It’s official: we’re back in the US. It feels simultaneously surreal and like we never left. We keep almost saying, “Buenas tardes.” We crossed the border on Thursday by land in Tecate. We were wondering what it would be like to cross a border with Holly by land. The CDC only requires proof of rabies vaccination and a visual inspection — meaning if your...
We’re back in La Paz — and Holly is happy! So is my dad. Look at those happy faces! She’s even smiling after having to get pat down by an airport security agent. Yes, a PAT DOWN. So. Ridiculous. We’re exhausted after a long travel day, leaving Tulum so early that we had to say our good-byes to the Caribbean yesterday. About...
Yesterday, we paid a visit to our old friend, los Estados Unidos. We had a connection in Miami, but we’re telling ourselves that Miami is practically still Latin America, so technically we didn’t cheat. Now, we’re in lovely Tulum. It was a rough travel day because we had to pass through U.S. immigration and customs in Miami even though our final destination was Mexico....
Today was the first of two travel days. I am operating on little sleep and only have the brainpower to share chronologically: 2:00am Argentina Time Take taxi to EZE airport outside Buenos Aires 3:30am Argentina Time Standing in world’s slowest ATM line. We had to get cash to pay for one other document saying it was OK for Holly to board the plane. When...
Look what we saw today! We were over at the movie theater (we saw Divergent, if you care to know) and came across this Kosher McDonald’s. I did some Googling and apparently it’s the only one outside of Israel. There’s a regular McDonald’s on the other side of the food court. We didn’t eat in either of them. We also got Holly’s official health...
Today is all about Holly! By the way, have we shown you these Holly cards? We met a couple who were giving these away and we thought they were genius, so we ordered some and Chris’s mom brought them when she came to Buenos Aires. When we meet new folks, we give them one. Two other reasons today is a Holly day: She’s famous!...
Hot sauce! We found a place with hot sauce! We had dinner at this delicious (and deliciously trendy) ramen restaurant this evening. It was started by a couple with roots in both Argentina and the U.S., and they make a tasty dumpling. Did you know that Argentinian food is not spicy? Same with Chilean food. Sometimes you’ll find a Tabasco-like chili sauce, but it’s more...
If you are coming across this post because you were Googling for emergency vets in Buenos Aires, click here to skip ahead to the listings. Holly always seems to get sick at the worst times. Did we tell you that less than a week before we set out on our leap year, she ate one of those cable tacks? Yeah, the kind with a NAIL...
Holly is a real trooper. She toughed it out with us on the 20-hour bus ride from San Martín de los Andes to Buenos Aires. Above is a photo of the scenery along the way, and below is the sunrise from somewhere in the middle of Argentina. We had a stop in Neuquén about 6.5 hours into the trip so she was able to take a...
A couple people recently asked, “How’s Holly holding up?” So we caught up with Latin America’s favorite Cairn Terrier in an exclusive interview. How’s your health, Holls? “Every time I cross an international border I have to go to the vet first. I pretend to hate it so I get lots of treats. I’m a sturdy girl and the vet says I’m healthy. The...
We’ve missed you! We’re now in Argentina. How can we fit all our updates in one post? Here are the highlights. You can click to learn more about each, or simply scroll down. We got a taste of traditional (and Italian) cuisine in Chiloé, Chile. Holly got stopped at the border crossing. We’re currently in Bariloche, but we’re moving again tomorrow. We stayed with an Italian...
Holly loves road trips! Here she is in front of Lago Llanquihue and Volcán Osorno. For the Californians reading this, Lago Llanquihue is about twice the size of Lake Tahoe. It’s situated in northern Patagonia in the Lakes Region. If you look at a map, you’ll see there are a number of other very large lakes nearby. We’re staying in Puerto Varas, on the...