Jam packed day along with jam packed streets. We began the day at the Musée du Louvre (Grubb will post about that, um, “experience”), twiddled through the Jardin des Tuileries, strolled the Champs-Élysées, eyed the Arc de Triomphe, hopped a metro to the National Georges Pompidou Centre of Art and Culture (being a spur of the moment choice,…
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Thieb, a Senegalese treat
Yesterday, after our smooth arrival, we walked the streets for a few hours, perusing menus at various cafes until our eyes crossed and vision blurred. When we were at the end of our energy rope, we dottered inside a Senegalese eatery collapsing on a couple of metal folding chairs. Our friendly waiter explained the options. Thieb…
Mom’s birthday
Before I get totally immersed in Paris…a few days before our flight, we celebrated my mother’s 103rd birthday with a few family and friends. More happy birthday wishes mom! She is pretty darned amazing. The birthday gal in white.
Code after code
Post by Ella Smooth flight with a 1/2 empty plane, touch down at Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport, 5 minutes in Border Control. It’s all automated: scan your passport, take a photo…does the photo match the passport? Yes? Done. We meet up with Ehtisham from “Welcome Pickups” to get a ride from the airport to our…
Beginning France
Here we are in Paris at the start of another travel adventure. Perhaps not as exotic or mysterious as our Argentina trip a few months ago, but still, it will be fun. Below is our route. Other than Paris, we intend to stay in the southern coastal region as we gradually make our way to…
Exit to the north
Post by Ella Last night (Thursday, May 2) we began the journey home with an 8pm flight out of Buenos Aires. On Wednesday, we did nothing. To be more accurate, I explored, Grubb slept. Grubb was under the weather so he spent the day in a restful pose. I walked around a bunch but since…
Odd facts we forgot to tell you
Who would want to visit…
Post by Ella the Japanese Gardens in Buenos Aires? Beats me, but we did. Underwhelming. We had spent an interesting couple of hours at the Eva Peron museum (Grubb will post on that) and thought walking around some gardens would be a nice change. Shoulda kept on going to the botanical gardens. We did stop…
View from our balcony
Post by Ella Not quite the same as the view from our Palacio Salvo 11th floor apartment in Montevideo.
Argentinian moolah
Post by Ella I did an overlong post on cash in Argentina way back at the beginning of our trip. But perhaps you are curious about what the pesos look like. There are also 100 and 500 peso notes. But we didn’t have any. ARS $1000 is in the ballpark of US $1.00. Carrying around…
Wow, just wow
Last night we had dinner at Fogon Asado, a Michelin recommended restaurant in Buenos Aires. Not being fancy diners, we weren’t sure what to expect. We had a Chef’s counter experience. There were perhaps 20 people around the counter, 4 chefs continually rotating around, doing the dance of explaining, serving, cooking. Our first drink was…
Where are we now?
Post by Ella We’ve come full circle. Or maybe it was more of a zig zag. Buenos Aires. We ferried from Montevideo to Buenos Aires yesterday on the 11:00 am direct ferry. Direct ferries only run a few times a day. For the other ferries, you are put on a bus and driven to Colonia…
Uruguayan photo roundup
Photos we didn’t post (or maybe we did and forgot) that could be of some interest to someone somewhere. Streets and buildings of Montevideo /
The floral theme
Gives a ‘20s in Paris feel to the place. The place was built in 1925. Palacio Salvo. Our apartment in Montevideo.
All the Brazilians
Post by Ella For our excursion to Punte del Este on Sunday, we shared the bus (kinda of a medium sized bus with lumpy seats) with 10 Brazilians and one Equadorian. Being the only non-Spanish, non-Portuguese speakers, we were invited to sit up front so Marcella, our guide, could speak to us in English without…