Yesterday the guys left early for a practice site. By the time Kelly and I got organized and had breakfast it was about 11am so we decided to head to the shops before siesta time. It was overcast and started to rain around noon. When siesta started (12:30) and everything closed down we sat and had lunch in a little café and then met the guys back at the hotel. Mark and Dave went for their own siesta so Kelly & I met with some other team members in the hotel lobby. We retrieved the car and drove to Wal-Mart with Chad and Brian to pick up some supplies. Once back a group of us walked to a restaurant for dinner. The restaurants don't open for dinner until after 8pm and the locals don’t show up until after 9pm (this includes babies and children). And they’re definitely in no hurry to leave. Trying to get them to bring the bill takes forever. They think it’s really strange if you order coffee with your meal. Here they only have a coffee (1 small espresso cup only) after a meal.
Argentina is getting a bit easier. We’re learning some Spanish and figuring out the money. Everyone tries to help us out but it takes a while to get them to understand us and even when they say they do you know that they actually have no idea what we're saying! They just smile and nod (and so do we). We're giving out little Canada flag lapel pins to everyone who we meet and they like that (we have to tell them it's a Canadian flag).
Mark has his picture and a big article in the local Santa Fe newspaper 'Uno'. They took pictures of him while he was unloading Dave's planes in front of the hotel. It's all in Spanish of course but apparently is explaining about the competition. I'll bring some copies home.
This morning it’s pouring rain (forecasted). Kelly & I are in the hotel, I'm checking my e-mail while she's trying to get hold of UPS and find Dave's batteries. We suspect the guys may show up soon although it may not be raining where they are. The girl at the hotel desk gave us a map with a shopping area circled so we hope to check that out later today.
1 comment:
Thank you Robyn for taking the tine to post your travel log, I am following your exploits with interest and also that the the othere Canadian team members who are posting information.
Keep up the good work, we are hungry, back here in Canada, for information.
Ivan Kristensen
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