<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415</id><updated>2012-02-16T14:46:19.200-07:00</updated><category term='Iguassu'/><category term='Iguazú'/><category term='trip'/><title type='text'>El Eternauta</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>51</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-2316622120085593321</id><published>2011-01-22T16:07:00.005-07:00</published><updated>2011-01-22T16:54:12.858-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Capuera</title><content type='html'>Según nos dice nuestro amigo Lucas, experto en estas tierras, la "capuera" es la vegetación que se encarga de proteger el suelo de la erosión natural. Como cuando se hace un claro en la selva, con la caída de árboles: primero nacen plantas cicatrizantes o colonizadoras, en el proceso de recuperación de la selva, y dan paso luego a la capuera. O lo que yo llamo el bajo monte, el bajo selva, o la selva incipiente, selva bebé, que toma y se apodera de los terrenos abiertos, y poco a poco teje su trama selvática de pastos yacaré, lianas y todas esas cosas incipientes que luego se vuelven lapachos, palos rosa, guayubira, loro blanco, guatambú, viraró, cedro, caroba, cancharana, peteribí, ibirá pitá, y uff... todas esas especies verdes, frondosas e imponentes. Término que no deberá confundirse con la &lt;em&gt;capoeira&lt;/em&gt;, danza brasileña ajena a nosotros, &lt;em&gt;please&lt;/em&gt;. Obrigada.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Entonces, Toco, el jardinero fiel, parece haber encontrado su segunda vocación al internarse en la capuera zarandeando machete y abriendo paso a ¡ahhhhhhh! ese mundo de aire fresco, ininterrumpiedo la vista hacia un horizonte verde, sí, pero abierto, extenso, brillante.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Decía mi mamá que los pueblos de esta tierra no conocían el horizonte, acechados siempre por los misterios (¿amenazas?) que les deparaba la selva de malla estrecha.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hasta que llegó Toco, y entró en acción...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565157839402726322" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/TTtpkciUc7I/AAAAAAAAA_I/p23N9vLHpQ8/s320/100_0653.JPG" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-2316622120085593321?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/2316622120085593321/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=2316622120085593321' title='1 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/2316622120085593321'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/2316622120085593321'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2011/01/capuera.html' title='Capuera'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/TTtpkciUc7I/AAAAAAAAA_I/p23N9vLHpQ8/s72-c/100_0653.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-5264259499414870850</id><published>2011-01-21T16:40:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2011-01-21T16:55:42.323-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Rosa viejo</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/TToZwKNIb_I/AAAAAAAAA_A/7kzjB7KRCTs/s1600/100_0637.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564788604733517810" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/TToZwKNIb_I/AAAAAAAAA_A/7kzjB7KRCTs/s320/100_0637.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Rosa viejo es el color de esta orquídea que acaba de florecer. Nos sorprendió un día llena de capullos gordos, hinchados, a punto de explotar. Pimpollo a pimpollo, fue abriendo sus pétalos, para dejar salir todo eso que tenía guardado adentro. Y vi asomar un color mate, pero fuerte e intenso, y pensé que se había equivocado... simplemente porque siempre las he conocido brillantes y gritonas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rosa viejo era el color que le gustaba a mi abuela, y que le sentaba bien. La Nana, una mujer desde siempre pituca, siempre arreglada, con su pintalabios y sus collares haciendo juego. Siempre, incluso cuando un día se hizo viejita y ya le costaba moverse. Sus collares, los labios pintados y sus ojos pícaros me recibían igual, en su sillón de la esquina, haciéndome así con el dedito, porque de picardía sabía más ella que yo. No había donde esconderse. Me esperaba con el mate y una tortita. Y así pasamos el último verano juntas, leyéndole cuentos de amor para niños enamorados, aprendiendo de memoria letras de tango, que después cantábamos a duo y bailábamos al compás. Siento todavía, Nanis, tu cuerpito ya chiquito y tu cabecita hermosa que movías al bailar, con esos ojos que me siguen mirando y espiando desde el Más Allá. Esta orquídea te la dedico, a casi dos meses de ya no estar con nosotros.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-5264259499414870850?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/5264259499414870850/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=5264259499414870850' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/5264259499414870850'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/5264259499414870850'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2011/01/rosa-viejo.html' title='Rosa viejo'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/TToZwKNIb_I/AAAAAAAAA_A/7kzjB7KRCTs/s72-c/100_0637.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-836838345051678155</id><published>2011-01-21T16:15:00.006-07:00</published><updated>2011-01-21T16:37:49.270-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Vista al río</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/TToUBeadxOI/AAAAAAAAA-o/D3-Cd72z0OE/s1600/100_0480.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564782305146160354" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/TToUBeadxOI/AAAAAAAAA-o/D3-Cd72z0OE/s320/100_0480.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;¿La casa de la Selva o la casa del Río? Un poco de las dos cosas. Primero lo primero... la estructura. Luego vinieron las paredes, para que se luciera la guayubira. Pero eso para el próximo post. &lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/TToUUJNsSWI/AAAAAAAAA-w/0L1-qycjHvM/s1600/100_0504.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564782625872955746" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/TToUUJNsSWI/AAAAAAAAA-w/0L1-qycjHvM/s320/100_0504.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Como si nada, esto es lo que será la puerta al gran &lt;em&gt;deck,&lt;/em&gt; con vista al río Iguazú, que divide el suelo argentino del brasileño. Será más grande el deck que la casa, pero en esta tierra la vida pasa al aire libre. Y esa agua que corre frente a nuestros ojos es la misma que le dio vida a los saltos de Cataratas: Garganta del Diablo, Bosetti, Dos Hermanas, San Martín y quién sabe cuáles otros de los 200 saltos. Entonces nos trae los sonidos, los colores, las historias de pueblos y de pájaros que nos transportan a una cuenca que nace más allá de nuestras tierras. María Laura, ¡qué hermosa casa en la que vas a vivir!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-836838345051678155?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/836838345051678155/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=836838345051678155' title='2 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/836838345051678155'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/836838345051678155'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2011/01/vista-al-rio.html' title='Vista al río'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/TToUBeadxOI/AAAAAAAAA-o/D3-Cd72z0OE/s72-c/100_0480.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-4893811598542349265</id><published>2011-01-21T16:01:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2011-01-21T16:13:31.840-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Piper</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/TToRg3njMqI/AAAAAAAAA-g/POEyyN_MZ5Q/s1600/100_0619.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564779545952989858" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/TToRg3njMqI/AAAAAAAAA-g/POEyyN_MZ5Q/s320/100_0619.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;"Pero qué &lt;em&gt;hermosho&lt;/em&gt; que soy", dice el Piper, feliz ante la perspectiva de salir a pasear en jeep.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-4893811598542349265?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/4893811598542349265/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=4893811598542349265' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/4893811598542349265'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/4893811598542349265'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2011/01/piper.html' title='Piper'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/TToRg3njMqI/AAAAAAAAA-g/POEyyN_MZ5Q/s72-c/100_0619.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-3485753393641846289</id><published>2011-01-18T05:52:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-01-18T05:53:32.979-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Lluvia de verano, está todo dicho</title><content type='html'>Para economizar palabras, y porque el ciclo de la vida es más fuerte, remontémonos al 2008 para describir la lluvia misionera...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2008/07/lluvia-de-verano-en-iguaz.html"&gt;http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2008/07/lluvia-de-verano-en-iguaz.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-3485753393641846289?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/3485753393641846289/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=3485753393641846289' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/3485753393641846289'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/3485753393641846289'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2011/01/lluvia-de-verano-esta-todo-dicho.html' title='Lluvia de verano, está todo dicho'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-3770812605362916954</id><published>2011-01-17T20:38:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2011-01-18T05:47:29.753-07:00</updated><title type='text'>¿En qué estarías pensando, Pá?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/TTULlLJ1f-I/AAAAAAAAA-Y/CyPO4qfFVTM/s1600/100_0534.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563365647963226082" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/TTULlLJ1f-I/AAAAAAAAA-Y/CyPO4qfFVTM/s320/100_0534.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Picnic de sábado, con la selva del otro lado del sendero, papá y yo. Papá pensando en que la cerveza no estaba lo suficientemente fría, inventando un nuevo mecanismo--mientras intenta posar para la foto-- para que no le vuelva a fallar la refrigeración de la conservadora móvil cargada en la caja del Jeep, bajo el sol implacable de las 2 de la tarde de un verano en Iguazú. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Métodos de refrigeración no le faltan a Don Novas quien, cual Melquíades, cree ciegamente en el poder revolucionador del hielo. Entonces nos tiene coleccionando botellas de plástico, que descogotará para hacer hielo y conservar en un freezar vacío--pero andando--donde congelará y fabricará su metal tan preciado, cosa con la que llegada la noche de la velada se pueda llenar los envases de 50 litros con el agua de muy baja temperatura donde enfriar, mejor que de ningún otro método, las bebidas espirituosas y gaseosas que nos acompañarán en la cena, por medio de un proceso de alquimia que nos dejará a todos asombrados y boquiabiertos, corcho tras corcho, o tapita de Quilmes tras tapita de Quilmes (O Stella, o Heineken, o la rubia que tenga para vender el mercadito de la cuadra). &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-3770812605362916954?