I spent some quality time with some gauchos. Actual Argentine cowboys. Four things I love most in the world: Argentina, cows, boys and cowboys. (Mostly cowboys). Gauchos really are a winning combination in my book.
Here is some cold hard evidence of the weekend's rendezvous in San Antonio de Areco, the land of the Gauchos in the Eastern Pampas (Argentina countryside-- flat grassy plains, some horses, puppies, mouthwatering empanadas (I had five), and tantalizing asado (stacks of bbq meat served to you by equally delicious gauchos...just kidding, Dad)).
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| a circular tree with people hanging out of it |
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| Note cute puppy. Ignore me. |
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| swingin' on the fence |
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the Argentine I fell in love with on that blissful day.
(this was the closest I could zoom in) |
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| go Argentina |
Pay attention to these next few. This is a real horse whisperer.
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| And she's down. |
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| Closer...closer... |
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| just inches (centimeters) away... |
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| GOAL!! SWAK*!! smack. |
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| paw |
And later, at the feria de San Telmo (street market in the historic barrio famous for tango and Ani)**:
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| an homage to my favorite alpha-female. (my dog, not my friend). |
* For those of you who might not have known, SWAK, or "sealed with a kiss," is an acronym seen most often on the backs of envelopes that 10-year old girls at sleep-away camp send...to their parents.
** Ani is my friend and is pictured above, but she's not the one with Jaspe(r). That is Sallie, my other friend and fellow Essex-Countyan. Ani also has a new blog! anichampionoftheworld.blogspot.com !!
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