Monday 2 May 2011

Argentina, day 10 - Santa Fe

Winter came suddenly. Very strong wind and rain, very cold. We went for a walk in the morning, but the whole town seemed to be sleeping. In the afternoon we took the car and went around. Santa Fe has a huge river and in the summer they even have beaches, but now they are covered with water.


I am still fascinated with the number of old cars. Falcons are particularly beautiful. Nevertheless, green falcons were the cars used by secret police during the dictatorship ('el proceso' they call it here) to take people away in the middle of the night. Green falcons meant terror. Now they paint them in many different colours.

First political conversation today. I had been looking forward to it. There is so much to talk about in this country.

Too much time to think today...

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