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/3770812605362916954/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=3770812605362916954' title='1 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/3770812605362916954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/3770812605362916954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2011/01/en-que-estarias-pensando-pa.html' title='¿En qué estarías pensando, Pá?'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/TTULlLJ1f-I/AAAAAAAAA-Y/CyPO4qfFVTM/s72-c/100_0534.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-3242962435310518603</id><published>2011-01-17T20:06:00.009-07:00</published><updated>2011-01-18T06:13:39.325-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Rodeados de verde</title><content type='html'>La exhuberancia de la selva misionera lo deja a uno sin palabras. Ya sea dentro del perímetro de la casa, o por fuera.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Esta no es la flor del irupé, sino la flor de otra planta flotante cuyo nombre, ahora, pasada la medianoche, no me viene a la mente. Vive un sólo día, florece y muere, en la poza con cascada, rana y pescaditos...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 253px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 168px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563358147738318034" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/TTUEwmo3tNI/AAAAAAAAA94/4I5ShKGL_aU/s320/100_0429.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Luego viene la Dama de noche, esta sí, florece de noche y ya para el amanecer se marcha. Floreció la noche de Año Nuevo, para regalarnos su aroma sutil y su pristina belleza blanca, desde la ventana de la cocina de mi casa:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563359135162108034" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/TTUFqFFDCII/AAAAAAAAA-I/5wzJIMIv7KA/s320/100_0458.JPG" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Y ya, aventurándonos fuera de la casa, en un paseo por la nueva zona hotelera, emplazada en tierra de los guaraníes, las famosas 600 hectáreas. La mitad se escrituró a nombre de las tribus y la otra mitad fue a parar a manos de grandes hoteles que, rogamos, sepan cuidar y preservar la fuerza de la naturaleza como sus vecinos, los pueblos originarios de esta tierra:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 313px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 425px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563360052699790946" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/TTUGffLE_mI/AAAAAAAAA-Q/c4_5vubzmyc/s320/100_0545.JPG" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-3242962435310518603?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/3242962435310518603/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=3242962435310518603' title='3 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/3242962435310518603'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/3242962435310518603'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2011/01/rodeados-de-verde.html' title='Rodeados de verde'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/TTUEwmo3tNI/AAAAAAAAA94/4I5ShKGL_aU/s72-c/100_0429.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-8670923114543553008</id><published>2011-01-17T19:44:00.006-07:00</published><updated>2011-01-17T20:01:21.242-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Puerto Bemberg</title><content type='html'>El domingo en Iguazú es (y siempre fue) un día de paseo--sea por Cataratas, por el camino de Palo Rosa, sea hasta el Urugua-í o, como en este caso, hasta Puerto Bemberg, en Libertad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Desde chiquitos subían los grandes con el mate y los chicos, al auto, y salíamos a dar una vuelta. Mi abuelo sacaba fotos para después pintar el paisaje misionero, los atardeceres y el color naraja furioso del ocaso que anunciaba más calor para el día siguiente. Un hábito que marcó la infancia y de a ratos olvidado por la novedad de la pileta o los amigos del pueblo, quienes competían por nuestros ratos libres.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pero estamos acá para recordar, revivir y reconectarnos. Para eso estamos y a eso hemos venido.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Entonces ayer arrancamos, con mate en mano y tarta de ricota y coco, rumbo a este rincón sobre el río Paraná, en busca de plantines de lapacho (árbol provincial), carobá (una versión--o no--del jarandá, según si le consultamos o no a Lucas, el experto en flora misionera), loro negro (¿o blanco, Lau?) y viraró, o como se diga o proncuncie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Puerto Bemberg tiene un vivero que le ha quedado grande y ahora vende sus plantines a la población en general. Y aquí va María Laura eligiendo los plantines de hoy que darán sombra a nuestros nietos y sobrinos nietos:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563354412845096338" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/TTUBXNE73ZI/AAAAAAAAA9w/VOlPNx_vDRw/s320/100_0595.JPG" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Y para los románticos, acá va el enlace de esta posada que atrapa y no suelta más:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.puertobemberg.com/"&gt;http://www.puertobemberg.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-8670923114543553008?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/8670923114543553008/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=8670923114543553008' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/8670923114543553008'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/8670923114543553008'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2011/01/puerto-bemberg.html' title='Puerto Bemberg'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/TTUBXNE73ZI/AAAAAAAAA9w/VOlPNx_vDRw/s72-c/100_0595.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-804237058382775642</id><published>2011-01-17T19:28:00.005-07:00</published><updated>2011-01-18T06:28:57.750-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mi amigo fiel</title><content type='html'>Tomé ánimo un día, y venciendo mi pereza de sábado matinal, mientras me debatía entre tomar sol con protector 40, leer Eva Luna, escuchar música o practicar los últimos movimientos de tenis que me enseñó mi profe Ninja, o simplemente hacer fiaca en la hamaca paraguaya, superando toda tentación de vagancia, tomé fuerzas--conste, luego de un desayuno tropical de jugo de naranja con granola casera preparada especialmente para mi papá--y decidí regalarle a mi amigo y compañero fiel un baño de agua y jabón, para que se deje abrazar más de lleno, más seguido y pudiéramos compartir más a fondo esta amistad que se ha ido contruyendo mimo a mimo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;El Piper es un chachorrazo de 3 años, con un pelaje negro elegentísimo y brillante, pura fibra y músculo, con unas ganas de querer y ser querido, que se parece a más de uno de nosotros (a los que entre nosotros nos dejamos querer, that is...). Y hemos hecho experimentos--o no tanto--para comprobarlo. Perro relativamente educado, no entra jamás a la casa (salvo un descuido donde no queda nadie, las puertas abiertas y él, cual perro bacán, se instala en el frescor del piso de cerámica roja.) Ni bien se gesta un abrazo, el Piper se levanta, salta, abre la puerta corrediza, se abre paso dentro del abrazo y mete cabeza para no quedar afuera de ese mimo colectivo. ¿De dónde saca esa percepción de cariño? No sé, pero que este cachorro consume más mimo que muchos de nosotros, de seguro que sí. Acá va una auto foto, de noche (lamento la falta de nitidez) donde Piper y yo jugamos hasta morir de felicidad.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563350492588751394" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/TTT9zA-_OiI/AAAAAAAAA9o/wWgCU-pqpiQ/s320/100_0519.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-804237058382775642?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/804237058382775642/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=804237058382775642' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/804237058382775642'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/804237058382775642'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2011/01/mi-amigo-fiel.html' title='Mi amigo fiel'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/TTT9zA-_OiI/AAAAAAAAA9o/wWgCU-pqpiQ/s72-c/100_0519.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-4845791486575672488</id><published>2011-01-17T19:04:00.009-07:00</published><updated>2011-01-18T05:42:24.816-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sabores</title><content type='html'>¿La receta para destrabar nudos? La cocina. No sé si lo dijo Blanca Cotta, lo inventé yo, o lo mamé desde chiquita en la cocina de mamá, pero la sensación de felicidad es total. Y está en el dar, y en el darse. A pesar de la selección limitada de ingredientes (no, nada de Whole Foods ni specialty stores acá...), el sábado al mediodía me inventé unas brochetas mixtas, y el detalle fue el gratinado de queso parmesano chiquitito y diminuto, que se dejaba dorar como toque final--nada que envidiarle a los galetitos del restaurant de la Cámara de Come&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/TTT39I6QTCI/AAAAAAAAA9Q/j21GuTFcmrA/s1600/100_0527.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563344069445307426" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/TTT39I6QTCI/AAAAAAAAA9Q/j21GuTFcmrA/s320/100_0527.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;rcio de antaño. O mejor dicho, ¡cuántos recuerdos trajeron estas humildes brochetas! Para darles un lugar adecuado, le pedí a papá que--a pesar del calor y todo--subiera la mesa y las sillas de plástico al jeep y fuéremos a armar picnic junto al Museo donde trabaja Laura (Ana, el Museo está en el borde del Parque Nacional Iguazú, por eso el verde. Pero todo lo que se ve es el mero estacionamiento. Igualmente, todo tiene medidas exhuberantes en esta región). Brochetas, ensalada y cerveza (nadie se atreve al vino a estas horas y con estos calores).&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/TTT5mDNuUHI/AAAAAAAAA9g/nvhu5CJ9cpo/s1600/100_0529.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563345871802617970" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/TTT5mDNuUHI/AAAAAAAAA9g/nvhu5CJ9cpo/s320/100_0529.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La siesta fue la primera siesta de la temporada y eso que estamos a mediados de enero. Me levanté con ánimos de fiesta, puse musiquita (mis amigos Los Cocineros, un descubrimiento cordobés recomendable) y largué unos tallarines tipo cintita con salsa de marisco para chuparse los dedos. (Yeli, gracias por acompañarme a la hora de cortar los tallarines). Se armó una velada súper deli, cenamos bajo la mediasombra cubierta de orquídeas hasta que no nos quedaron más ganas de comer y se nos acabó el vino.