Monday 12 November 2012

SPRINGTIME IN BUENOS AIRES - explosion of color

We are still readjusting from our wonderful stay in Buenos Aires.  It is hard to believe that we had a whole two weeks in that huge and vibrant city.  (I was not sorry that our original 10 days were extended due to Hurricane Sandy's disruption of air travel.)  We were lucky enough to fly down with our friend Jody and stay at her home in a lovely tree filled neighborhood.  What a pleasure it was to arrive in the middle of springtime when at home we had been heading toward autumn.
Little corner fruit and vegetable vendor - a great place to pick up new Spanish vocabulary and  look at those mouthwatering colors!

Food is not the only item here that comes in delicious colors.  Spring shoes are wonderful!  Louise was depressed because we did not find one shop that carried women's sizes past 40.

We took a fascinating tour with GrafittiMundo.  Our guide gave us lots of insight into Buenos Aires history and the beginnings of wall art here. 

Of course we checked the yarn and textile district but we were totally enchanted to see crochet yarn bombing in many neighborhoods.
Buenos Aires is a captivating city!  I am sure that the exuberant colors we saw there will be influencing the felting we will be doing all winter long as we head toward 'snowtime' in PEI.  For now, we are very busy trying to catch up and finish all our preparations for the NSDCC's Christmas Show in Halifax this coming weekend. 

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