Un dia en la vida de chrissie e ingrid

Lemon Merenge (aka Lois of GayLo) asked that we post a day in the life blog. Obviously all of these last 20 plus days of cakes, lunches, martinis and vino are beginning to run together. Well, not really. Each one has it's own special experience.

Morning

Chrissie reads me the paper in the mornings while I cook. Well at least she gives me the latest scores from the weekend futbal matches. This is our lovely kitchen where we enjoy tea and breakfast and an occasional dinner when we haven't stuffed ourselves full of bife and dulce.

Last week we started our own private lessons for Spanish to see if it would help us become more proficient. Watch for Chrissie's blog on estudiamos espanol. The good news is that now we don't have to charge out of the house in the morning to get to class. And now we wander out of the house at a respectable hour, try to lunch before class and then top off our classes with a few cocktails before wandering elsewhere.

Our flat is lovely. This is where I pretend to study spanish and where Chrissie actually does study spanish.



This is where we rest our weary shoes after walking for miles and miles around this fantastico ciudad. We have managed for the last three weeks to NOT take any public or private transportation here in BA. We have walked and walked and walked. The good news about this is that we are on the pavement with all the life of BA (ps, those slippers on the right do not belong to us!)

Lunch is always necesito. Near school is a great empanada place where those crispy brown pockets of yum are served on a round wooden board. I love the pollo and Chrissie prefers the roquefort version. We've been there twice and I am ready for another round. Maybe after breakfast.

After class sometimes we wonder into other neightborhoods and keep our eyes on the local activity. There is an odd mix of old world and new world here with graffiti covering shop doors, local deliveries and local markets.

The pace of this city is perfect for us right now. No rush. No urgency. Just a little bit of this. A little bit of that. A little more of this. It's amazing to move with life at this pace. My emails are piling up, my work is falling behind, the blog is second to the next adventure.

So Lois, this is a day in the life. It is slow, it wanders, it looks, it talks, it studies, it eats, it drinks, but most of all, it is amazingly slow and rich at the same time. What a blessing!

Enjoy the photos! More to come later...hasta luego!