PC will eat itself.
When you have a day off from traveling, you{re apt to find things to occupy yor time. In my case, it{s eating. I have been gorging all day. Chocolate, submarinos, salad, more chocolate. I also had my last bit of beef before I take off to Chile tomorrow. Where{s the beef? It{s in my thighs and the inner tube i{m wearing around my stomach right now. I have eaten so many steaks in the last few weeks of Argentina that I might as well look like a cow. I{m ready to experience the Chilean cuisine, so bring it on.
I went to the Maritime Museum today, an interesting big place in a former prison. Saw old cartography, learned about the different ships that set sail to discover new lands, read about penguins and sea lions, and took photos with the funny*looking mannequins of infamous prisoners, such as the 16-year-old kid who tortured and killed dozens of minors, either through strangling and-or beating them. And other really nasty ways to murder someone. He even burnt the eyelids of some neighborhood baby but escaped from the mother right after she caught him. He died of a hemorrhage in prison as an adult.
Some more nonlinear observations: I have been hearing Madonna nonstop here. And Alanis Morisette even more unfortunately. The Rolling Stones and U2 played here a few weeks ago and people can{t stop talking about them. Argentineans don{t make much money. I was hanging out with my Argentinean roommate today and she was telling me teachers make 300 pesos a week, which is about US$100. That{s insane. There really is a large division between the poor and rich here. Bush is well hated here. You see so much anti Bush graffiti on the walls in every city. I find the hatred so strong and strange at the same time...it{s as if we, in the States, were to put anti British or anti Italian sentiments everywhere. People here do feel that strongly about our gov{t. And I was shocked to hear the Spanish girl tlel me that people in Europe think we all support Bush. I had to correct that opinion right away.
Colleen, I think you would love trying out some of the cakes and cookies here. Start in Patagonia. Dianne, the Argentinean fries here are listed on the menus as Spanish fries, which is odd.
I have to get packing now, have a 5:30 am bus to catch! Will write from Chile.
I went to the Maritime Museum today, an interesting big place in a former prison. Saw old cartography, learned about the different ships that set sail to discover new lands, read about penguins and sea lions, and took photos with the funny*looking mannequins of infamous prisoners, such as the 16-year-old kid who tortured and killed dozens of minors, either through strangling and-or beating them. And other really nasty ways to murder someone. He even burnt the eyelids of some neighborhood baby but escaped from the mother right after she caught him. He died of a hemorrhage in prison as an adult.
Some more nonlinear observations: I have been hearing Madonna nonstop here. And Alanis Morisette even more unfortunately. The Rolling Stones and U2 played here a few weeks ago and people can{t stop talking about them. Argentineans don{t make much money. I was hanging out with my Argentinean roommate today and she was telling me teachers make 300 pesos a week, which is about US$100. That{s insane. There really is a large division between the poor and rich here. Bush is well hated here. You see so much anti Bush graffiti on the walls in every city. I find the hatred so strong and strange at the same time...it{s as if we, in the States, were to put anti British or anti Italian sentiments everywhere. People here do feel that strongly about our gov{t. And I was shocked to hear the Spanish girl tlel me that people in Europe think we all support Bush. I had to correct that opinion right away.
Colleen, I think you would love trying out some of the cakes and cookies here. Start in Patagonia. Dianne, the Argentinean fries here are listed on the menus as Spanish fries, which is odd.
I have to get packing now, have a 5:30 am bus to catch! Will write from Chile.
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