New Year's Day Bust

After getting to bed at 02:00 it was good to sleep in till 09:30. The day was basically a bust. I spent the day cleaning up my 2008 computer files and archiving them, fiddling with my computer and watching episodes of Prison Break Series 1. Danielle as usual had arranged for two friends to come over for a Gossip Girl TV marathon compliments of Justin's downloading skills.

Jerome and Ludmila on the other hand took Gerda for a 5 hour tour and lunch at Palermo (no not the capital of Sicily) Soho. Dinner was a past and sauce and having slept for three hours in the middle of the day I went for a two hour walk at 21:30 which I must confess included a few McDonalds Pollo Nuggets.

Mish on the other hand had a movie date with the attractive Columbian lady who joined us from the adjoining table on New Years Eve. She comes from Medellin in Columbia but lives in Florida where she is studying Psychology.

Next day and we have moved away from NYE. I wake up latish to the news that Bailey now weights 11kgs (down from 15.6kgs just 3 weeks ago) thanks to the strict diet our vet has placed him on. He also had to go to the vet because he has been biting an itch raw. But Epsen does report that that dogs are all well and I suspect he has fallen in love with them - which is of course understandable.

Danielle and I go for a pre-activity walk and coffee and around 11:30 we all mobilise for a visit to the Latin American Art Museum. Enjoyable but nothing special. At 13:30 my good bridge-playing friend Pablo Lambardi meets us for lunch which we decide to have at the museum cafe and which Danielle rates as one of the best meals she has had. Pablo then walks us through an adjoining neighbourhood which was so Parisian with stunningly beautiful houses which Pablo explained were from the early 1900s when Argentina was one of the ten richest countries in the world. He also explained that the exteriors belied the magnificence of the interiors.

A short walk around a nearby mall followed by a walk around Palermo Soho for Danielle and I while Jerome and Ludmila take in the Japanese Gardens and Michael and Gerda head back to the apartment for a pre-dinner rest.

Tonight we are heading for a dinner and tango show combination at El Querandi http://www.querandi.com.ar/. I hope the meal and show will be good but I will report more next time. Justin arrives at 11:15 tomorrow morning and Anna at 21:50 tomorrow night. I bought some 'bife' to cook him a roast lunch and we are planning to do something that is generally off limits for Danielle and I which is mixed cuisine restaurants. Funny that Danielle had read about Osaka, a Peruvian Sushi Thai restaurant which it looked like we would not get to and that Pablo indicated that it is current favourite so we will be going there tomorrow night.

Anyway - tired fingers

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