There is no way that I can possibly describe in appropriate detail all of the things that happened after last Sunday morning so here is a laundry list of what has passed:
Tilcara- went with Daniela, her niece and two daughters, bought veggies at a market, took lots of pictures of the drive.
Asado- Daniela's family and Rene's friend Dr.Carlos, and his family came up for an asado (giant BBQ) Sunday afternoon.
Salt Flats- Monday after leaving the house, we drove up to the salt flats which required crossing the Tropic of Capricorn (for those interested in latitude).
Jujuy- stopped at Daniela's family's home in Jujuy on our way back to Salta, had some more amazing food and celebrated Rene's bday- complete with birthday cake firework!
Made it back to Salta after 10 on Monday night.
Dave started his journey here about 5 hours later! Made it seamlessly here for lunch on Wednesday.
We have been enjoying eating here together.
I finished up my classes in Espanol and continued in the OR. Yesterday was my last day it was an interesting one too. I successfully did an entire lumbar puncture by my self. In fact I performed all of the anesthesia (supervised of course) for an indirect inguinal hernia surgery.
After the OR yesterday we went back to Juan's (La Cordobesa @ Leguizamon y Martin Conejo). We shared a fabulous wine with Rene and a bit of food. We spent the afternoon wandering around Salta a bit more. Had some coffee, a fabulous burger (complete with corn, an egg and some awesome tomato, egg, mayo type sauce).
Then we got to do the coolest thing! Rene's family, Dave and I were invited to join Dr.Carlos at a very special asado. He has a friend who is a gastroenterologist but owns a farm about 20minutes south/southeast of the city. Once a year, for decades, his family slaughters pigs. Then they have a massive asado. Rene said that even for his family, it was a special event. The food (pork) was amazing. The people were so welcoming and friendly. The hosts kept pulling things off the fire and as they cut it, they specifically called out my name and gave me two pieces of whatever so that Dave and I would be sure to try it. It was definitely a Spanish speaking event, and while I know I missed things, I was far from mute the evening. Dave talked with one of the farmers about his tobacco crops and the difference in Argentine and Brazilian tobacco. They talked quality, oils, burn and minerals. They talked about the difference in shade tobacco in CT and what is grown here. It was fabulous as well.
In an hour we will be packing up and heading to Cafayate! I am so excited to continue this adventure.
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