Adoration

I like this picture of Sam's uncle Joe trying to soothe him.

It reminds me that there's no shortage of love for our little guy.

The Return

Adjusting to life after Argentina is going to take some time.  I feel really sad to not be hanging out with the incredible Tierney family.

Luckily, I can review 800 photos from our trip here.

I Could Be A Gaucho

It seems I confused many-a-reader with the pre-posting of stolen images of Argentina, so allow me to clarify a few things.

I saw neither the colorful buildings in Buenos Aires nor the street tango dancers.  Both can be found in an area called La Boca and we didn't go there.  We did, however, visit this crazy cemetery in an area called Recoleta.  It's a city in itself.  Eva Peron is probably the most famous person buried there.

After Buenos Aires, we flew to Patagonia.  The light was unreal.

There, we also saw the Perito Moreno Glacier.  Dave's brother, Mookie, was lucky enough to actually see the glacier calving. The rest of us had to settle for the remarkable beauty of the large ice mass itself.

Later, in Mendoza, we had an amazing meal coupled with amazing scenery at a winery call Melipal.  Malbec is Argentina's specialty wine, and it just happens to be my favorite.

We also experienced an Asado in Mendoza.  This is basically a huge BBQ where 1.5 kg of meat is prepared for each person.  That's about 3.5 pounds per person.

This cute man prepared our food, which made it really hard to refuse that second and third round.

Iguazu Falls came at the end of our trip.  And yes, it is for real.  I have never seen anything more incredible in my life.  Truly.

I highly recommend Argentina for your next international trip.

As for taking a three and a half month-old child who doesn't nap but is tired all of the time and cries to let you know this, I can't put my stamp on that.

P.S.  All of the pics here were taken on our trip (although not by me because I was too busy rocking said child).

Tango!

We're on our way home today, and since I am writing this before having even left for the trip, I am going to go ahead and assume that we had an amazing time and that traveling with a 3-month-old wasn't the stupidest thing we've ever done.

Iguazu Falls

Can this be for real?

Asado

From what I've heard, this is not the place to be a vegetarian.

Mendoza

Argentinian wine country.  I guess I can leave Patagonia for this.

Trekking

Oh, you know, just hiking around on a glacier.

Patagonia

Today we arrive in El Calafate.  If it looks anything like this image, I may never leave.

Colores

First stop:
Buenos Aires.

The guide books feature these colorful buildings, but I'm not sure I'll actually get to see them.  I wouldn't mind if I did.

Argentina!

We are leaving for this place today:

It's going to be difficult to keep up with the blogging and the commenting from here on out, so I am taking advantage of the scheduled posting function here on Blogger.  Obviously, this should be worth extra points in the April Image Challenge.

I'm in it to win it!