December 13, 2010 When we got up in the morning it was raining and cold. It couldn´t have been more than 15 degrees C (60 F) Hey, wasn´t this supposed to be Brazil in late spring, almost summer? Later Dauro told us that this was the coldest day in December read more…

December 12, 2010 The weather was sort of gray when we got up. With danger of rain we decided to do a walk we did 15 years ago together with Dauro and Laura. First we met up at their place. Our kids love the iPods they got as a present read more…

December 11, 2010 We had been invited to a picnic together with Dauro and Laura and their boys, Laura´s mother and Laura´s friend Gabi (Gabriella) and Gabi´s nephew and niece. We went to a place called Lagoa do Peri, a small freshwater lagoon, or lake if you want. The temperature read more…

December 10, 2010 After a good night´s sleep we got up at around 9am. The kids didn´t want to get up and Iseline and Viktor sneaked down and stole a few more minutes by hiding in Adrian´s bed: We went over to Dauro and Laura´s place to do schooling using read more…

December 9, 2010 Time to move again. We had had 3 very good nights at the Poussada El Shaddai in Foz do Iguacu. The room was simple but very comfortable. Breakfast was more than adequate and the staff was stellar. They went out of their way to help us, equipped read more…

December 8, 2010 Time to see the waterfalls from the Brazilian side. We very very happy with the view we had of the falls yesterday and found it hard to imagine that it could be much different from the other side. However, both Lonely Planet and people here said that read more…

December 7, 2010 We had wonderful weather on arrival yesterday, but during the night it had started to rain. When we got up it was pouring down: No good. We had only 2 days here to see the waterfalls and heavy rain would, in addition to being uncomfortable, also assure read more…

December 6, 2010 Our flight to Iguassu was originally scheduled for 11am, but once again one of our flights in South America had been moved and the new flight time was 1:15pm. We had a nice, slow morning and got ready to leave without any stress. Even I had to read more…

December 5, 2010 During the night we had a visitor in our hotel room. It was the tooth fairy who had snatched the tooth Iseline lost last night and replaced it with some money. It must have been the local fairy, since she left pesos. Iseline was worried last night, read more…

December 4, 2010 After some home schooling we walked a bit around the center of Salta and went to the Museum of High Altitude Archeology. Unfortunately photography was not allowed in the museum. This museum once again took us into the fascinating world of the Incas. In 1999 an archeological read more…