Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Life returning to Argentina

We have returned to NW Argentina.  After finding a new house to rent, we have started exploring our new neighborhood (barrio).  There are many one way streets that are not labeled very clearly (usually with a small arrow on the side of the building/house on the corner).  There are often no street signs at all.  Here are just a couple of streets near our house - no street names, only arrows.
We are living on a hill in our capital city of San Salvador de Jujuy.  We have 3 roads that travel down the hill, but there is also one stairway down the hill.  It has 108 stairs, which isn't that bad on the way down the hill... just on the way back up!  Also, when we have a rain storm, it's a great waterway.
We live near a plaza named the Plaza H. Yrigoyen.  He was a president of Argentina two different times during the 1920's.  As I understand it, his full name was  Juan Hipólito del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Yrigoyen Alem.   He was considered the "father of the poor" and was a teacher before becoming President.

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