Here’s a few pics from our trip to Bluffton South Carolina to visit Grandma Boots, Aunt Maureen, Uncle John, Patrick, and Megan.
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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).
Here are some more photos from Christmas Eve at Juli’s Uncle Ricardo’s home. The next day we got a chance to ride his horses and Ricardo took us to see Rio de La Plata, the widest river in the world. From where we stood, it looked like the ocean. Later in the day, we visited Juli’s Mom’s side of the family.
Here are some quick pics from Christmas Eve and Christmas day at Juli’s uncle’s house. And Juli and I got engaged on midnight of Christmas Eve!
We also visited Museo de La Plata, a museum of natural history. Juli’s Mom studied at the University in the museum and later became a professor there. Also, it’s known as the largest museum in Latin America and has one of the largest collection of dinosaur fossils.
Yesterday we visited Catedral de La Plata. It’s located in the center of the city. We looked around the main floor and then we took tour of the underground museum, where the founder of La Plata’s tomb is located.
After checking out the museum, we took an elevator ride to the top of one of the cathedrals towers. From the top you could see most of the city.
Today we visited Buenos Aires, about a 30 minute trip from the town of La Plata where we’re staying. It’s the capital of Argentina and it’s a huge city. We drove around the city with Mario, Juli’s dad giving some of the city’s history. After getting pulled over for having too many people in the car, we parked and walked around the city.
We saw the part of the city where locals set up shop on the streets and bring their hand made items such as jewelery to sell. We then visited a cathedral where General San Martin, who lead the Argentinian revolution, is buried. We then got to see the President’s house (The Pink House) as well as the building where the Declaration of Independence was signed.
We also visited , a mall Galerías Pacífico, which has a huge fresco on the ceiling. All in all it was a very interesting and educational day and we will definitely make a few more trips back during our stay.
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