January 2020 - Part 1 - Buenos Aires

We have been in Buenos Aires for a week now. What a great city. We have done a lot of walking around and eating and drinking  around. We intend to give it our best shot and go out with a bang on the last two nights here.
Then we join the cruise ship on Monday.

This is a very quick blog before we get on the ship and the internet is limited.

Our airbnb in San Telmo has been superb, in the best location.
Blog PART 2 will feature spectacular Iguazú Falls!

Bye for now.

For a change, we are starting with the grand kids (because the iPad says so!)

Flying over the Andes

First day out in “BA”

One of the more unusual antique shops near our place

Really good local beer

And they make great quiche too.

Argentinian parilla just round the corner

This was just outside arrivals at the airport!

Every Sunday the streets round our apartment become a market

Unfortunately, it tasted like it looked!

Its impossible to describe in a single photo this place where we ate last night

The cemetary in Recoleta was truly impressive

Street scene in La Boca

a bit of live music from 2 busking music students

No explanation as to why this lady knits this stuff. But she seemed very happy.

Gentle giant Miguel our trusty driver

This happens every Sunday literally outside our front door

This gentleman has been at it a long time

Meanwhile back in the cemetary....

Leanne and Helga check out the local tango gear

December 2019

Here is the last blog of the decade! It’s more than ten years since we came to La Paz for the first time. We still love living here and feel so lucky to have landed in such a great place.

Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year.

Best Wishes from Paul & Leanne (and Molly)

The Cowans finally arrived a couple of days late after Tropical Storm Raymond blew them off course

They soon settled in

Rylie enjoyed her sunset special drinks and snacks

and yummy smores

She was a big help in the garden too.

On rainy days, you have to get creative... 

We hope she hasn't got her heart set on the VW for Christmas

Oakley is turning out very nicely

Our Mexican neighbour is going full on with the festive theme

Stu (the Subaru) meets Kevin (the kayak) for the first time

A perfect morning for a paddle

The Unusual Suspects at Baja Joe's in La Ventana. We broke the record for longest set (2.5 hours!)

Jorge and his new 'mini-me' Nicole

Think the poinsettias at Walmart may have peaked too soon?

Our 'christmas card' from Spain arrived

Santa piñata at the local mini-super. Would it feel right to smash him in the face?

What better way to finish than with a human-sized shrimpy Santa!

November 2019 - Back to La Paz

Back to the blog again. We've been in La Paz for 2 weeks now. All in all our arrival was pretty smooth, but inevitably there were things that needed sorting out. We finally got the car charged up and going, then the gate seized up and we were stuck at home with very few groceries - cheese toasties 3 times in a row!

The weather is lovely of course... but regular readers will be glad to hear we have had some rain, and more expected tomorrow.

Paul played at the La Paz Blues Festival again yesterday, but the La Ventana version on Sunday has been postponed due to the approach of tropical storm Raymond (very late in the season)

If you are interested with did a Spanish blog over the summer months in Canada.

https://losfreemansenvancouver.blogspot.com/

We were shocked by our Mexican neighbour's new pool lights! Luckily they only have them on once in a while.

Agaves flower with a 15ft stalk. Then they die.

The 'Gate Guy' to the rescue

Termites have destroyed part of our kitchen cabinets!

Always our first place to visit - McFisher's for lunch

Misha weighing up a grouper for the menu

There has been so much rain over the summer, it's really 'lush'

Beautiful moth

In the neighbourhood - the Brutal Gym is next to Alcoholics Anonymous

It's nice to wake up to this.

And the moon rise 11 hours later

Carlos 'the palm guy' has been busy tidying up the garden

Cool new whale shark statue on the Malecon

What can we say... at least they have a marketing plan 

Roadside shopping has peaked pre Christmas

Karen & Celia have started doing house-concerts on a street near us

We watched this storm cloud move away north of us. Lots of lightning, no thunder.

This lot arrive on Sunday evening, if tropical storm Raymond allows. Fingers crossed!