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September 09, 2007
True Colors
Hi! I'm back! What did I miss?
That's basically how I feel, like I missed a lot. Not missing like the missing of to-go coffee I experience abroad, but missing more like, I now feel so disconnected from everything I did before. I returned home to a new job, The Boy gone, and no internet, so all my familiar routines were missing.
But things are starting to feel more settled. The Boy came to visit this weekend, internet was restored, and week #2 of a new job is always less jarring than the first.
Anyway, I have tons of stories from our month in Argentina, and I'm sure I will bore you all to tears with them, but tonight I will just share one:
We had decided to take a driving tour of the Quebrada Humahuaca, to see some of the most beautiful colored rock formations in the world. Our tour group consisted of our tour guide, The Boy and I, and these two very nice 65+ Argentian women, with us 3 ladies cramped into the back of this truck.
It was the most amazing day -- we were miles above sea level, eating llama in the middle of nowhere on tables made of salt culled from the salt flats; The Boy and I each sat on a purloined street sign attached by flimsy rope to the back of the truck and sledded around the salt flats; we saw some of the most beautiful rock formations in the world; and we heard Fur Elise played on rocks.
Toward the end, the rocks just got prettier and prettier and finally we arrived at Purmamarca, home to the Mountain of Seven Colors, which is, literally, a mountain of seven colors of the most amazing rock you've ever seen. It's just nutty!
Somewhere along the way, our guide had put in a Phil Collins CD, oddly enough the third time a driver had treated us to Phil (what is it about him that the Argentinians find so appealing? One more mystery of their culture I failed to solve in my month there). And right when we hit Purmamarca, the Phil Collins version of "True Colors" came on, and The Boy and I looked at one another. It was just too much. The Boy explained in Spanish to the guide and the two ladies about the eerie relevance of the song they were listening to, and translated the lyrics, and it was quiet for a moment. And then, as we kept driving slowly along, drinking in the color of the rocks, the two women and guide all began warbling along, in English, to Phil.
I couldn't help but join in. It was awesome.
Posted by jen at September 9, 2007 10:02 PM
Comments
Welcome back! Nothing beats having an appropriate soundtrack to go along with your sightseeing.
Posted by: Dagny at September 9, 2007 11:46 PM
Hooray! You're back! Don't worry, you'll catch up soon. (To get you started, the big celebrity gossip stories are that Owen Wilson tried to kill himself, and Howard Stern and Larry Birkhead are secret gay lovers.)
Posted by: Gwen at September 10, 2007 04:58 AM
I have thought of you often while you were gone and am glad you had a great time. I got my Ravelry invite so I am busy "catching up" too. Good luck at the new job.
Posted by: Angie at September 10, 2007 10:39 AM
welcome home, i thought you were never going to come back.
that's a great story - i can't wait to hear more!
and p.s. i sent you something but then i freaked out and thought maybe you moved? if you didn't, then hopefully you got it. :)
Posted by: carolyn at September 10, 2007 11:27 AM
Welcome back!
Posted by: SusannahS at September 10, 2007 04:33 PM
When i was in Costa Rica there was a lot of Phil going on too.
Posted by: kim in oregon at September 10, 2007 05:32 PM
p.s. and in a crazy coincidence, my cabbie last night was playing phil collins!!!!
Posted by: carolyn (again) at September 11, 2007 06:29 AM
Welcome home! Beautiful rock colors. Reminds me a little of, well, here.
Posted by: rg at September 11, 2007 10:42 AM
Welcome home!
Phil Collins and Argentina. They will henceforth be connected in my mind.
Posted by: Librarian Girl at September 11, 2007 10:47 AM
I'm so glad you're back! And I can't wait to be bored to tears...
Posted by: Ursula at September 11, 2007 12:38 PM
Wonderful shots. Welcome back!!
Posted by: Chris Cactus at September 12, 2007 10:58 AM
welcome home! sounds like you guys had a great trip.
Posted by: jenny at September 16, 2007 05:04 PM