Liz: I had a visitor this weekend, my old schoolfriend Heather (centre) who is married to Flaco and has been living in Argentina for five years. The last time I saw Heather was at her wedding in Halifax in July 2003...so we had a lot of catching up to do :)
Heather teaches a at bilingual secondary school (teenagers...aaarrgh!) near Cordoba city, which is a ten hour bus ride from B.A., and they have Winter Holidays at the moment. Heather and Flaco live in a wooden house a twenty minute walk from the Ruta (main road) in the foothills of the Sierras Chicas. Their neighbours are all gauchos who don't own cars, just horses. John and I have been invited over for Christmas and we hope to rent a cabaña nearby. Apparently last year was so hot they spent the day in the river...and the night grilling on its banks.
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