"Crazy Legs"

I am back in buenos aires after a crazy busy week in VIlla Arcadia. On my second day in VA I met with Julia Colombo who works for the municipality of coronel suarez and presented her with my grandfather's article. We ended up talking for about an hour and a half about the importance of family history and why this story is so important to my grandfather. Then out of nowhere a radio reporter showed up to interview me (once again in spanish). In the next few days I walked more than at any other point in my life. I would spend all morning filming, go back to the hotel drink mate, have a nap and charge the camcorder batteries and go out and film until dark. To hear more about my revelations and the beauty of Villa Arcadia and Sierra de la Ventana you will have to go see my documentary.

Also during my trip I got to be good friends with Javier and I joined him and his friends Chapi and Gaston on a two day backpacking trip up to the tres picos mountain range. I had no idea what I was getting into. I was a near vertical trek (the summit of tres picos is the highest point in the province of Buenos Aires at 3789 ft. above sea level as compared to where we started in Sierra de la Ventana at 820 ft.). We stayed the night in a cave and I had an all together amazing time (despite my legs still feeling like a couple of led weights).

Last night I hopped on a buss back to buenos aries and found my way to the train station and back to my Aunt and Uncle's apartment in record time. I can't express how liberating it was to be traveling alone to a foreign place and making friend while all the time speaking another language. A truly amazing experience.


Here are some photos of my trek to tres picos and of the swiss chalet that my great uncle built nearly a hundred years ago.