Category Archives: Campo

Tornado

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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So many Norwegians!

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

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

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!

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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Tables

Sometimes I wonder how many times I’ve set the table this year. Definitely a lot! I have to say I miss setting the table for my own dinner parties! I used to have a lot of dinners back in DC … Continue reading

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Flowers

Flowers in the hotel make a huge difference:

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The Open

The world’s best and most important polo tournament, the Argentine Open, is starting on Saturday and it means that we are officially in our highest season. Things are busy!! I hope I get to go at least once, it is … Continue reading

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Speaking argentino

There are plenty of articles and posts on how to speak like an Argentine (or a porteño, someone from Buenos Aires); here is an example. So I won’t repeat all of that, but I did want to write about how … Continue reading

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One Year in Argentina!

Happy Anniversary to me! A year ago I landed in Argentina in the wee hours of the morning. I had left DC early the previous day, connected through Panama, and arrived seeing Buenos Aires at night. I was picked up … Continue reading

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