So sometimes we are put in situations that test our character;a chance to see what drives us and those things that are important. In a sense that has been a big part of what the trip to South America has proved, whilst my standards have dropped a little I have managed to stick pretty close to my desire to continue my learning (Spanish, and numerous technical things that I need to learn for work), my focus on exercise and physical activity, whilst less is still happening with my recent membership to Sportclub, which will give me access to any of their gyms in Buenos Aires (which they say there are 20 of them), and my relentless desire to eat food as cruelty-free as I can find. I think that I have had a few situations in which the food has not been organic as I have yet to find an entirely organic restaurant, but I do feel that for the most part I have managed to adhere to my value system. Fortunately, bending the law is not one of the things that does fit nicely in my value system…..
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April 21st Sara and I took part in a local organised running event around Puerto Madero. It was an 8:30 start, so we slept over at the San Telmo apartment and left with our neighbour Pablo at 7:50. The day was absolutely glorious; blue skies, not a cloud in sight and already heating up nicely equivalent to a midday summer run in the UK (I accept that summer is a little bit of a sore subject with us Brits, but let’s just imagine a summer’s day as we would hope it would be, rather than how it is! 🙂 ).
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We are in the process of looking after the apartment of a friend! This apartment is in an area of Buenos Aires known as Nuñez. This is quite a way north from the other apartment in San Telmo. It is a little nicer in that the street are not in such a poor state of health, and there are more parks and trees around. This does have the slight negative effect of attracting quite a few of my favourite flying bundles of joy, mosquitoes.
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