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/TTT5LJ6Dc-I/AAAAAAAAA9Y/e5yI0iL3rIw/s1600/100_0571.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563345409742697442" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/TTT5LJ6Dc-I/AAAAAAAAA9Y/e5yI0iL3rIw/s320/100_0571.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Los tuve presentes a todos ustedes, mis amigos queridos, porque hemos compartido muchas cocinas y muchas comidas.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-4845791486575672488?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/4845791486575672488/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=4845791486575672488' title='2 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/4845791486575672488'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/4845791486575672488'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2011/01/sabores.html' title='Sabores'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/TTT39I6QTCI/AAAAAAAAA9Q/j21GuTFcmrA/s72-c/100_0527.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-4023965661352520066</id><published>2009-12-26T09:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-12-26T09:11:09.446-07:00</updated><title type='text'>La voz de Cataratas</title><content type='html'>For local news, and local gossip... &lt;a href="http://www.lavozdecataratas.com/"&gt;La voz de Cataratas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-4023965661352520066?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/4023965661352520066/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=4023965661352520066' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/4023965661352520066'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/4023965661352520066'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2009/12/la-voz-de-cataratas.html' title='La voz de Cataratas'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-6558147018922828931</id><published>2009-12-23T03:12:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2009-12-23T05:54:38.177-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Brazilian Groceries Shopping</title><content type='html'>The advantages of living across the border--armed with our groceries shopping list, we get ready to leave at 7 a.m., cross the border, and get divided into two teams. One, will go to the Fruits and Vegetables Market. The other (including me) will go to the chiropractor for my weekly dose of "realignment".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I believe, however, that the Argentine Customs does not approve of the crossing of fruits and vegetables. It used to, though. I remember when the exchange rate was so good for us that we would fill 2 shopping carts with groceries; everything was allowed. Things have changed; people haven't.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-6558147018922828931?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/6558147018922828931/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=6558147018922828931' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/6558147018922828931'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/6558147018922828931'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2009/12/brazilian-groceries-shopping.html' title='Brazilian Groceries Shopping'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-1941673407965515790</id><published>2009-12-22T19:45:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2009-12-22T19:52:00.855-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Tennis Coach - Episode I</title><content type='html'>Well, my dear friends. I just scheduled my first tennis lesson in &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;&lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;Iguazú&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (or my last tennis lesson of the year) with a pro called Ninja.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Imagine that. I'll be "flying" next time we meet at a tennis court...&lt;br /&gt;Can't wait to see the results (did I sound skeptical?). More to come after I meet this tennis ace...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-1941673407965515790?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/1941673407965515790/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=1941673407965515790' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/1941673407965515790'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/1941673407965515790'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2009/12/tennis-coach-episode-i.html' title='Tennis Coach - Episode I'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-5731137484797757610</id><published>2009-12-22T19:38:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2009-12-22T19:42:12.741-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Barefoot</title><content type='html'>That's the way to work--remotely, in the summer, from home, and surrounded by siblings.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-5731137484797757610?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/5731137484797757610/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=5731137484797757610' title='1 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/5731137484797757610'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/5731137484797757610'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2009/12/barefoot.html' title='Barefoot'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-8786150296691220709</id><published>2009-12-22T19:25:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2009-12-23T03:11:57.819-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Christmas Dinner Menu</title><content type='html'>Well, it's that time of the year again... Mom is not around to lead the cooking orchestra, so we are scrambling to remember &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected"&gt;recipes&lt;/span&gt;, cooking times, ingredients--all and all, trying to choose the menu by using a democratic approach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Democracy does not rule in the cooking world, believe me. The house &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected"&gt;chef&lt;/span&gt; should make decisions in the solitude of the kitchen, after midnight, once the dishes have been put away. And this is when we (I wish it was just me!) dictate the menu for Christmas Eve (I'm glad we are only hosting Christmas Eve's dinner this year!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The goal--not to have TOO much food. We hope that we'll keep leftovers to a minimum (even though that's personally the best part), and we'll shun away from the temptation to overeat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Twelve people may be a challenge to the 9-kilo pig we'll (meaning, "my father will") be roasting on the clay oven starting at 3 a.m.. So we'll add another meat, 4 different types of salads, dips, and &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected"&gt;cocktails&lt;/span&gt; to welcome our guests.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And make no mistake--I WILL be jogging at 7.30 a.m. the next morning.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-8786150296691220709?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/8786150296691220709/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=8786150296691220709' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/8786150296691220709'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/8786150296691220709'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2009/12/christmas-dinner-menu.html' title='Christmas Dinner Menu'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-8263436395225382813</id><published>2009-12-21T06:58:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2009-12-21T07:08:40.520-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Jogging: Day 2</title><content type='html'>With 83 degrees Fahrenheit, and 83% humidity, I went for a run at 8 a.m. this morning. It felt like being in an oven. I guess you burn more calories? I certainly hope so... to make the ordeal worth it. My sister came along (I'm trying to recruit jogging partners for the different days of the week), and we survived. The trail view is still amazing, no matter the time of the day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Certainly, the locals (and by all means, I used to be a local, but my body doesn't seem to remember how to deal with the high humidity levels) seem to be completely unawares of the surrounding heat. I guess I'll get used to it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Brazilian-style breakfast (fruit, fruit, and more fruit), and a light lunch are the best companions to get off to a good start.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I stopped by my grandma's for a morning visit (she loves drinking mate with her guests by mid-morning), and now I'm getting ready to start working remotely.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'll post pictures and videos as soon as I unpack my camera (still everything within my suitcase).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyways, keep warm, you friends of mine up north...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-8263436395225382813?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/8263436395225382813/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=8263436395225382813' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/8263436395225382813'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/8263436395225382813'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2009/12/jogging-day-2.html' title='Jogging: Day 2'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-7809479750584854795</id><published>2009-12-19T16:42:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2009-12-19T16:48:16.509-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Musicless</title><content type='html'>It seems I did not bring my external drive with all my music... A summer without music? Argh! What was I thinking at 2.30 a.m. when I was packing?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-7809479750584854795?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/7809479750584854795/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=7809479750584854795' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/7809479750584854795'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/7809479750584854795'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2009/12/musicless.html' title='Musicless'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-5601923094179134409</id><published>2009-12-19T11:30:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2009-12-19T11:41:38.149-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Siesta</title><content type='html'>It's 3.30 p.m. on this Saturday. What would I be doing in Denver? I would be completely overbooked, running from a friend's house to meet another friend for coffee, and then back home to change, heading off to Mass, and then dinner afterwards. I never stop. It's the Colorado air, I guess.