My Year of the Life of Leisure

I left my job, left my apartment, sold most everything in that apartment and embarked on a year of travelling and leisure. I am working on writing a couple of books. This might be one of them... But then, my chief pursuit is leisure, so who knows exactly what will happen.

Friday, January 14, 2005

Viaje con dios y carne

My friend, J, received an email from a friend that said this. That is: 'travel with God and meat'. How apropos for Argentina.

Yesterday: to say we walked a great deal doesn't cover it. For me, I prefer to first see a city by walking through it. J was amenable, so that's what we did. We did one long walk after he checked in to his hotel. We sat in a park at the end of the walk.

Me: I need a siesta.
J: OK. Maybe I'll just lie down and rest for a few minutes.

We go back to our residences (his hotel is around the corner from my residence).

I sleep for 90 minutes. About two hours after we retired to our rooms, I go to his hotel. I have to knock three separate times to wake him up...

Then: another long walk.

And a little sunburn on the shoulders, again, for me.

Don't get me wrong -- I enjoy all the walking. I was just a bit tired (even with the siesta), because I had to wake up rather early (7am...) in order to get to the airport to meet J. I normally stay up until 2-4am, and I was up until 2am the night before.

Oh, and I like it because he's one of the few men I know who is amenable to shopping. We were walking down one of the main (and touristy) shopping areas, and he kept say 'Oh, shoes. Let's go look.' Exactly...

Now, we're off to the travel agency to book and buy our tickets south.

Buen viaje for us.

ps HK (you know who you are): when I said Altoids, I didn't envision a jumbo tin... I love them and the books!!! ¡¡¡Muchas Gracias!!!

I now have Altoids and fresh breath for the rest of my trip. Yippppppeeeeee! I love my friends.

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