I have a blog and never seem to have the time, or effort to update it. And this being said, it´s late here and I feel as though I should write something. Yeah, yeah, blah blah.
My life was never and has never been boring (including the days when I used to work with my parents at the estate as a cocoa harvester!), so this year has been a lot of travelling!
Argentina was fantastic. Although, the Spanish is like so confusing. I tell you, the Spanish are easier to understand (thank God for my days as a London Cervantes student who was balloony ´embarazada´)!
Anyway, over in Argentina, How are you - Como se llama (pronunced Como se Yama) is actually Como se Shama. And breakfast or desayuna (desaYUna) is desaSHUna!
So is it rather confusing, luckily in Buenas Aires, they speak a little English but I tried to speak and just gave up. It was like talking to a parrot who said Sholly shwants a shawacker!
All the same, Argentina is nice but it´s all white people there. Apparently, indigenous people don´t exist there. Which is why I love Peru, it is so diverse here and very nice.
Argentinians are nice and friendly but you know something is not right when you see them staring at you as if they have never seen a dark-skinned Asian person before. Oh dear, what ever happened to globalisation?
I did like Argentina though, it had this nice vibe, funky and hip but calm and peaceful. The food was delicious, carne and vino (meat and wine) and I tell you I was as stuffed as a Paddington bear on a cabillion marmalade sandwiches after the holiday. It was eating, drinking, sleeping, horseriding at the estancia (farmhouse) and more eating, drinking and sleeping...oh yeah and sightseeing!
The Casa Rosada is beautiful! It is the presidential palace, the good thing is that you can go in and see it (and all the infamous portraits) but not in Lima.
Also, the Perons are there in their glory and so is her Majesty Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, the current president (who can´t solve the economic crisis the country is going through).
Oh well.
However, that being said and even though everything was a tad bit expensive, I truly enjoyed the country. It was a nice break, well deserved for the husband and our baby had a fantastic time.
The highlight would have been going to a little village, close to the estancia we were staying at.
It is called San Antonio de Areco. Absolutely nice, quaint village, nice park and a couple of bridges. And of course it´s famous person, a writer known as Ricardo Guidaldes. It was a good stay there.
Besides this, we loved Buenos Aires (literally translated as Clean or Good air lol ) it was old and nice and the Palmero area was awesome.
We were so happy to meet our UK Embassy´s DA Richard, his lovely wife Diana and cute baby Sofia. Such lovely people.
Indeed, Argentina was lovely, dramatic and hope that Argentina doesn´t cry for me now that I´m back.
My life was never and has never been boring (including the days when I used to work with my parents at the estate as a cocoa harvester!), so this year has been a lot of travelling!
Argentina was fantastic. Although, the Spanish is like so confusing. I tell you, the Spanish are easier to understand (thank God for my days as a London Cervantes student who was balloony ´embarazada´)!
Anyway, over in Argentina, How are you - Como se llama (pronunced Como se Yama) is actually Como se Shama. And breakfast or desayuna (desaYUna) is desaSHUna!
So is it rather confusing, luckily in Buenas Aires, they speak a little English but I tried to speak and just gave up. It was like talking to a parrot who said Sholly shwants a shawacker!
All the same, Argentina is nice but it´s all white people there. Apparently, indigenous people don´t exist there. Which is why I love Peru, it is so diverse here and very nice.
Argentinians are nice and friendly but you know something is not right when you see them staring at you as if they have never seen a dark-skinned Asian person before. Oh dear, what ever happened to globalisation?
I did like Argentina though, it had this nice vibe, funky and hip but calm and peaceful. The food was delicious, carne and vino (meat and wine) and I tell you I was as stuffed as a Paddington bear on a cabillion marmalade sandwiches after the holiday. It was eating, drinking, sleeping, horseriding at the estancia (farmhouse) and more eating, drinking and sleeping...oh yeah and sightseeing!
The Casa Rosada is beautiful! It is the presidential palace, the good thing is that you can go in and see it (and all the infamous portraits) but not in Lima.
Also, the Perons are there in their glory and so is her Majesty Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, the current president (who can´t solve the economic crisis the country is going through).
Oh well.
However, that being said and even though everything was a tad bit expensive, I truly enjoyed the country. It was a nice break, well deserved for the husband and our baby had a fantastic time.
The highlight would have been going to a little village, close to the estancia we were staying at.
It is called San Antonio de Areco. Absolutely nice, quaint village, nice park and a couple of bridges. And of course it´s famous person, a writer known as Ricardo Guidaldes. It was a good stay there.
Besides this, we loved Buenos Aires (literally translated as Clean or Good air lol ) it was old and nice and the Palmero area was awesome.
We were so happy to meet our UK Embassy´s DA Richard, his lovely wife Diana and cute baby Sofia. Such lovely people.
Indeed, Argentina was lovely, dramatic and hope that Argentina doesn´t cry for me now that I´m back.