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But here, in Iguazú, the heat of the summer certainly slows things down for you. You have no&lt;br /&gt;choice. The morning is the time to go to the pool, a light lunch is then prepared at a cool location (beer is essential to fight off the heat), and then, it's siesta time. Siesta goes from after lunch to when the sun is not so intense. Four p.m.? The house (and the dog) falls silent, everything is quiet (except for the chicharras), and I wonder how come I'm the only one awake, still connected, wired, to the Internet and the outside world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I guess it would take a few days to get addicted again to siesta, to a slower pace of life. Anyone up to the challenge?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-5601923094179134409?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/5601923094179134409/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=5601923094179134409' title='1 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/5601923094179134409'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/5601923094179134409'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2009/12/siesta.html' title='Siesta'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-5263084032862832084</id><published>2009-12-17T14:49:00.004-07:00</published><updated>2009-12-17T18:36:24.648-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Evening Creatures</title><content type='html'>After 24 hours of transferring through airports, changing planes, carrying an unusually significant volume in terms of luggage, I finally landed in this lush, warm, intensely green corner of the world. I haven't even unpacked my camera yet in order to share some of the sights. But trust me--the evening creatures are taking over, the crickets (oh well, &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;chicharras&lt;/span&gt;, what do you call them in English) are in full swing, and the darker it gets, the louder they sing. In my town, this means a really warm day ahead of us tomorrow. But that's &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;ok&lt;/span&gt;. That's part of the deal, isn't it?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But the &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error"&gt;chicharras&lt;/span&gt; are not alone. There are their friends, the mosquitoes. They are happy to see me, believe me. :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I have the fan going, while I'm sitting outside (yeah, can you picture the fan by the pool?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My father, little sis and I gathered by the pool to have some snacks and some cold, cold, cold beer (which turned warm pretty quickly) as soon as I got home, in an &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected"&gt;attempt&lt;/span&gt; to get caught up. It will take a few weeks, I believe. So many things to cover, and her absence is so tangible...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Heading off to Mass now...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-5263084032862832084?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/5263084032862832084/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=5263084032862832084' title='1 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/5263084032862832084'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/5263084032862832084'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2009/12/evening-creatures.html' title='Evening Creatures'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-3025515483349830205</id><published>2009-05-23T17:15:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2009-05-23T17:19:22.748-06:00</updated><title type='text'>El arrecife</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShiETFKm0BI/AAAAAAAAAz0/IXM_mZLRTsE/s1600-h/Green+turtle.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339162821586767890" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShiETFKm0BI/AAAAAAAAAz0/IXM_mZLRTsE/s320/Green+turtle.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShiETJQ1HeI/AAAAAAAAAzs/pr5V3K-yarM/s1600-h/20090523_158.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339162822686612962" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShiETJQ1HeI/AAAAAAAAAzs/pr5V3K-yarM/s320/20090523_158.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShiES7Kg-NI/AAAAAAAAAzk/TQ_Uk4-5RdU/s1600-h/20090523_118.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339162818902030546" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShiES7Kg-NI/AAAAAAAAAzk/TQ_Uk4-5RdU/s320/20090523_118.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShiESmqG-GI/AAAAAAAAAzc/W0hkynlycDA/s1600-h/20090523_020.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339162813397399650" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShiESmqG-GI/AAAAAAAAAzc/W0hkynlycDA/s320/20090523_020.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Al tiburón que nos vino a saludar no llegué a sacarle fotos. Mejor así...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-3025515483349830205?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/3025515483349830205/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=3025515483349830205' title='4 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/3025515483349830205'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/3025515483349830205'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2009/05/el-arrecife.html' title='El arrecife'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShiETFKm0BI/AAAAAAAAAz0/IXM_mZLRTsE/s72-c/Green+turtle.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-3818032658996588134</id><published>2009-05-22T04:19:00.006-06:00</published><updated>2009-05-22T04:29:37.321-06:00</updated><title type='text'>A la playa en bici</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShZ98ExT8JI/AAAAAAAAAzE/5oR5pd-mZbw/s1600-h/P1011125.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338592879320494226" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShZ98ExT8JI/AAAAAAAAAzE/5oR5pd-mZbw/s320/P1011125.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Después de un segundo desayuno en el muelle de Pt. Douglas (porque este ha sido un viaje de mucho comer y beber), pasé a buscar la bici y me fui a recorrer la playa. Creo que esto de andar en bicicleta por la arena (arena mojada, ojo) era un emprendimiento nuevo para mí. Acá van las fotos &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShZ98vx5KxI/AAAAAAAAAzU/8PFG13cCx18/s1600-h/P1011111.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338592890865658642" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShZ98vx5KxI/AAAAAAAAAzU/8PFG13cCx18/s320/P1011111.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;de mi aventura.&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShZ98d0BtOI/AAAAAAAAAzM/ZjwVEnyQ12s/s1600-h/P1011117.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338592886042768610" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShZ98d0BtOI/AAAAAAAAAzM/ZjwVEnyQ12s/s320/P1011117.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-3818032658996588134?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/3818032658996588134/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=3818032658996588134' title='3 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/3818032658996588134'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/3818032658996588134'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2009/05/4-millas-en-bicicleta.html' title='A la playa en bici'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShZ98ExT8JI/AAAAAAAAAzE/5oR5pd-mZbw/s72-c/P1011125.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-8336622712481991023</id><published>2009-05-22T04:13:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2009-05-22T04:18:46.433-06:00</updated><title type='text'>For the wandering souls...</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShZ7OymMcJI/AAAAAAAAAy8/WR3vHv-9u5U/s1600-h/P1011104.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338589902324658322" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShZ7OymMcJI/AAAAAAAAAy8/WR3vHv-9u5U/s320/P1011104.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Not all who wander are lost" unless they are so lost they don't even know they are wandering... I liked this quote I saw today in one of Wicked Campers' vans.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-8336622712481991023?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/8336622712481991023/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=8336622712481991023' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/8336622712481991023'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/8336622712481991023'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2009/05/for-wandering-souls.html' title='For the wandering souls...'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShZ7OymMcJI/AAAAAAAAAy8/WR3vHv-9u5U/s72-c/P1011104.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-7751160371485316372</id><published>2009-05-21T17:19:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2009-05-21T17:23:30.835-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Tropicalia...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShXiWj4_ofI/AAAAAAAAAy0/OXnXlvFi2vU/s1600-h/P1011046.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338421810536882674" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShXiWj4_ofI/AAAAAAAAAy0/OXnXlvFi2vU/s320/P1011046.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Otro rincón que me hace acordar a la exhuberancia misionera...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-7751160371485316372?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/7751160371485316372/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=7751160371485316372' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/7751160371485316372'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/7751160371485316372'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2009/05/tropicalia.html' title='Tropicalia...'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShXiWj4_ofI/AAAAAAAAAy0/OXnXlvFi2vU/s72-c/P1011046.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-7075488854450157924</id><published>2009-05-21T17:16:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2009-05-21T17:18:08.029-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Four Mile Beach</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShXhJIG2M1I/AAAAAAAAAys/g9h8DPBC4z4/s1600-h/P1011055.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338420480228864850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShXhJIG2M1I/AAAAAAAAAys/g9h8DPBC4z4/s320/P1011055.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-7075488854450157924?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/7075488854450157924/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=7075488854450157924' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/7075488854450157924'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/7075488854450157924'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2009/05/four-mile-beach.html' title='Four Mile Beach'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShXhJIG2M1I/AAAAAAAAAys/g9h8DPBC4z4/s72-c/P1011055.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-6030585535253171922</id><published>2009-05-21T16:08:00.005-06:00</published><updated>2009-05-21T17:13:15.288-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Atardecer en Pt. Douglas sobre el Pacífico</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShXRVSJ5ZYI/AAAAAAAAAyc/rKPrn8EodGA/s1600-h/P1011066.