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The little things

Posted on December 20, 2013 by noruegaenargentina

This has been a rough week! I am exhausted! And while everyone else seems to be looking forward to Christmas and New Year’s, I am frantically trying to get enough staff, buy enough meat, getting all the supplies we need… … Continue reading →

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Tornado

Posted on December 17, 2013 by noruegaenargentina

f I am a very slow blogger, but I wanted to post a couple of photos from a crazy storm on December 2nd. It turned into a mini-tornado around here and tore up lots of old, beautiful trees, threw the … Continue reading →

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Language musings

Posted on December 15, 2013 by noruegaenargentina

I really enjoy writing about language, it is fascinating to see how language is shaped by and shapes cultures, interactions, etc. Yesterday I was in Palermo Soho, a part of the city that is very cute but that I don’t … Continue reading →

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Cocktail Party

Posted on December 9, 2013 by noruegaenargentina

While we had all these lovely Norwegians here, we threw a little cocktail party for the hotel guests. It turned out really nice! We had a bar with a bartender and a drink menu consisting of Spritz Aperol (one of … Continue reading →

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So many Norwegians!

Posted on December 6, 2013 by noruegaenargentina

The first week of December brought about a concentration of Norwegians that was pretty remarkable! We had three people from the Norwegian Polo Club for two full weeks (one was English but he lives in Norway.) Then another Norwegian who … Continue reading →

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Cats on a hot tin roof

Posted on December 3, 2013 by noruegaenargentina

Or rather, on a cement roof. It was funny to take a photo of them from this angle! Unfortunately one of the dogs killed another cat two days ago. 😦

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Consuming less

Posted on December 2, 2013 by noruegaenargentina

While I lived in DC, I read a couple of books and websites related to living as a minimalist, such as The Simple Dollar and Miss Minimalist. I in no way became a real minimalist, but I do like the … Continue reading →

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Busy busy busy!

Posted on November 30, 2013 by noruegaenargentina

I sound like a broken record but things are really busy around here! We are in the middle of the temporada grande, or big season, for polo, and therefore of course there are lots of polo interested people visiting to … Continue reading →

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Norwegian Polo Club visits Argentina!

Posted on November 28, 2013 by noruegaenargentina

While all the high level action is taking place in Palermo, we have lots of polo going on here as well, both with the regular club members and with the polo holiday guests who are here to play and improve. … Continue reading →

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I, a person who drives cars

Posted on November 25, 2013 by noruegaenargentina

It is almost surreal to me that I am now a person that drives quite a lot. I drive to source and shop for the hotel, and now I also sometimes drive to go places for personal reasons. I have … Continue reading →

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