Hooot Hoot

This is "Dbl A - Ron" postin' up at 1:30 am Monday. Amazing how much of a night owl I've become in the short time we've been abroad. I'm not sure if it's the culture I find myself swinging into or the lack of a holding a professional job anymore. Probably both!

It's refreshing opening my eyes for the first time each morning due to the warmth my body feels as it marinates in the sunlight for an hour or more. I've discovered the sun is becoming my natural and peaceful wake up call and usually wakes me gently between 9:00 and 10:00 am. It rises to the perfect position at this time and pierces a few rays through the small gap I leave in the curtain from covering the entire window. Jenny likes it as dark as possible in the room for no interruptions from sleep. I on the other hand enjoy peaking out at night and gazing into the stars, moonlight or any suspenseful object floating across the sky while drifting away in hope as sleep overtakes me. The "small gap" is a new compromise we've come to discover between us. It helps me sleep and is not large enough to ruin her beauty sleep. It has now become God's alarm clock for me and perhaps - the both of us.

We have 10 days left in our current apartment in Buenos Aires. It is a great little spot and has welcomed us nicely to the city and culture. A couple things yet to do are see the "Boca Juniors" professional futbol team here and see some true Tango at some Tango clubs in San Telmo. We also have about 5 Spanish classes left before we embark on a new journey via the whole coast of Uruguay.

We need to get our Visas for Brazil validated or "stamped" within 90 days of issue or they will expire. They were issued on the 25th of August. The only way to do this is to step foot in Brazil. We have decided to take the route from Buenos Aires by ferry to Uruguay and then follow the coast with a few stops along the way up into Brazil. It will be a short trip in Brazil this time around as we only want to ensure our Visas will be valid for our return in the summer months which are December thru February.

Once in Brazil we plan to head north visiting a few cities (Porto Alegre, Taquara, Gramado, Canela and possibly Maringa)along the way to Iguazu Falls which borders Brazil and Argentina (part of Paraguay too I believe). There we will spend a few days observing the rainforest and the 275 waterfalls I hear are a site not to miss in S. America. We will enter back into Argentina through Iguazu and travel along the northern part of the country on our way to Chili. Mendoza and "wine country" is another place I'm looking forward to exploring before leaving Argentina.