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338403096898397570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShXRVSJ5ZYI/AAAAAAAAAyc/rKPrn8EodGA/s320/P1011066.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Pt. Douglas está a una hora de Cairns, sobre la península, rodeada de mar. De modo que la calle principal cruza de costa a costa y se deja recorrer entre barcitos, restaurantes y los mercaditos típicos de un pueblito sobre el mar. Esta región presenta un contraste grande con Melbourne--es cálido y tropical, y los morros selváticos terminan directamente en el mar. La llegada al aeropuerto me recuerda a Iguazú. La manga te lleva del avión directamente a la vereda--una sensación tercermundista, pero al mismo tiempo acogedora.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338419160769129426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShXf8UvIa9I/AAAAAAAAAyk/YNpb3UlIRsU/s320/P1011073.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-6030585535253171922?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/6030585535253171922/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=6030585535253171922' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/6030585535253171922'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/6030585535253171922'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2009/05/atardecer-en-pt-douglas-sobre-el.html' title='Atardecer en Pt. Douglas sobre el Pacífico'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShXRVSJ5ZYI/AAAAAAAAAyc/rKPrn8EodGA/s72-c/P1011066.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-3283388101884426477</id><published>2009-05-20T18:33:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2009-05-23T17:21:10.167-06:00</updated><title type='text'>John Brack para María Laura</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShShYJhX2UI/AAAAAAAAAyU/IQzA48Bq_-E/s1600-h/120px-John_Brack_-_The_Bar.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338068894585706818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 120px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 89px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShShYJhX2UI/AAAAAAAAAyU/IQzA48Bq_-E/s320/120px-John_Brack_-_The_Bar.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShiEq9Xig1I/AAAAAAAAAz8/5pdUjHdODw4/s1600-h/Manet%2B-%2BUn%2Bbar%2Baux%2BFolies-Bergere,%2B1881-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339163231810388818" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 238px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShiEq9Xig1I/AAAAAAAAAz8/5pdUjHdODw4/s320/Manet%2B-%2BUn%2Bbar%2Baux%2BFolies-Bergere,%2B1881-2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-3283388101884426477?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/3283388101884426477/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=3283388101884426477' title='3 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/3283388101884426477'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/3283388101884426477'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2009/05/john-brack-para-maria-laura.html' title='John Brack para María Laura'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShShYJhX2UI/AAAAAAAAAyU/IQzA48Bq_-E/s72-c/120px-John_Brack_-_The_Bar.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-8411787091925403843</id><published>2009-05-20T18:00:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2009-05-20T18:19:47.017-06:00</updated><title type='text'>La gripe del puerco en Melbourne</title><content type='html'>Esta mañana confirmaron los primeros tres casos de Gripe A en esta ciudad, importado por una elegante señora que llegó de México días atrás. Pero no vaya uno a creer que la diseminación mundial de una gripe (o cualquier otra enfermedad, peste o infestación animal) se deba a la globalización y la era moderna. Ya en la época de la "colonia" en esta colonia británica, los botánicos--hombres "visionarios"--infestaron ellos mismos estos terrenos vírgenes al ingresar (de contrabando o no, vaya a saber), y con las mejores intenciones, hierbas y animales que les recordaban a su terruño. Así los conejos se multiplicaron y se comieron la mitad de la flora local, y los arbustos de grosella se conviertieron en selvas inescrutables. A no echarle la culpa a los brits, únicamente. Nuestros abuelos tanos escondían semillas de hortalizas en un conejo de pañ0 (¿pura coincidencia o refernecia histórica?) que iba y venía en los barcos de vapor que cruzaban en Canal de Suez en los años 40.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[Conejo de paño en exhibición en el Museo de los inmigrantes en Melbourne]&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-8411787091925403843?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/8411787091925403843/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=8411787091925403843' title='2 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/8411787091925403843'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/8411787091925403843'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2009/05/la-gripe-del-puerco-en-melbourne.html' title='La gripe del puerco en Melbourne'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-4836958859497349014</id><published>2009-05-20T17:50:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2009-05-20T17:51:25.016-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Niebla en el aeropuerto de Melbourne</title><content type='html'>Demorada mi salida rumbo a Cairns. Olvidé agregar el sitio web del Festival de Cine, for your enjoyment: &lt;a href="http://www.spanishfilmfestival.com/"&gt;www.spanishfilmfestival.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-4836958859497349014?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/4836958859497349014/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=4836958859497349014' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/4836958859497349014'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/4836958859497349014'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2009/05/niebla-en-el-aeropuerto-de-melbourne.html' title='Niebla en el aeropuerto de Melbourne'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-2739260724384149116</id><published>2009-05-20T05:01:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2009-05-20T17:49:45.782-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Hacia Pt. Douglas y el Arrecife de coral</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="left"&gt;Mañana salgo rumbo al arrecife de coral. Esta travesía al arrecife me saldrá más cara que todo el viaje a París el año pasado, pero valdrá la pena... I hope! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;(Confirmado: a pesar de las inundaciones en la provincia de Queensland, Pt. Douglas sigue soleado con 30ºC...)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;El hostal donde me estaré quedando (ParrotFish, imagine that) incluye el alquiler de bicicletas para recorrer el pueblito a la vera del mar. Nada mal...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-2739260724384149116?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/2739260724384149116/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=2739260724384149116' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/2739260724384149116'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/2739260724384149116'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2009/05/hacia-pt-douglas-y-el-arrecife-de-coral.html' title='Hacia Pt. Douglas y el Arrecife de coral'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-7695865507415534849</id><published>2009-05-20T04:49:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2009-05-20T05:01:38.446-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Spanish Film Fest in Melbourne</title><content type='html'>España y otros países de habla hispana llegan a lugares remotos, tan remotos como la provincia de Victoria, para acercarnos (¿notan el "nos"? ya me figuro lugareña...) una selección imperdible de películas como "Los girasoles ciegos", "Fados" (cuyo estreno me lo perdí en Denver) y "El viejo Bebo".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Arrácame la vida" fue la elección del día (¡de haber sabido de este festival ni bien llegué a Melbourne!) con una actuación bella, bellísima de Ana Claudia Talancón y una banda de sonido que arranca el corazón. A las tapas llegué tarde...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Para agregar a la lista:&lt;br /&gt;Cosas insignificantes&lt;br /&gt;La ventana (de mi amigo Carlos Sorín)&lt;br /&gt;Ocho citas (Marg, put this one on the list!)&lt;br /&gt;Que parezca un accidente, con nuestra amada Carmen Maura&lt;br /&gt;14 kilómetros, imperdible travesía del norte de África a España&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Me quedó pendiente la visita al Australian Center for the Moving Image... Otra razón para volver a Melbourne...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-7695865507415534849?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/7695865507415534849/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=7695865507415534849' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/7695865507415534849'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/7695865507415534849'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2009/05/spanish-film-fest-in-melbourne.html' title='Spanish Film Fest in Melbourne'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-9180876466805392884</id><published>2009-05-19T18:15:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2009-05-19T18:22:05.220-06:00</updated><title type='text'>The Great Ocean Road</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShNMiTiRTvI/AAAAAAAAAyE/BhS7tO24mcc/s1600-h/P1010940.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337694135607447282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShNMiTiRTvI/AAAAAAAAAyE/BhS7tO24mcc/s320/P1010940.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Los Doce Apóstoles&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337694478036790642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShNM2PLybXI/AAAAAAAAAyM/EJX7mzzEujM/s320/P1010945.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-9180876466805392884?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/9180876466805392884/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=9180876466805392884' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/9180876466805392884'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/9180876466805392884'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2009/05/great-ocean-road_19.html' title='The Great Ocean Road'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShNMiTiRTvI/AAAAAAAAAyE/BhS7tO24mcc/s72-c/P1010940.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-7679948173703849848</id><published>2009-05-19T18:12:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2009-05-19T18:14:50.701-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Ciudad de tranvías</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShNLSIOH5aI/AAAAAAAAAx8/bKIcJadAcFg/s1600-h/P1011036.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337692758180619682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShNLSIOH5aI/AAAAAAAAAx8/bKIcJadAcFg/s320/P1011036.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-7679948173703849848?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/7679948173703849848/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=7679948173703849848' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/7679948173703849848'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/7679948173703849848'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2009/05/ciudad-de-tranvias.html' title='Ciudad de tranvías'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShNLSIOH5aI/AAAAAAAAAx8/bKIcJadAcFg/s72-c/P1011036.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-7214570203619967979</id><published>2009-05-19T18:05:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2009-05-19T18:22:32.549-06:00</updated><title type='text'>1300 shipwrecks on this beautiful, yet treacherous, coast</title><content type='html'>&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337691696770784578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShNKUWKTHUI/AAAAAAAAAx0/MmRGmbNXFZA/s320/P1010908.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShNKUD3A_YI/AAAAAAAAAxs/xe-9n8AN0kg/s1600-h/P1010904.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337691691858066818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShNKUD3A_YI/AAAAAAAAAxs/xe-9n8AN0kg/s320/P1010904.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is the area where one of Autralia's Prime Ministers went for a swim, and no one every saw him again...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-7214570203619967979?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/7214570203619967979/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=7214570203619967979' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/7214570203619967979'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/7214570203619967979'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2009/05/1300-shipwrecks-in-this-beautiful-yet.html' title='1300 shipwrecks on this beautiful, yet treacherous, coast'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShNKUWKTHUI/AAAAAAAAAx0/MmRGmbNXFZA/s72-c/P1010908.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-189798943453907209</id><published>2009-05-19T17:42:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2009-05-19T17:49:42.302-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Canguros y koalas</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt; Hasta ahora, esto es lo más cerca que hemos llegado a canguros y koalas :-) &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337685456293976450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShNEpGkr2YI/AAAAAAAAAxc/wjnnuJpL1QE/s320/P1010903.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;¿A ver quién encuentra dónde está Johny el Koala? &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337686086931763458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShNFNz4c0QI/AAAAAAAAAxk/xP3TLGHmpfs/s320/P1010872.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-189798943453907209?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/189798943453907209/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=189798943453907209' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/189798943453907209'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/189798943453907209'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2009/05/canguros-y-koalas.html' title='Canguros y koalas'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShNEpGkr2YI/AAAAAAAAAxc/wjnnuJpL1QE/s72-c/P1010903.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-4238014622971549720</id><published>2009-05-19T17:10:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2009-05-19T17:26:14.046-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Los callejones de Melbourne y sus cafecitos</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShNACpHZGFI/AAAAAAAAAxM/J7XOLBnTWq4/s1600-h/P1010974.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337680397504944210" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShNACpHZGFI/AAAAAAAAAxM/J7XOLBnTWq4/s320/P1010974.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShM_qoDbnTI/AAAAAAAAAxE/rlqWHxnwSPI/s1600-h/P1010775.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337679984903036210" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShM_qoDbnTI/AAAAAAAAAxE/rlqWHxnwSPI/s320/P1010775.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Melbourne nos sorprende con sus callejones y cafetines en medio del bullicio de una ciudad que no deja de tener alma de barrio. El café forma parte del ADN de esta ciudad. Mesitas en la vereda que nos invitan a detenernos y saborear una variedad de combinaciones: café negro, café blanco, café corto, café largo.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-4238014622971549720?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/4238014622971549720/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=4238014622971549720' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/4238014622971549720'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/4238014622971549720'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2009/05/los-callejones-de-melbourne-y-sus.html' title='Los callejones de Melbourne y sus cafecitos'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShNACpHZGFI/AAAAAAAAAxM/J7XOLBnTWq4/s72-c/P1010974.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-6925827453366607916</id><published>2009-05-18T21:29:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2009-05-19T17:09:19.939-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Great Ocean Road</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShIoMizqqqI/AAAAAAAAAw8/JHWmz_U4l80/s1600-h/P1010958.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337372704354511522" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShIoMizqqqI/AAAAAAAAAw8/JHWmz_U4l80/s320/P1010958.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;A pocas horas de Melbourne, sobre el Mar del Sur, se abre The Great Ocean Road, un paseo que recorre la costa australiana y pasa por Torquay, paraíso de surfistas y la formación de los Doce Apóstoles. Esta es una de las paradas...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-6925827453366607916?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/6925827453366607916/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=6925827453366607916' title='1 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/6925827453366607916'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/6925827453366607916'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2009/05/great-ocean-road.html' title='Great Ocean Road'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/ShIoMizqqqI/AAAAAAAAAw8/JHWmz_U4l80/s72-c/P1010958.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-458478269998606185</id><published>2009-03-08T17:22:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2009-03-08T17:26:39.509-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Would kill for rain...</title><content type='html'>Mi alma busca descanso, y la lluvia, como un sueño reparador, siempre ha sido ese descanso obligado que fuerza a que mi espíritu se detenga. Dejo de dar vueltas, siempre saltando de acá para allá, y encuentro reposo en una tarde de, como dije, descanso obligado.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mi alma busca la lluvia, y no llega. Añoro esas tormentas tropicales del pueblo, y me pregunto si en esta era de viajes temáticos, no hay uno que me lleve a ver tormentas tropicales.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-458478269998606185?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/458478269998606185/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=458478269998606185' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/458478269998606185'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/458478269998606185'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2009/03/would-kill-for-rain.html' title='Would kill for rain...'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-5364312547440370780</id><published>2009-02-12T23:55:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2009-02-12T23:56:40.990-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Stealing at Midnight...</title><content type='html'>Oh, I could not resist stealing this quote from my sister's blog:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing but burn, burn, burn like fabulous roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes 'Awww'"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class="authorNameRegular" title="view all quotes by Jack Kerouac" href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1742.Jack_Kerouac"&gt;Jack Kerouac&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a class="bookTitleRegular" href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/70401.On_the_Road"&gt;On the Road&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-5364312547440370780?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/5364312547440370780/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=5364312547440370780' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/5364312547440370780'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/5364312547440370780'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2009/02/stealing-at-midnight.html' title='Stealing at Midnight...'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-8743860389197429623</id><published>2009-02-12T22:16:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2009-02-12T22:33:32.492-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cura para el alma...</title><content type='html'>Esto de reconectarse con amigos, llámese facebook, llámese viaje al pueblo de uno, llámese perdón, llámese como quiera llamarse, es un bálsamo para el alma. Es que uno se ha ido desalmando por el camino, dejando gajos grandes y pedazos chiquitos por ahí, tirados en algún rincón o guardados en el recuerdo de alguien, de vaya a saber uno quién. Porque en esta correría de la vida, esta vida convertida en &lt;em&gt;treadmill&lt;/em&gt;, no se permite uno traer a la memoria los tiempos pasados--ya que no queda espacio en esta realidad inundada de personajes ficticios, de relaciones "Hallmark". Entonces, cuando ese pasado toma forma, se hace presente en una realidad deshumanizada y llega como una caricia que toca al adolescente embobado, aquel que todavía cree, con todas sus fuerzas y convicciones, todavía cree en la belleza de lo que lo rodea, entonces ahí se hace el milagro y entra el rayito de sol que nos enciende el alma. Como el farolito que encienden los personajes del 25 de Mayo. ¿Alguien se acuerda cómo se llamaban esos obradores del bien?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-8743860389197429623?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/8743860389197429623/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=8743860389197429623' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/8743860389197429623'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/8743860389197429623'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2009/02/cura-para-el-alma.html' title='Cura para el alma...'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-3483170257019788904</id><published>2008-12-20T08:09:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2008-12-20T08:26:08.324-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Redescovering Buenos Aires</title><content type='html'>It is not easy to make a jump of 50 degrees Celsius, between Denver and Buenos Aires. Your body takes a few days to adjust. Between the heat and the humidity, oh well... my pores try to absorb all at once... and here I go. I sleep in till noon, and that simply kills me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wake up wondering where am at. I´ve dreamt more these days than in the last six months. I dream of unfairness and my rebellion against it. Oh, well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I am up now, trying to figure out what to do next. I still have to find out about the Eucharist celebration tonight. I should try calling these people once again. Ok, I just got the information. 8 p.m. at Santa Amelia, and they start between 8.30 and 9 p.m. Imagine that!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Does not matter how hard I try, it always takes me 3 days to adjust to being back in Argentina. I loose all sense of order. Routine ceases to exist, and the lack of it simply kills me. Not just because it´s inexistent, but because there is no order in a world of commitments... Oh, well. I know I´m just going through this adaptation process.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The good news? David will be glad to hear... My brother has two guitars, and I´ll be taking one back with me to Denver. Isn´t that neat?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I know what I´ll do now. Take a shower, have a smoothy and head down to downtown, looking for music sheets... tango music sheets for piano. And then, get lost in the city, at the bookstores, taking pictures of a sleepy Buenos Aires in the heat of the summer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nice to reconnect to something that keeps me centered... books, that is...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-3483170257019788904?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/3483170257019788904/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=3483170257019788904' title='1 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/3483170257019788904'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/3483170257019788904'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2008/12/redescovering-buenos-aires.html' title='Redescovering Buenos Aires'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-4173009361541136121</id><published>2008-07-24T08:20:00.007-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T14:43:49.084-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Colorado flowers, from a German point of view</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SIiP2trVXRI/AAAAAAAAAgA/wcyVYSUop7A/s1600-h/CIMG4734.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226585537700519186" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SIiP2trVXRI/AAAAAAAAAgA/wcyVYSUop7A/s320/CIMG4734.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;There's no Autobahn in Colorado, as my German friend soon found out, or the friendly law enforcement officers kindly reminded him. Either a charming smile, or his (slightly noticeable) foreign accent, seemed to have done the trick. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;And there's definitively no Autobahn if you try to go up "hiking" with your 4WD. But here's the beauty of it, speed lovers... Colorado flowers are in full bloom this month, and you can only see them if you slow down, get off your cars, and get treading through the lushful scene. Yeah, Colorado can be lushful, sometimes. Pack your backup, get your bike, put a few friends together--no matter the language they speak--and head up to the mountains. July will be over soon. So get in Autobahn mode, and get here fast!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Picture by Sufian © 2008. All rights reserved.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-4173009361541136121?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/4173009361541136121/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=4173009361541136121' title='1 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/4173009361541136121'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/4173009361541136121'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2008/07/colorado-flowers-from-german-point-of.html' title='Colorado flowers, from a German point of view'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SIiP2trVXRI/AAAAAAAAAgA/wcyVYSUop7A/s72-c/CIMG4734.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-3164702232220037147</id><published>2008-07-16T17:40:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T14:43:49.329-07:00</updated><title type='text'>La huerta</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SH6HLEsL7dI/AAAAAAAAAfs/zJsBHLyjODg/s1600-h/P1010791.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223761242103737810" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SH6HLEsL7dI/AAAAAAAAAfs/zJsBHLyjODg/s320/P1010791.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Breve, brevísimo, pero quería compartir la emoción de mi primera cosecha de lechuga.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En primer plano, casi invisibles, las zanahorias que recién empezaron a asomar. Sigue el batallón de lechugas y, atrás, lentos pero decididos, los tomates. El árbol de manzanas señorea la huerta, rodeado de la elegante señora albahaca y el arrollador cilantro, con su aire de mexicano pícaro. Atrás, con ínfulas de realeza, vigila el estragón, secundado de las orejas de elefantes, que me quedaron enanas, pero muy conventilleras ellas. Al fondo a la derecha, mis dalias queridas llenas de capullos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hoy toca sacrificar la lechuga, en un festín de balsámico y aceite entrerriano.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;¡Glup! como decía nuestra amiga Blanca Cotta.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-3164702232220037147?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/3164702232220037147/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=3164702232220037147' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/3164702232220037147'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/3164702232220037147'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2008/07/la-huerta.html' title='La huerta'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SH6HLEsL7dI/AAAAAAAAAfs/zJsBHLyjODg/s72-c/P1010791.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-7713407076603133471</id><published>2008-07-05T21:18:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2008-07-05T21:24:45.337-06:00</updated><title type='text'>El misterioso arte del flan</title><content type='html'>8 huevos&lt;br /&gt;1 litro de leche&lt;br /&gt;12 cucharadas de azúcar&lt;br /&gt;un chorrito de esencia de vainilla&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Azúcar para quemar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Preferentemente, mezclar los huevos a mano sin batir, para que queden los agujeritos. Cuantos más agujeritos, más rico el flan. Como el queso gruyere, ¿viste?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Se puede comer con cuchara grande o chiquita, acompañado o solo. Y si tenés dulce de leche, la combinación es deliciosa: la textura se deshace en la boca... y uno vuelve a empezar. Con cuchara grande o chiquita, acompañado o solo. Y si tenés dulce de leche...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-7713407076603133471?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/7713407076603133471/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=7713407076603133471' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/7713407076603133471'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/7713407076603133471'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2008/07/el-misterioso-arte-del-flan.html' title='El misterioso arte del flan'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-6515173320611648234</id><published>2008-07-03T00:09:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2008-07-03T00:24:05.130-06:00</updated><title type='text'>At Craig's List Speed</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Or my "Craig's List" moment...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;My life changed last August through a Craig's List posting. Will it change again, if I realize I just rented out (did I?) my new home to some stranger... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Her question was simply put---when it will be available for moving in? "Small detail," I thought. I never thought I had to set a move-in date. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;I was simply, simply crying out, out of helplessness... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Chechu, I may need a place to live in till my Sabbatical starts!!!! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;(Or simply, I should just pull down the posting from "speed-of-light" Craig's List)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-6515173320611648234?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/6515173320611648234/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=6515173320611648234' title='4 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/6515173320611648234'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/6515173320611648234'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2008/07/at-craigs-list-speed.html' title='At Craig&apos;s List Speed'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-5110198897109155250</id><published>2008-07-02T18:35:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2008-07-02T18:39:48.175-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Time for a Sabbatical?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;You know... On the 7th year, it's time for a Sabbatical. Specially if there are some winds of change blowing around. How quickly would people respond to a Craig's List posting for my house? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Now, coming up with things to do wouldn't be hard. Pay off bills first. Then, go to Spain, fly to Argentina, and work from the home land for 3 months. By then, the winter will be almost over, and time to take over the house again. Time to start gardening and preparing the soil for new fruits. How much planning a Sabbatical would take? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-5110198897109155250?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/5110198897109155250/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=5110198897109155250' title='2 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/5110198897109155250'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/5110198897109155250'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2008/07/time-for-sabbatical.html' title='Time for a Sabbatical?'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-4078492463250691561</id><published>2008-07-01T18:43:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2008-07-02T22:10:59.201-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Lluvia de verano en Iguazú</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-db9f3311856c6e15" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v2.nonxt5.