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SEPTEMBER 13, WEDNESDAY

INGLES (WEDNESDAY (THROUGH THURSDAY) We looked for grocery store in West Canton and then in Clyde, which didn’t seem to be a town at all, and had little hope of finding more than a convenience store. But back on the

SEPTEMBER 13, WEDNESDAY

INGLES (WEDNESDAY (THROUGH THURSDAY) We looked for grocery store in West Canton and then in Clyde, which didn’t seem to be a town at all, and had little hope of finding more than a convenience store. But back on the

SEPTEMBER 12, TUESDAY

TUESDAY (THROUGH THURSDAY) I am looking back from Monday, September 18 at my second week back and responding to that week in posts. Two weeks ago I was in Buenos Aires, two weeks from tomorrow I will be in Milan.

SEPTEMBER 12, TUESDAY

TUESDAY (THROUGH THURSDAY) I am looking back from Monday, September 18 at my second week back and responding to that week in posts. Two weeks ago I was in Buenos Aires, two weeks from tomorrow I will be in Milan.

SEPTEMBER 11, MONDAY

MY ARTIFICIAL CULTURAL BUBBLE After a month of living by myself in Montevideo and Buenos Aires and not being able to speak Spanish or to know how to do even simple things like how to catch and pay for a

SEPTEMBER 11, MONDAY

MY ARTIFICIAL CULTURAL BUBBLE After a month of living by myself in Montevideo and Buenos Aires and not being able to speak Spanish or to know how to do even simple things like how to catch and pay for a

SEPTEMBER 10, SUNDAY

MARRAKECH (really Saturday) The first thing I read this morning was that there was a large earthquake in Morocco at 11 p.m. last night which has killed 1000 people in and around Marrakech. The center of the quake was 50

SEPTEMBER 10, SUNDAY

MARRAKECH (really Saturday) The first thing I read this morning was that there was a large earthquake in Morocco at 11 p.m. last night which has killed 1000 people in and around Marrakech. The center of the quake was 50

SEPTEMBER 9, SATURDAY

TWO WAYS OF TOURING I came back from Montevideo on Thursday and while the experience traveling solo and clueless is still fresh in my mind I want to wonder about it a little more. I live in a tourist town,

SEPTEMBER 9, SATURDAY

TWO WAYS OF TOURING I came back from Montevideo on Thursday and while the experience traveling solo and clueless is still fresh in my mind I want to wonder about it a little more. I live in a tourist town,

SEPTEMBER 8, FRIDAY

ASHEVILLE My flight left Buenos Aires at 11:45 p.m.. Squeezed tightly together in a plane that was clear full I didn‘t sleep too well. My head kept flopping to one side, jolting me painfully awake. The two hour flight from

SEPTEMBER 8, FRIDAY

ASHEVILLE My flight left Buenos Aires at 11:45 p.m.. Squeezed tightly together in a plane that was clear full I didn‘t sleep too well. My head kept flopping to one side, jolting me painfully awake. The two hour flight from

SEPTEMBER 7, THURSDAY

FLORENCIA BLANCO I looked her up on the Internet but it was all in Spanish. But in the middle of this outlet mall was an exhibit of her photographs that struck me as being original and beautiful. They were mounted

SEPTEMBER 7, THURSDAY

FLORENCIA BLANCO I looked her up on the Internet but it was all in Spanish. But in the middle of this outlet mall was an exhibit of her photographs that struck me as being original and beautiful. They were mounted

SEPTEMBER 6, WEDNESDAY

DISTRITO ARCOS OUTLET MALL Susie told me there was a nearby Le Pain Quotidien, a French bakery chain where we had eaten in Paris. I walked under a train overpass and there hidden on the other side was Le Pain

SEPTEMBER 6, WEDNESDAY

DISTRITO ARCOS OUTLET MALL Susie told me there was a nearby Le Pain Quotidien, a French bakery chain where we had eaten in Paris. I walked under a train overpass and there hidden on the other side was Le Pain

SEPTEMBER 5, TUESDAY

GRAFFITI Graffiti, street art, is everywhere in Buenos Aires, on the pull down metal coverings of store windows in the elegant parts of town to the everywhere, and more and more political where the ordinary people life. I’ve already included

SEPTEMBER 5, TUESDAY

GRAFFITI Graffiti, street art, is everywhere in Buenos Aires, on the pull down metal coverings of store windows in the elegant parts of town to the everywhere, and more and more political where the ordinary people life. I’ve already included

SEPTEMBER 4, MONDAY

BIG BUS TOUR OF BUENOS AIRES In the last year I’ve taken the Big Bus, Hop Off, Hop On tour of San Francisco (twice) and the Big Bus tour of New Orleans (twice). I like riding instead of walking and

SEPTEMBER 4, MONDAY

BIG BUS TOUR OF BUENOS AIRES In the last year I’ve taken the Big Bus, Hop Off, Hop On tour of San Francisco (twice) and the Big Bus tour of New Orleans (twice). I like riding instead of walking and