by gringohomechile

All three Christmases we've spent here were strange. It's tough to get used to the Christmas in Summer, Southern Hemisphere thing.  The first year (2009) we had just arrived and hadn't met any friends yet so we went to a gringo bar uptown where they served good beers and Mexican (NACHOS!) - I called my family on Skype on my iPod touch with no video.

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Almost an argument for the use of public transportation by gringohomechile

Yesterday was huge: after all this time living here and hating my commute to and from work (sometimes over two hours) I finally got the courage to drive to work. Now you're probably wondering what took me so long. Please refer to the following investigation of Chilean transportation through the eyes of two Americans who don't have mucho dinero.

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