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Dogs in South America (Doggie Pics!!!)

Posted on 21. May, 2012 by Steph.

South America is indeed a dog lover’s paradise! People love their dogs. Unlike in Asia and Europe, where the stray dogs will break your heart, most of the stray dogs in Latin America look strong and happy. Someone is feeding them and in some cases they even looked loved. This meant that a dog-less dog-lover like [...]

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Sushi in South America: an Unlikely Love Story

Posted on 15. May, 2012 by Steph.

I don’t like fish. They are slimy and smelly and bony and weird. Given the choice, I’d rather eat just about anything else (this does not extend to shellfish which will I inhale, I only loathe the suckers with scales). Yes, even sushi. I’ve always been kind of ambivalent about the stuff. Even after eating [...]

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Street Art of Valparaíso: A Photo Essay

Posted on 13. May, 2012 by Steph.

Or: How NOT to Visit Pablo Neruda’s House. As I was originally voicing my doubts about Santiago, everyone told me “you HAVE to visit Valparaíso.” While I generally bristle when people tell me I have to do anything (just ask Mike), I figured it was probably wise to see at least something in Chile outside [...]

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Sorry Santiago

Posted on 10. May, 2012 by Steph.

Oh Santiago, it wasn’t (completely) your fault. I really wanted to like you. You seemed like the sleeker, moderner cousin to Buenos Aires. Chile has the best economy in South America, and you struck me as a city that really had itself together. Something about the name, Santiago, is so beautiful to me. If we’d [...]

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Argentina: The Best and Worst

Posted on 06. May, 2012 by Steph.

So it is finally time to wrap up my time in Argentina. Almost four months in this country, the longest I’ve been in any one place for quite a long time. It’s been fun but I am more than ready to move on! But not before I recap the past few months… Total Days in [...]

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Totally Obvious Things I Did Not Know About Wine

Posted on 29. Apr, 2012 by Steph.

Maybe I have no class (I mean, probably), but I honestly don’t get wine. I love beer. I will go to great lengths to sample local brews and can even discuss them in a semi-intelligent manner. Hand me a glass of wine though, and the most insightful analysis I can usually drum up is that [...]

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Dangit, I Should Have Lived in Rosario

Posted on 24. Apr, 2012 by Steph.

“I think we might have made a mistake,” I told Mike as we walked by the river hand in hand. The sun was shining without a cloud in the sky and several small dogs were frolicking at our feet. All around us happy people jogged, cycled and roller bladed (along with mullets, roller blading never [...]

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I Really Miss England

Posted on 23. Apr, 2012 by Steph.

It might be hard to believe, since I’m constantly writing about it , but I haven’t set foot in England in nearly three years. In that time I’ve visited many continents and countries and seen so many amazing things. I’ve lived in places as far flung as China and Argentina, yet England is always there [...]

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Buenos Aires like a Local

Posted on 15. Apr, 2012 by Steph.

When I first announced I was moving to Buenos Aires, people got so excited! General consensus seemed to be that it’s a beautiful, awesome city, and that many people would love to live there. “It’s one of the few international cities I could see myself living in,” one travel writing friend told me. It IS [...]

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