Be careful what you wish for... my life lesson. Yesterday, Friday, December 10th, it was nearly 100 degrees in Salta, Argentina. The heat walking down the city streets was overwhelming! Dry heat, but reflected from the tile, rock, cement, concrete, it took our breath away and caused me to sweat profusely. My new nickname is 'shiny face'.
We had to confirm our airline tickets for Saturday, walk to the FEDEX office, again, to see if we had any password for our new credit card before we walked many more blocks to the tram station to ride to the top of the hill to overlook the city.
On the way some young men who were celebrating the last day of school before summer vacation drinking in the park hollered out hello, in English. We chatted with them in Spanish for a while before moving toward our destination.
The tram station was decked out with beautiful flowers, both at the bottom and top! Waterfalls, statues, benches with overlooks, it was a nice place to spend some time. We noticed the LDS chapel here as we ascended from the tram station, again in the high rent area of town, amazing! You can pick it out from this picture by finding the basketball court and satellite dish found in every chapel worldwide I'm convinced.
By the time we walked back home, we were 'melting'. After some reading and a short rest in the dark, we made a yummy salad and pizza. We tried to count the number of times we've eaten out during the last two months, less than ten. We have breakfast prepared for us each morning and that feels special, though it is not breakfast 'Randolph style' by any means. We still search for our favorites, peanut butter and different kinds of nuts in particular, without any luck. We are getting used to eating what we can find and not 'jonesing' for what we want!
Today we moved on to Puerto Iguazu in the northeasternmost spot in Argentina. Three rivers and countries come together here in this lush green tropical forest. We will most likely visit the world famous waterfalls on Tuesday when the best weather is forecasted. We wish we could finish the Brazilian side of Iguazu Falls which is a dramatic view of all the 275+ falls from a distance, but because we don't yet have a visa we are unable. Boo! We'll have to settle for an upclose and personal tour from Argentina, so close you get wet I've heard.
Ciao for now!
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