Archive for January, 2008
Not a great day… but at least I´ll be home soon!
I´m writing this from a little internet & phone shop at the Buenos Aires airport where you can rent 1/2 hour of internet time for 2.5 pesos (less than 1 US dollar). Not bad at all!
The city tour was pretty disappointing — not because of the city, but because we saw very, very little [...]
Getting ready to leave
It’s Sunday morning at 5:57 am, and we’re getting ready to leave. Sorry I’m behind a bit, but the Internet cafe has been closed the last couple days. I’m tapping this out on my iPhone. Today is a Buenos Aires tour, and then the airport. My flight leaves at 9:15 pm.
More later!
Empanadas - two dozen for 40 pesos
Ben Norton nudged me after tonight’s Extreme Brazil presentation and asked if I was interested in some empanadas. Somebody ordered some for him and Neil Horner, and they were going to be delivered to the main gate. I’d been hearing about them since we arrived, but I’d not had the chance to try [...]
Investors Asada
Today we had a special lunchtime “asada” (a banquet of roasted meat) to celebrate all the “investors” who have poured so much of themselves into this Extreme project here in Pilar, Argentina. Wow. Besides the hundreds of us who are volunteering here right now, and besides all the people who were here last [...]
More Manley (and Vargas)
Yesterday, Wednesday, was the second day of the Manley/Vargas conference, and it was really cool. Fewer people went out for outreach in the park ahead of time, so they didn’t need me for that, but I was there for the conference itself. They had someone translating Vargas’ testimony into English in the back, [...]
