Today is my last day off before going back to work. I have been off since the 3rd of September, with most of my time off spent in Italy. Travelling is great, there is no doubt about that in my mind. Here's a favourite quote of mine: Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness,…
La Morada, Montserrat, Buenos Aires – Locro and Empanadas
La Morada, Montserrat, BA - Locro and Empanadas Originally uploaded by lou_roo On this day last year I was in Buenos Aires with my beloved Andrew eating empanadas and locro. And today I found out that I may have relatives in Argentina. A cousin who is is researching the family history along with my sister…
A good feed on the Sunshine Coast
Tonight Andrew and I decided to dine at our favourite restaurant in Mooloolaba, Hot Pippis. Once was not enough; we were both craving a steak our first night in town and we were not disappointed with the fillet steak. I was familiar with the Seafood Curry, Hot Pippis Signature dish as I have had it…
Desperately seeking downtime
Another day of work (Wednesday) then we are off to Queensland's Sunshine Coast for 5 nights. A quick break to make a long overdue visit with Roo's mum and a chance to not have home chores to occupy us. It's all work lately and my body threw a fit last week. A bit of R&R…
The year that was – 2009
Well, 2009 went off without too many personal dramas. I was fortunate enough to go with Andrew to South America for 5 and a half weeks. From Late march till the end of May. We were blessed with great weather everywhere we went which made trekking around very comfortable. I reunited with a travel companion…
Amazing person for 2010
I have a friend in Ireland who has 4 children, studies part-time, teaches full-time and has just begun to blog in 2 languages, Swedish and her mother tongue, English. She has a Swedish husband who speaks perfect English. She does not need to speak Swedish. She did live in Sweden for a while but is…
Buenos Aires – 25 May 2009
Hola chicos, Excuse typing errors - very worn out keyboard...We are back in Buenos Aires and I must say, this could be the undisputed capital of empanadas. Today we went to a place called Ña Serapia, Las Heras, Av. 3357, and the empanadas were fragrant, delicate and so very delicious. http://www.guiaoleo.com.ar/detail.php?ID=917 As well as the…
Ollantaytambo, Peru – 21 May 2009
Hola Amigos! Due to a transport strike we are stuck in Ollantaytambo Peru...but we can think of worse places to be stuck. The scenery here is stunning and there are Inca Ruins. And we are in a comfortable hotel with good food! Not an empanada in sight though, sadly. We made a mad dash via…
San Pedro de Atacama, Peru – 6 May 2009
Hola Chicos! Well, we got to San Pedro de Atacama on Sunday night and checked into a quite unexpectedly cool accommodation...A mud brick little private cottage! The town is all made of adobe and with no measurable rain in the last few years is unlikely to wash away. We are at 2400 metres altitude in…
Santiago Chile – 3 May 2009
We are in Santiago and getting ready to fly to San Pedro de Atacama (Calama) this arvo. Our flight from Mendoza to here was canceled as it is a small airport with no health screening facilities for the Swine Flu. So we had a fantastic bus ride during daylight hours over the Andes! It was…
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