Hola and Happy Easter!! Am in Mendoza for the weekend which has been really brilliant. There are 6 of us all from different places - UK, America, Latvia, Switzerland, Holland and Lithuania!! We left Buenos Aires on Thursday night and it took 13 hours to get here by bus but the bus journey was so much fun! Played bingo and were served wine during the meal and the seats were so comfy. They played the film ´The Notebook´which I can´t believe I have never seen as ...

Hola! Well I have been in Buenos Aires for just over a week now and it is absolutely brilliant!! My tango lessons are going really well and my partner is a slightly large, short, mature man but he is way better than the sexy young men that my friends have and they are all jealous!! I had to biuy some very stylish bright pink shoes for the classes as I only have flip flops. Had an embarrassing incident when i was dancing with my teacher and put my head on his shou...

Hola amigos!!! Well I am now in Buenos Aires and I absolutely love it!! Arrived on Sunday and am doing a homestay for 2 weeks with an Argentinian lady while I go to Spanish scool. It was so funny when I arrived at her flat as we couldn´t communicate with each other as se couldn´t speak any English and Spanish was awful! I just nodded a lot and even though I said I don´t understand she kept trying just in case I miraculously discovered I was actually fluent in ...

Well I am absolutely loving Chile and am so gutted not to be staying longer. Started my 3 day trip to the Lakes District on Thursday and there are 6 girls who are all lovely. On the first day we visited a traditional market and bought some souveniers. We arrived at Pachiluma (spelt wrong!) which is a surf town and the waves were huge!! The town was lovely and we had a walk around and had empaganas for lunch which were delicious. Then went horse riding on the blac...

Well hola from South America!!!! Sorry it has been so long since my last blog. I left the campervan in Christchurch on 16th and Jim and I flew to Auckland on 17th for St Patrick's Day, joining in with the festivities and samling some green wine!! I flew to Airlie Beach the following day to see Sammy the sailor!! Had the most brilliant week and ate loads and sailed in a race in a boat called 007!! Was very sad to leave but I was ready for the next adventure and fl...