Autumn in Patagonia

A particularly magnificent walk in the full flush of autumn, about three weeks ago. Now the clumps of red berries hang alone on the fiery tree above. I walked to the top of… Continue reading →

Perito Moreno Glacier

Lots of excitement on the 9 o’clock bus heading out of El Calafate to Perito Moreno glacier… And then there it was suddenly, a thick icy rug reaching as far back as the… Continue reading →

El Calafate

Just a few short days after my mum arrived in Bariloche from England, after three flights and countless hours of milling around in airports, we braced ourselves for a …. wait for it… Continue reading →

Circuito Chico

Having my mum visiting was the perfect time to be a gung-ho Bariloche tourist. We spun around the two main sightseeing routes, Circuito Chico and Circuito Grande, tracing the smaller chico loop first. We began… Continue reading →

La Virgen de las Nieves

Or Nuestra Señora de las Nieves, Our Lady of the Snow. She is the patron saint of mountaineers in Argentina, possibly elsewhere too. We stumbled across this shrine in a grotto on the… Continue reading →

Cerro Campanario

I have been toying with starting this post backwards and wowing you with the eye-popping views at the top of Cerro Campanario right off the bat. But in my heart of hearts, I… Continue reading →

San Carlos de Bariloche

Lakes, forested hills, snow-topped mountains, alpine air, chocolate chocolate chocolate. We have escaped the hot humid city in the last remnants of summer to the cool, fresh air of Bariloche for the next… Continue reading →

Summertime at the park

The Palermo parks in summertime are brimming with activity. Just one block from us, they’re one of many reasons I love our pocket of the city. The exercise track surrounding the Rosedal rose… Continue reading →

Planetario

Our trip to the planetarium ties in loosely with my last garbled post on dreams. More peering into the unknown, joining the dots in a starry sky to find images that playfully vanish as… Continue reading →

London

London is my favourite city to be a tourist in. Living there for years summons fantastic memories but nearly always framed by a monstrous overdraft that became like a incurable growth that one… Continue reading →