Another birthday on the road: Redwoods, WinCo, and White Privelege
Oh, America. Somehow I feel compelled to write about the coastal redwoods and WinCo in the same post. Why do these two things even coexist?
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A Drive Up the Coast
The weather dictates everything right now. It is too hot to stay here in the Sacramento Valley the rest of the summer. But it is too cold and rainy to head to the other hemisphere yet….
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Santiago en 2025
Now the comparisons to my 1990 experience: Still smoggy. Still friendly people. Climate and natural disasters (earthquake, drought) still very much like California. Chile’s geography is quite like California….
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Recuerdos de Santiago en 1990
I have arrived at my final stop of the trip: Santiago de Chile. The only place that I have been before….
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Los últimos días en Buenos Aires
What a difference weather makes when traveling. And in life! Upon my return to BA after Iguazu, the heat had broken and the city had a lovely breeze…
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Las Cataratas del Iguazú: Did not disappoint!!
I have been anticipating this leg of the trip since I very first thought about going to Argentina: The Iguazú Falls….
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De verdad, intenté disfrutar de Buenos Aires, pero…
I have really tried to make the most of my time in Buenos Aires, this so-called “Paris of South America.” If one likes a big city, I’m sure this would be more enjoyable…
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Los Días en Uruguay
I’m writing this Monday, sitting in a Starbucks, in a shopping center in Montevideo. I needed this indulgence of comfort and familiarity as I wait out a rainstorm…
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Ya “shegué”: Días 1-3 en Buenos Aires
I knew ahead of time about this “sh” thing in Argentinian and Uruguayan Spanish, but now that I’m trying to pronounce it in my own Spanish, it is so weird!
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El Próximo Viaje
I am calling it a reconnaissance mission: to explore my top three cities to move to, including at least one interview at a language school to teach English from abroad…
