January 1, 2011 New year, new possibilities. We needed to get up early to catch our flight to Buenos Aires and it was hard, very hard for Adrian and me to get up after only 5 and 4 hours of sleep respectively. I had also had a number of glasses read more…

December 31, 2010 In the morning we went back to the garage to pick up the new tire. The guy smiled and told us he unfortunately had bad news. The tire could only be ordered 2 at a time, so we could buy 2 or nothing. In addition the price read more…

December 30, 2010 In the morning we drove over to a garage nearby to get a new tire. Helene had called the rental agency yesterday and they told us they preferred for us to get a new tire before we handed the car back. This would create less hassle for read more…

December 29, 2010 In the morning I wanted to do an extra backup of our photos. I got out the 1TB disk where I keep a copy of all the data from our home computer and which I also use to do secondary backups. I don´t have enough space on read more…

December 28, 2010 We ventured out on our own to do a day trip to Jorge and Carmen´s previous home town: San Martin de los Andes. To get there we followed a gravel road for 80 kilometers (50 miles). Bumpety-bump-bump, cough, cough, but lots of great views. There was a read more…

December 27, 2010 It was Monday, we had all our luggage and we were once agin fully equipped. What a great feeling! The goal of the day was the Arrayanes Forest National Park. July had decided to join us and we drove down to the port of Villa La Angostura read more…

December 26, 2010 At last the weather gods seemed to have ruled that we had paid back enough to compensate for the great weather we had experienced earlier during the voyage. In the morning the sky was virtually cloud-free and we could sense that it was going to be a read more…

December 25, 2010 At last the rain stopped and it got a little bit warmer, somewhere between 15 and 20 degrees C ( 59 and 68 F) during the day. We used the opportunity to play some soccer in the morning with July and Yara. I might have a future read more…

December 24, 2010 Another rainy and cold day. December 24 is a very special day for Norwegians. In many ways it is the combination of the US Christmas and Thanksgiving. At 5pm on this day everyone is with their families for the Christmas meal. All churches in Norway chime their read more…

December 23, 2010 In the morning we helped make an an enormous batch of  Christmas fruit salad. All sorts of ripe fruits were cut into pieces and a little bit of lemon juice was added. Yummy! It was raining and cold outside. Probably around 10 C (50 F). We are read more…