The summer holiday in Buenos Aires lasts from early December until the first week of March. Most folks stick around until the holidays and then there is a mass exodus from the city. It is surprisingly noticeable how empty the city is nowadays. The most common destination? The beach. The people leave in droves to the coastal beach cities for 2-3 weeks at a time. Nearly everything shuts down and it takes twice as long to get anything done because nobody is around. Having spent a full month in the States in October, we didn't really plan anything over the holidays other than just swimming a lot in our pool.
Claire, the blonde in the family, has been swimming a ton and her hair was starting to turn a light green due to the chlorine levels in the pool. The remedy? A tomato sauce shampoo. I always wondered if the tomato sauce bath were a myth when it came to getting the skunk smell off of one's self, but I had never heard it for green chlorine hair. Well, it worked. Claire's hair is back to golden blonde. Pretty as can be.
The rest of the week was pretty normal. School starts again in 3 weeks and we've starting considering our options for our northern hemisphere summer return to the States.
If there are questions about life in Argentina or specifics that you're curious about, let me know so I can keep my eye open as things are becoming more and more normal to us.
I hope this clip works... It is from when Claire sang "Families Can Be Together Forever" at the tree-planting ceremony for Lily.
That clip is so precious. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing that clip. I'm so glad I got to see it. I am with those Argentines, I wish I could escape to the beach right now. Good for them! Too bad it's hard to get things done though with everyone gone.
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet little viedo. I'm glad you have that and that you shared it. Enjoy that weather!
ReplyDeleteThat is so sweet! Thank you for sharing.
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