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A friend from the states = another reunion!

Posted on April 5, 2012 by erikamae82

Ian is an incredible friend that has been nothing but amazing since the day we met. His gentleman like demeanor combined with his spontaneous “let’s go for it” attitude makes him the perfect travel companion for a South American adventure! I only get 10 days with him due to some wonderful airline mistakes, but he’s here and I’m stoked!

Here’s a picture of us last year at my birthday, followed by a photo from my “Happy trails departure party”.

Getting started the right way with a surprise treat from Ian… Tickets to the Foo Fighters right here in Buenos Aires!

Had to wash my hands 4 times…. With bleach.

Here’s a quick tour of our place for the night. The first picture is the “front porch” with our door to the right. We were on the top floor, so of course that means super stairs workout again!

A quick walk around the block before we head to the airport to get Ians bags (that a certain airline didn’t have for him when he landed).

On the way back from the airport journey, the clouds began to flash with striking bolts of lightening… the crack of startling thunder… and then the storm! It reached the point of cars parking on the freeway with no visibilty. Leave it to us, our sweet taxi driver put his flashers on and with a “Ayiah yai!” through it in gear and kept going.

We’re still alive!

After the rain stopped (and we were safe on our feet again) we took a walk to see some of the damage caused by this random chaous.

This is a telephone booth… Now decorated with a fallen tree.

The first pic is me in Amsterdam, the second was last night. Makes me giggle.

TOMORROW…IGUAZU FALLS!!

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Final days in Cordoba with more reunions!

Posted on April 2, 2012 by erikamae82

These rings were eye catching. Each of them had a different year engraved on it with a small paragraph describing an important event that had occurred. Very educational and perfect for some handstands!

A recycling set up that promoting to re-use common products to reduce waste… Love it!

Denise and her glass bottles!

After being in the city for three weeks Denise and I were craving anything green that included any source of water… Woohoo, look what we found!

I wish the pictures did a better job of showing how massive these ducks were! The mallards were as big as the geese…must be all of the Argentinean pandaria’s.

This was me attempting to sneak up on them. Considering they’re almost in the water, I didn’t do a very good job.

Flash back time with two more reunions! Remember the sweet girl who was volunteering at the orphanage with us? Turns out she made a trip to Cordoba and was placed in the same house! She’s our roomie this week. As all 3 of us were walking to the lake, I literally almost ran into Florentine, she was one of the haircuts back at the student residence in Buenos Aires… Crazy how small this enormous planet is.

“Studying”

Other city sights.

These kids were pure entertainment. I was even tempted to start running through all of the pigeons while laughing and yelling some undetectable words in Spanish. My personal favorite is the boy with the yellow cape… Imagination at it’s best on a Sunday evening!