This particular blog is for Sci Fi fans / perhaps Sci Reality fans. Flying into Buenos Aires, we were picked up by our guide and taken to our hotel. As it was fairly early in the morning, they had thought perhaps we'd take a nap or something before going out for a tour of the city in the afternoon. no,no,no. Can't do that if you want to avoid jet lag. We'd made sure we had our room available in the morning so we could take a shower. Not happy to arrive so...

Traveling to a new place or country, I do not do a tremendous amount of research other than finding tours, if needed, places to stay, if needed, transportation, etc, if needed. Being a very visual person, I do better reading up on a place after I have seen it and then the stories make more sense and I can picture the famous people of history in the location and visualize the moment. Usually I do know something about where I am going. I am going for a reason,...