DAY SEVENTY TWO - YUM YUM PIGS BUM!

A fattys wet dream! The Argentines have lots of crazy holidays and special days of the year.. The winner that tops all for me is GNOCCHI DAY! yes I am talking potato dumpling taste tingling italian pasta! ha and get this... there are 12 "Day of the Gnocchi"! yes every 29th of each and every month it happens all over again!  Good job old chap! No plate left unfinished. Does this place get any better! after arriving back from a wedding in Gualeguaychu, I think yes!

DAY SEVENTY ONE - LETS TAKE IT BACK

"To the concrete streets
 original beats with real live mc's
 playground tactics
 no rabbit in a hat tricks
 just that classic
 rap shit from jurassic..."

Jurassic park that is and Lion King, I'm watching all the childhood classics and then off to bed early to point at pictures of household objects whilst naming
them, followed by reading aloud an excerpt from my kids encyclopedia to get me sound asleep.

No I have not come down with a touch of the "Retard"! This is about my comprehension level in Spanish - actually it's probably a bit advanced for me... and I am pretty sure most two year olds know more than me... but I know more swear words hahaha (of course they are the first thing any one ever learns) and boy am I practicing day and night to give the next toddler I come across a real run for his money in the Spanish speaking/reading/listening department!



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DAY SEVENTY - HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

 

 If it were not for you drunkenly booking a ticket here to Argentina two years ago I would have never found my passion for this delectable country! Happy Birthday Zoe, thanks for the all the radtastical times in Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, COLOMBIA! and ofcourse ARGENTINA! EAT LIFE!

"I know what present I want"

DAY SIXTY NINE - EASTER HUNT!

One a penny

Two a penny

Hot cross bun!

Happy belated Easter everyone! This year I swapped warmed doughy spicy hot cross buns drenched in butter and a overgrown potbelly full of giant Easter eggs, on top of small caramel Easter eggs, on top of marshmallow eater eggs for a reenactment of my favourite childhood Easter game - The Easter Hunt, a round pastry cake filled with cream and Dulce de leche with a hole in the middle of it (Argentine tradition) and of course an Easter Sunday Asado hahaha, any excuse for meat! So I hope every one fished out there Recorder and "beep, beep, beeped" their hearts out with this classic Easter tune.

One a penny

Two a penny

Hot cross bun!

First clue on your easter hunt... come get it!

DAY SIXTY EIGHT - SOMETHING IS BUGGING ME!

WHAT IS THAT I SAW?

A SHOOTING STAR?

A SATELLITE?

A U.F.O?

THAT THERE FLICKERING IN THE SKY?!

WHAT THE HEY!!? IF IT WAS INDEED A STAR/SATELLITE OR UFO IT JUST FELL FROM THE SKY AND LANDED IN THE GRASS!!!

DAMN YOU SOUTH AMERICA AND YOUR INSECTS WITH THAT LITTLE BIT MORE FLARE AND PIZAZZ... IT  WAS A FREAKING BUG THAT GLOWS AND FLICKERS LIKE A BRIGHT STAR! SO YOU KNOW WHAT I DID, I CAUGHT THAT ALIEN BASTARD BUG!!!

DAY SIXTY SEVEN - IF I KISS HIM WILL HE TURN INTO A PRINCE?

Look at the big guy! The share size of the un-tame beast! Ha but dumb as a plank of wood, and speaking of wood... I do not know how many times I saw this over sized frog a.k.a Toad walk/hop  straight into the wooden door trying to get away from me! Learn from your mistakes? I think not. Maybe I should have moved so he could have considered a new direction.. Is that thought of as animal cruelty if I stand by and watch him continuously hurt himself at my expense or it is the Toads own stupid self abuse?


So now in Argentina I have seen two characters from my childhood stories! The Toad - who turns into a prince and the Hare - from the race of the Hare and the Tortoise! In NZ I had to just settle for a frog and a rabbit! My encounter with the hare was far more enjoyable...  Maybe that is because I ate it! "slow and steady wins the race, but you are delicious". My only concern is now, if I kiss this toad will my Prince be as stupid as his amphibian alter-ego? That could cause a problem for my "lives happily ever after".