Halfway

As I reach the halfway point of my trip to Argentina I can proudly say that I am going to Villa Arcadia! My bus leaves tomorrow night for La Prida, where I will stay with my aunt for the weekend. Then she will drive me to Sierra de la Ventana (about a two hour drive). I will be staying by myself (finally) for a week in huge old house that has been turned into a hotel. I found the hotel online and when my aunt called to doubble check my reservations she discovered that the owners of the house (now hotel) are old family friends. In addition the owner of the hotel knows everyone in the Coronel Suarez historical society and will make setting up appointmets way easyer.

Now for some deep thinking.... My documentary that I am planing on filming is (as most everyone knows by now.. I hope) about an article that my grandfather wrote about why he believes that his father is the sole founder of Villa Arcadia. My goal in visiting (and filming) Villa Arcadia is not to present them with this document or to "fight" for my grandfather's cause, but rather to understand why it is so important to my grandfather to make his point known. I find myself wondering, "what if my grandfather never wrote this document and he was right." This begs the question as what is history and what does it mean to different people and the biggest question of all is history truth. I hope to adress these questions by visiting the places that my grandfather talks about in his article and understand for myself what makes this area so important to the family. In filming and capturing the various aspects of the town I hope I can share that same passion with the viewers of y documentary while discussing the my insights on the menaing of history (and especially family history) that I have had and will have durring my trip.

This weeks suprise extras are pictures of belgrano (thats the neighbrohood I am living in) and the famous BA hipodromo (horse racetrack)