Ohhhhhhola amigo-reader!
Como estás? Todo bien? I hope so! : )
All is very well -- thank you -- down here at coordinates 34°36′12″S 58°22′54″W. T-minus 27 days until operation Natalie-reintegration-into-USAmerica is in full effect -- which is simultaneously thrilling and chilling. Te cuento, I am very excited to return home after tanto tiempo, armed with my latest array of Buenos Aires/Argentina/South American-influenced quirks.
Re the here and now -- I went to Uruguay last weekend and it was divine!
Here are some visual aids:
Colonia del Sacramento -- tiny, charming riverside port, a 1 hour ferry away from Buenos Aires:
And then we went to Montevideo, Uruguay's sleepy capital city -- delicious, scenic and tranquil:
And then, off to some fun with the sol y mar in Punta del Diablo -- a hardly developed fishing town on the Atlantic coast, just creeping towards the Brasilian border: