Yesterday, I went to a park honoring all of the people who disappeared — Parque de Memoria. The military people who were in charge of Argentina in the 1970s did not like all these people so they just disappeared. And, they have a big wall with the name and age of the people that disappeared.There … Continue reading
Yesterday, which was Thanksgiving, we were in Buenos Aires. It is not only time we have not been in the United states for Thanksgiving. Last year, we spent Thanksgiving in the Galapagos Islands. Well the point is that on Thanksgiving we went on a grafitti and street art tour and class. We saw a bunch … Continue reading
Carlos had it all! He was handsome and an amazing crooner and songwriter!! Carlos was the Elvis of his day! He wrote beautiful, tragic love songs for the Tango and women worshipped him! The Tango originated in the 1890’s in working neighborhoods along the Rio Plata. In those days it was a partner dance between … Continue reading
When Evita Peron died she got put in all these different places. And someone named Isabel married her husband Juan Peron after she died. And for two years they put her body on their dining room table at their house in Spain. So every night Isabel combed her hair so she would become more like Evita, … Continue reading
Panama is at a crossroads in many ways. It is most visibly defined as a narrow Isthmus—the passageway between the seas, the most accomplished and important canal in the world connecting the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Its motto is Pro Mundi Beneficio, “For the Benefit of the World.” It is also the crossroads between North … Continue reading
His new design, the BioMuseo in Panama City, will open later this year after 14 years of design, approval and construction. Officially called “Panama Bridge of Life,” the museum will showcase the role of the Isthmus of Panama. The museum is located on the Amador Causeway and is very visible from the Pacific entrance to … Continue reading
As we have travelled around Panama City, we have not seen any statues or other memory of either Presidents Roosevelt or Carter. I may be a bias citizen of the Estados Unidos, but shouldn’t there be more acknowledgements? The Canal is the central feature in nearly all aspects of Panama and this region. Hmmm….. It … Continue reading
The best gelato place in all of Panama City was right next door to our house in Casco Viejo. Everyday we would go and get gelato at Granclements. The lady at the shop eventually knew exactly what we all wanted. My brother and mom always got maracuya, my sister would get after eight and I … Continue reading
The other day, my family and I took a day trip on a boat through a section of the Panama Canal. We went through three different locks. We traveled south bound from Lake Gatun to the Pacific Ocean. All of the locks we went through were fresh water except the last one which was … Continue reading
When you go into the locks it is like a chamber and gates close behind you. The water in the chamber drains out the sides until your boat drops 32 feet. This is how much we dropped at Pedro Miguel locks. Sea level is the same on both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. Every boat … Continue reading
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