ANTARCTICA – Heading for Fin del Mundo!

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Sunday, January 22, 2012 About two years ago, Winnie and I began to think about the continents that we had not set foot upon, Asia (Southeast), Africa, Australia, and Antarctica.  We easily decided that the answer would most certainly have to be:  Antarctica.  Hands down. Why?  Well, it’s been said that there are two types …

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BUENOS AIRES AND La RECOLETA CEMETERY

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Monday, January 23, 2012 The Order of the Recoletos built a convent and church here on the edge of Buenos Aires in 1732.  Apparently they didn’t make much headway with the heathens, and wandered off less than a hundred years later.  After they left, the garden next to the convent was converted into the first …

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