We safely landed at JFK after a long and turbulent flight. We had a great trip, met some great people, and visited some awesome places. I want to thank Juli’s parents for making this trip possible and all of her relatives for their hospitality.
Here are some random photos from the trip.
The internet in our hotel has been acting up, but we finally made it somewhere with enough bandwidth to allow me to upload some quick videos.
We spent New Year’s Eve with Juli’s mom side of the family. We had a well prepared dinner, drank some champagne at midnight and watched the sky get filled with fireworks from every direction, including some of our own.
Afterward, we drove to a neighborhood in La Plata where we waited as the streets filled with thousands of people to watch a 30 ft paper mache doll blow up from explosives. Every neighborhood in La Plata builds one and competes with one another for a prize. Kids and families ask for money to buy wood, newspaper, paint and other supplies to build these massive structures. Some of the other neighborhoods built The Smurfs, a castle with all the Disney characters, Bolt and Noah’s Arc with an elephant that shot out water. The one we watched was a centaur (half man, half horse).