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Ddb9f3311856c6e15%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331649841%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D250D3761BCB9041FF781202E40358A29038B93CF.517E7AED487525D3982FEBD2B6D8E951942099C6%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Ddb9f3311856c6e15%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DxwvSScQA7l_4aItCRbVRPlDpUsQ&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v2.nonxt5.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Ddb9f3311856c6e15%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331649841%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D250D3761BCB9041FF781202E40358A29038B93CF.517E7AED487525D3982FEBD2B6D8E951942099C6%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Ddb9f3311856c6e15%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DxwvSScQA7l_4aItCRbVRPlDpUsQ&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;(Turn on your speakers)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Hablando de perspectivas y puntos de vista, para ver llover en Iguazú hace falta una tarde de verano, un árbol y una hamaca, pero sobre todo, las ganas de ver llover. Se acompaña la acción de mirar con un movimiento leve tipo mecedora, va y viene, va y viene, va y viene, va y viene. Preferentemente, la casa debe estar desierta, o por lo menos, los perros apaciguados. La hamaca, en lo posible, debe estar hecha de hilo trabajado a mano, y si es manufactura guaraní, mucho mejor. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;La actividad debe llevarse a cabo por un mínimo de una hora. Si es hacia el anochecer, mucho mejor: la recompensa del sujeto son las chicharras encendidas que arrancan en coro (en primera, y a distintos ritmos, al principio, y después al unísono ensordecedor). Al son de las chicharras, se empiezan a despejar las nubes y sentimos el alivio de no haber quedado ahogados. A este sentimiento de redención, se le agrega el mate amargo, que sale recién hecho, y que viene a saciar esas ganas de volvernos selva, espírituo verde y salvaje, de pies rápidos y colorados, y mirada intensa, oscura y breve. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;¿Escribió sobre la lluvia alguna vez nuestro amigo Horacio Quiroga?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-4078492463250691561?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=db9f3311856c6e15&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/4078492463250691561/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=4078492463250691561' title='6 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/4078492463250691561'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/4078492463250691561'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2008/07/lluvia-de-verano-en-iguaz.html' title='Lluvia de verano en Iguazú'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-1828148130152385658</id><published>2008-07-01T18:10:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T14:43:49.554-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Traveling with Amazing Grace</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGrIIJi-l8I/AAAAAAAAAfc/ggmqsNJ-IDQ/s1600-h/P1010788.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGrILeB6r0I/AAAAAAAAAfk/bT94k0HSz9E/s1600-h/P1010793.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218203217627361090" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGrILeB6r0I/AAAAAAAAAfk/bT94k0HSz9E/s320/P1010793.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;Discovering His Grace in our trip to Albuquerque, NM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-1828148130152385658?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/1828148130152385658/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=1828148130152385658' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/1828148130152385658'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/1828148130152385658'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2008/07/traveling-with-amazing-grace.html' title='Traveling with Amazing Grace'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGrILeB6r0I/AAAAAAAAAfk/bT94k0HSz9E/s72-c/P1010793.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-2212261280951879564</id><published>2008-06-29T22:48:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2008-06-29T22:58:56.654-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Traveling the Highway Way</title><content type='html'>If you take I-25 South, and stick to it, you will eventually end up in Albuquerque. That means that you've traveled some 400 miles south of Denver, entered New Mexico, went past Santa Fe (and even missed Taos...), and you won't even notice. America, from the Highway, looks all the same. The only thing that changes are the licence plate colors, and the population density.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Adobe houses? We probably saw one or two. They are hidden from the fast-track tourists, who travel at 110 miles an hour (oops! really? I truly apologize, Officer, I thought I was going just 5 miles over the speed limit!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So the way back to Denver will be the slow way. We'll take the High Road, from Santa Fe to Taos, we'll venture into the Sand Dunes, and we'll do a quick stop at the wild hot springs on the way. In all these years, that I have tried to come visit NM at least once a year, this is the first time I take I-25 all the way down. And I strongly advise you against it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But the goal was to get here quick. We've completed Phase I of this trip, and tomorrow will be tomorow.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-2212261280951879564?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/2212261280951879564/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=2212261280951879564' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/2212261280951879564'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/2212261280951879564'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2008/06/traveling-highway-way.html' title='Traveling the Highway Way'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-6683787573713846458</id><published>2008-06-29T09:12:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T14:43:49.816-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Life South of the Border</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGenME5QqNI/AAAAAAAAAfU/aBqqki0HPFo/s1600-h/P1010490.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217322519246186706" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGenME5QqNI/AAAAAAAAAfU/aBqqki0HPFo/s320/P1010490.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Two lagartijas get wired up at the gate lamp.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-6683787573713846458?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/6683787573713846458/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=6683787573713846458' title='0 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/6683787573713846458'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/6683787573713846458'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2008/06/life-south-of-border.html' title='Life South of the Border'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGenME5QqNI/AAAAAAAAAfU/aBqqki0HPFo/s72-c/P1010490.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-8945577422061236658</id><published>2008-06-29T08:18:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2008-06-29T09:20:29.184-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Identity and the World</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;While I search for the identity of this site, here's "El Mundo" de Eduardo Galeano:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Un hombre del pueblo de Neguá, en la costa de Colombia, pudo subir al alto cielo. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;A la vuelta, contó. Dijo que había contemplado, desde allá arriba, la vida humana. Y dijo que somos un mar de fueguitos.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;--&lt;em&gt;El mundo es eso --&lt;/em&gt;reveló--. &lt;em&gt;Un montón de gente, un mar de fueguitos.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Cada persona brilla con luz propia entre todas las demás. No hay dos fuegos iguales. Hay fuegos grandes y fuegos chicos y fuegos de todos los colores. Hay gente de fuego sereno, que ni se entera del viento, y gente de fuego loco, que llena el aire de chispas. Algunos fuegos, fuegos bobos, no alumbran ni queman; pero otros arden la vida con tantas ganas que no se puede mirarlos sin parpadear, y quien se acerca, se enciende.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6143157982992193415-8945577422061236658?l=flattybouch.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/feeds/8945577422061236658/comments/default' title='Comentarios de la entrada'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6143157982992193415&amp;postID=8945577422061236658' title='2 Comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/8945577422061236658'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6143157982992193415/posts/default/8945577422061236658'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://flattybouch.blogspot.com/2008/06/identity-and-world.html' title='Identity and the World'/><author><name>Flattybouch.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11213420719700045640</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_4dxqITWF7qQ/SGekKm-NNSI/AAAAAAAAAfI/LdXPnUN-WXc/S220/500556869106_0_ALB.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6143157982992193415.post-6323473744927007658</id><published>2007-12-25T21:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-29T09:00:09.009-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='trip'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iguassu'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iguazú'/><title type='text'>Southern Hemisphere...</title><content type='html'>What a better way to start my blog quoting this email to a friend of mine...?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am writing [...] from my hot, humid, green, lush (and now, this very instant, rainy) hometown. Christmas in the warm weather is an experience I had almost forgotten. Santa comes riding a motorcycle, not a slide, in this part of the world. Time slows down, you disconnect so quickly... Siesta time takes precedence over the hectic pace of Buenos Aires, or any other big city for that matter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Instead, an afternoon by the pool, a walk at night at the Iguazu Falls, or an adventure tour in the rain forest, hanging with harnesses from trees, jumping over water, some pretty crazy stuff.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We drove from Buenos Aires to Iguazu--a 15-hour drive, with my brother, his girlfriend, and her dad. The drive into my province is spectacular, where the landscape suddenly changes as soon as you cross the border, and the flat becomes rolling hills, and the pale soil turns into bright red. And everything turns green, dark and intense. And the people, laid back, seem to belong to a different time. On the highway, a ñandu (an ostrich-like bird) crosses the road, and then an iguana greets us into town.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Life's simple in this part of the world. 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