- few words, mostly images and captions...I'll mostly let the photos speak for themselves...
- let's start with our apartment...
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| handmade by Agustina, 7th Grade, Septiembre Jardinar |
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| our over-priced Charlie Brown Christmas tree and angel...see the sun on the patio? probably pushing 85 degrees that day |
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| gotta be careful with these cheap-o decorations! |
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| stockings hung by the sunny window with care... |
- around our 'hood (p.s. Jake's parents arrived safely!)
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| tree outside Alto Palermo shopping mall, BA |
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| Santa sax'in it up in a dollar type store, BA |
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| yes, that's a drunk Santa in a store window, BA |
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| store window display, BA |
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| store's Christmas tree, BA |
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| Barbie Store in BA! YIKES! |
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| lamp post lights, Tribunales, BA |
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| random garland, BA |
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| chocolate store window display, BA |
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| not the best photo, but tree of light in Las Heras park near our house |
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| kitchen store Santa head on gas range...BA |
- holiday baking...
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| most chocolatey, yummy cookies ever |
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| making springerle cookies |
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| love these little stampers...can't wait to use them again, this time with the correct flour ;) (darn Spanish) |
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| almond flour thumbprint cookies |
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| pan dulce from neighborhood bakery Santa Paula, BA |
- down South we go...
- in my opinion, the Patagonian cities did a much better job of decorating for Christmas
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| @ hotel in El Calafate |
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| @ hotel in El Calafate |
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| breakfast table @ hotel in El Calafate |
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| random throw-up of tinsel @ hotel in El Calafate |
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| fire place manger scene @ hotel in El Calafate (notice, baby Jesus has not arrived yet!) |
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| tree/basket of wool yarn at rest stop on way to Chile |
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| cafe stop at rest stop on way to Chile |
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| Santa cards drop box outside toy store in El Calafate |
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| hippie decor @ Pura Vida restaurant, El Calafate |
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| @ Pura Vida restaurant, El Calafate |
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| getting crampons on...glacier in back, Santa hat in front |
- ice/snow in El Calafate!
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| walking on Perito Moreno glacier, Christmas Eve |
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| Santa's ready to trek the glacier |
- Christmas Eve pizza on balcony of hotel in El Calafate...ok, not sooo Christmas-y...
- ...but my wooly sweater and socks were!
- arriving into Bariloche airport
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| Bariloche hotel Christmas tree |
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| Bariloche hotel entryway decorations |
- Christmas dinner out
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| random hotel tree |
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| rose hip shop tree |
- snow at the top of a ski mountain, Catedral, in Bariloche!
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| lovin' it |
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| only time for a couple snow balls |
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| snowman at Catedral in Bariloche |
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| Christmas tree at chocolate shop in Bariloche, Rapi Nui |
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| store window, bariloche |
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| window of chocolate shop, Mamuschka, Bariloche |
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| more Mamuschka, Bariloche |
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| inside Mamuschka, Bariloche |
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| tree in Mamuschka, Bariloche |
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| chocolate Santas at Mamuschka, Bariloche |
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| festive decor, Mamuschka, Bariloche |
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| Alto El Fuego (p.s. I maybe bought that Santa) |
- our drive north of Bariloche, through the 7 lakes region, although provided unseasonably higher temps, did not disappoint in the holiday trimmings department...
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| mini sign to welcome us to Villa La Angostura |
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| Villa La Angostura |
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| lots of roses in these parts, thought the red was fitting, Villa La Angostura |
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| ski villages = lots of log cabin style buildings, Villa La Angostura |
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| kiddo playing on Santa statue, Villa La Angostura |
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| wrapped poles, Villa La Angostura |
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| real evergreen! Villa La Angostura |
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| store window, Villa La Angostura |
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| store window, Villa La Angostura |
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| store window, Villa La Angostura |
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| hotel lobby, San Martin de Los Andes |
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| hotel lobby, San Martin de Los Andes |
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| store window, San Martin de Los Andes |
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| advent calendar in store window, San Martin de Los Andes |
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| beachfront evergreen, somewhere around San Martin de Los Andes |
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| enjoying the fresh scent of pine near a beach, somewhere near Bariloche |
- SOOO glad we got some cold weather, snow, and superior xmas decorations down south over the holidays...made it feel a bit more like Christmas
- now we're back in BA where the Christmas decorations will hang around until about February when the porteños finally get around to taking them down
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| back in BA...San Telmo doorstep |
