Argentina 9 - Asado 2

Look at the ribs in this picture...One big ASADO!

Argentina 8 - Fruit and Vegetable Stands

I LOVE the fruit and vegetable stands in Argentina! They have fruit from the floor to the ceiling, mixing colores and textures enough to make your mouth water...beautiful rows of color and freshness.

You pick what you want and the amount, and usually a young man will be there to take your baggie and weigh it inside.

I remember going to these stands while living in Argentina. It was just so much fun!

Argentina 7- Asado

Today is finally cool...or maybe should I say, COLD! It's 70ºF! The past couple of days have been sooooo unbearable hot and sticky. Fans blew around hot air. It was even better to leave glass windows shut so the hot air would not blow into the house. Everything was dusty. The grass was drying up. Finally, we had an amazing wind storm and then a couple hours of light rain. The electricity went off at about 3pm and stayed off until 12pm! Good thing things cooled down and I had saved 3 gallons of water before the water went off, too.

Last night we had 15 people over and we had to "dine" by candlelight! This morning I woke up to the messiest house I've seen in a LONG time!

Today it is fun to sit at the computer. Its cool. Edson is asleep and the boys are off...TO SCHOOL! I have a couple of minutes to myself and a lot of catching up to do!

So...My Argentina pictures can't be complete without the famous ASADO pictures!

Argentina 6 - The Storm

As we were getting ready to leave Curuzu Cuati'a (funny, this is a Guarani name meaning Paper Cross...in the middle of Argentina.) we looked outside to see an amazing cloud formation. It started getting bigger and bigger and more interesting. A storm was coming fast! We were on the third floor. (The night before Oscar, Edson and I got stuck in a 1960 elevator with about 110ºF, cause we didn't want to walk up 3 flights of stairs. From then on, we we took the stairs.)

I started taking pictures of the incoming storm since it was coming at us so fast. Then all the electricity went out! (good thing we weren't on that elevator). We ate breakfast while it stormed and poured outside. Finally, it let up enough to pack up our stuff and continue our journey. Our friend texted us with a warning of a huge storm that was making a huge mess 50 km. away from us! In the next city over there were uprooted trees and broken branches everywhere.

Thankfully, after a good rain, things cool off (for a couple of hours, at least.)

Argentina 5 - Picaditos

In Argentina, they are famous for their "picaditos". Salames, cheeses and bread...this is their afternoon snack, or a snack before their "asado", etc. We stopped on the way to Buenos Aires in Colonia Alemana and enjoyed some homemade salames and cheeses for lunch. They had some fun things for kids to do, too.

Argentina 4 - Edson - Out to Eat

We went out to eat with some friends... all adults... it was so very hard for Edson. There was no play place. He just had to sit an be good! Poor kid!

Argentina 3 - Sunsets and Clouds