every walk is a sort of crusade
After being told that his passport was too damaged to be let out of the country at the airport (they finally let him through), a late departure (problems with the plane), a missed connecting flight, 24 hour layover in Texas, 9 hour wait in the Houston airport, Jesus arrived in Buenos Aires this morning…with strep throat. A trip to the pharmacy, hospital, a health clinic, and another pharmacy, and we are ready to roll.
Welcome Jesus!
As some of you probably know (and as every man, woman, child, and unborn infant in this city knows) the World Cup starts the week after next. This is a big deal for Argentina because:
This World Cup team has been dominating the news, with hours devoted to discussing what time the team bus is expected to arrive at the practice field, how many fans are there, goodies that the Argentinian football federation has sent to the team in South Africa, and what the team eats before and after games (mostly meat and dulce de leche, if you were wondering). There are 20 page inserts to the Saturday paper devoted solely to stories on the World Cup. Headlines like “The Road of Dreams” and “Cristiano (Ronaldo) Ready for Battle” (with a picture of Ronaldo in military fatigues, face paint, and perfectly coiffed hair…apparently the Portuguese National Team held a pump-up practice where they all dressed in fagtigues and Ronaldo was dropped onto the field from a military helicopter…seriously) abound.
This is going to be awesome.
In our short time here we’ve already come across all sorts of wonderful. Favorite Burger:
The Barfy Burger
Sounds delicious.
(More pictures to follow shortly, we forgot to bring the cord that connects the camera to the computer…of course.)
So, because I already have the site set up, and because we are planning on doing some hiking down here, and because Molly is coming to visit, and just because, I am extending this blog beyond the original 60 mile radius to include our ambulating in South America. And on this rainy Saturday morning, our second day in Buenos Aires, I figured now might be the best time to start.
We arrived in Lima late Tuesday night and spent all of Wednesday there. Our flight from Peru to Buenos Aires was Thursday morning and we got to our SUPER SICK apartment (which we rented through AirBNB) on Thursday night. On Monday Jesus will be joining us, followed by Molly in early June.
On our first day here we walked a total of about 9 miles (which should totally count as an urban hike…even though probably about 3 of those miles were inadvertent) and managed to make it down to the Plaza de Mayo, see the Casa Rosada, get completely lost walking around Palermo after dark, and witness a death on the street (a woman was hit by a car). Eventful/traumatizing so far.
We will be in this apartment until early July, then Paul and I will head over to Peru and do the Machu Picchu trip that I won last winter.
That’s the plan, more to come.
Rambulatory Ambulatory 
