It’s almost the end of December and I am finally back on track after my whirlwind South America trip. One of the disadvantages of going on vacation in December is that when you get back, you are thrown in the chaos of the holidays with no holds barred. When I returned from Argentina on the 12th, it was raining and cold here in Southern California.…
December 24, 2009Today we slept in and lounged around the hotel. We were not really motivated to go out and do anything and after a long week it was nice to relax. We surfed the Internet and ate at the hotel bar for lunch. I was toying with the idea of going back to Florida street to see that shop with the clothes I liked, but I…
December 12, 2009We woke up early and headed out from the Historic Plaza hotel. We managed to score the breakfast buffet, which gives Mom some extra Marriott points as well as filling up our bellies. The McDonald’s from yesterday wreaked havoc on all of our stomachs, so it will be an interesting day to say the least. Our first stop was our old stomping grounds at the…
December 10, 2009Well, the best-laid plans did not come to pass. We got up a little bit late, and we could have attempted the bus ride into Paraguay, but we were worried that we would not have enough time as a buffer should there be a problem with the bus. We did not want to be stranded in another country and miss our flight to boot. Sadly,…
December 9, 2009Just as I was finishing and logging off last night, the power to the whole suite went out. I think we overloaded the 1970’s electricity with our various electronic items we needed to charge overnight. Thankfully, the repair team was on the ball and we were back up and running in time to go to bed. I woke up this morning feeling like an ant…
December 8, 2009
I am a little behind in posting due to spotty coverage which actually is a good thing. Rest assured I am still alive and having a blast here in Argentina.
December 7, 2009The alarm clock and wake up call wait for no one. It took us just about an hour to get ready this morning. Our strategy was to take just a small bag with us to Iguazu and keep the rest of our stuff at the Hilton until we returned later in the week. This led to all sorts of second-guessing as to what needed to…
December 7, 2009Today it was time to head to Uruguay! Mom and Gary finished packing up the convention items and I met them just before heading down to meet Stuart and Shirley who were joining us on the adventure. We took two taxis to the Buequebus terminal, which is relatively close to our hotel. I was in the second taxi and it took some time before a…
December 6, 2009Gary and I got to sleep in, but Mom had to be back downstairs to work on the conference again. Thank goodness it wasn’t that busy. Gary and I headed downstairs around 10:00 to see what needed to be done. There was not much to do other than prepare for the end of the conference. We had a few things that we needed to accomplish…
December 5, 2009All to soon the alarm went off and it was time to get dressed and head back downstairs. I was already in my suite in the nick of time and was pleased that my suit did not wrinkle in my suitcase. My shirts were a mess, but thankfully I did not need to take my jacket off during the whole time I was downstairs. I…
December 4, 2009