April 24, 2008
I shouldn't be, but I'm always amazed at how much easier it is to pay attention to what is going on in a country when we're actually there. Especially when we have access to a television and spend time using our pitiful Spanish trying to decipher the news: Buenos Aires has been covered in smoke due to farmers clearing grassland for grazing. Unrelated to the fires, but related to the strike that derailed our train journey (why yes, I am the daughter of a shameless punster), the youngest member of Cristina Fernandez´s cabinet, Argentina's first female president, is resigning. And he looks so earnest in the photo. Poor thing.
