Broads Abroad | Living a Tango-inspired Adventure!
Buenos Aires is a big city .... and some days the traffic is unbelievable, but compared with home it's super cheap to get around. I figured out the Subte as soon as I got here and taking a Taxi is natural, you just stand on the corner and put your … [Read more...]
My Spanish teacher and precious new friend shared this poem with me ..... I felt I needed to share it as well. I have met such wonderful people on this adventure and connected with some in a truly deep and profound way, but saying goodbye .... that … [Read more...]
WOW! I arrived home cold and hungry, turned on the television and started to make something to eat ..... a local channel 'Ciudad Abierta' was interviewing a man about the power of photographic images when they showed this video with Spanish … [Read more...]
Why go to Colonia again, you ask? Because you, by that I mean myself, a Canadian, can only stay in Argentina for 90 days. If you overstay your visit you are in for a lengthy 'interview' and fine when you do decide to leave. It's more or less a … [Read more...]
If you've read one of my first posts you'll know that I rented an apartment on the Internet before I came to BsAs, but only for one month. I had some doubts/fears about the whole process! However, the agency I used, www.bahomeandbusiness.com, was … [Read more...]
Sooooooo, when I booked my flight to Mendoza I decided to come back in the afternoon so I would have the day to explore, however, the day before I was to come home I realized my flight left at 6:30am not pm! Never mind that people were still dancing … [Read more...]
The Easter Weekend/Week was six days this year, there was a national holiday, Malvinas Day (Falklans Islands), tacked on as well. People get a lot of holidays here, it seems like at least two a month! My goodness the city emptied out, I could … [Read more...]
One of the biggest, most powerful and most recent influences in my life has been a book, and for someone that doesn't read much that's big, one written 2500 years ago, well based on that one and with some more contemporary relevance. It is the Tao, … [Read more...]
Woa! Six weeks of intense preparation are finally at an end and I'm on my way to adventure! Really looking forward to everything being different and the challenge that presents .... How do I make a phone call? Where do I get groceries, what's in the … [Read more...]
Ohhhh Oona, my goodness I miss you already, and if I could have brought you with I'd have done it in a heartbeat! However, my very practical side knows that would have been a complete disaster, you hate change! So I can only hope that being in your … [Read more...]
Well, isn't life really education, especially if you intend to be conscious of the lessons life hands you? I went to University after high school and … read more...
'Intention', we all hear/read about intention but in my personal experience it takes only this to set life in motion, to take a new direction. It was … [Read More...]
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