Beef, Dessert, Beef, Pizza, Beef

Buenos Aires is wonderful! A few highlights and a few photos -

On the flight from Portland to LA, I was playing travel Scrabble with Ashley and Jessica. They got me laughing so hard (but I was trying not to laugh out loud) that I had trouble breathing. My sternum felt really tight. Apparently, I passed out for a few seconds, dropped my letters, drooled, and had my eyes open the whole time. I was fine, once I got a little oxygen back into my system. This wasn't as bad as the time I fainted as a freshman in high school - on the first day of gym class when we had to do a lot of running, and I couldn't hack it.

The tournament is finished. Jessica was fourth in POI and ADS. Ashley made it to semis in prose. Tiffanie was next to break in two events. There was strong competition and I'm pleased with how we did.

When walking in Buenos Aires, I've learned to watch for uneven sidewalk sections, dog poo, and puddles of water indicating that an air conditioner from above is dripping. Luckily, the only walking hazard I've experienced is that of getting dripped on. After three days, I finally figured out how to avoid it.

Tomorrow's adventure: A trip across the Rio de la Plata to Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay. We will get to experience a smaller city.



Jess, me, Tiffanie, and Haylie - in Miami, ready to depart on our long flight to Buenos Aires. Nobody passed out on this flight.



In the colorful neighborhood of La Boca, Tiffanie looks on in shock as Ashley takes yet another picture of herself.



My tango partner. (OK, not really - a person who makes money by posing with tourists so we can claim that we're experts at the tango, even though we haven't tried it)