Welcome to our travel blog. We are Tabitha and Nic. In 2011 we 'retired' in our early 40s and set off to travel the world. We spent our first year in South America and have been lucky enough to make two trips to Antarctica.

Our blog is a record of our travels, thoughts and experiences. It is not a guide book, but we do include some tips and information, so we hope that you may find it useful if you are planning to visit somewhere we have been. Or you may just find it interesting as a bit of armchair travel.



Thursday, July 21, 2011

El dia de los amigos

As we walked to our Spanish lesson today we were surprised by the number of people sat in cafes that are often fairly quiet at that time. One our teachers explained that today is 'friends day' in Argentina, when people meet up with lots of their friends. Apparently it originates from someone spotting that on the day of the first lunar landing, people around the world gathered to watch it, and they liked the idea of everyone coming together. The aim was to have a day of friendship that was celebrated across the world, but it only ever took hold in Argentina. I like the idea in principle, but it seems like a logistical nightmare to try to arrange to meet up with your different groups of friends on one day, when they are also trying to arrange multiple events with other people.

But in recognition of el dia de los amigos we thought we would take a moment to say hello to our friends reading our blog, before we head out to try and find a restaurant we can actually get into!

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