The afternoon was spent at Diana’s house playing Rummikub with her and Dolores. Sitting out on the veranda sipping cherry iced tea and asking the maid for more ice. A very pretty veranda whith the gardner pruning and watering the pots of marvelous flowers ( I know what kind they are but don’t know how to spell it). Maybe the gardner and I could have a chat and a cold one.
And then tonight I actually went out for dinner. There is this great hotel/spa here called Hacienda de los Santos and they hosted a Mexican buffet, music and travel films tonight. The food was muy sabroso (very flavorful) with two types of kabobs, chicken or beef, rice, spicy beans, pork tamales, salad and coleslaw. I would say part of the dinner was Mexican. The music was smooth and inviting creating a very calm feeling; not like the Mexican music I am used to listening to at the Pink Store with Jorge and Rafael. And the first travel film about Argentina made you want to leave right now to experience the flavor of that country. Our first stop was Buenes Aires where we danced the Tango and ate wonderful, traditional food cooked asadero stlye by good-looking cowboys. Did you know that something like 85% of the people there have therapistss and the rich even take them on vacation with them. They say it is because they want to be as beautiful on the inside as they are on the outside with their tummy tucks and facelifts. I say maybe they just don’t know how to “breathe in, breathe out”. Then we were off to Mendoza; a wonderful place to fall in love with a good glass of wine. Let’s see, do I know anyone that could enjoy that? Me, me, me! Or, if you are not into wine (what?) you could enjoy a great cup of Yerba Mate as it is grown in this area in abundance. It is said that Yerba Mate is the national drink of Argentina. What about all that good wine? I think Argentina might be a wonderful place for an extended vacation.
We then jumped over to Turkey, mainly Istanbul. Now that is the place to go if you want to spend $40,000 or more on a handcrafted rug, see the Dervishes, or go to a hooka bar. Think I will go back to Argentina.
I did get to meet a few more people, all way out of my league as far as travels, investments and the such but interesting to listen to. Yes, you are right, no cans of Bud Light here. There was a man there that had lived in Silver City for awhile and he imports pottery from Mata Ortiz so we did have a few things in common. Others had been to New Mexico and asked if I lived anywhere near Santa Fe. I told them not close but Deming is very much the same as Santa Fe with its art galleries, international shopping and wonderful architecture. What do you think, did I steer them wrong?
OK, after re-reading this I do sound a little, shall we say, angry, jealous? I really did have a good time it’s just hard for me not to notice the differances. Tomorrow night I will go to the centre de cultura (cultural center) and watch one of Maria Felix’s movies.
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