Archive for July, 2008

Phrase of the Week

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 Posted in phrase of the week | 2 Comments »

estoy atrasado:I am behind. This phrase is used to describe when you are running behind schedule, something that tends to happen in Argentina.

Catedral Back in Business, Take 4

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 Posted in sports, weather | 2 Comments »

Written by Jamie Well, we have some good news...Cerro Catedral reopened today around 1 pm! They reported from 6 inches to almost 2 feet of new snow overnight. It is a very exciting day, but unfortunately we didn't get to go out and play. ...

Weather Update

Monday, July 7th, 2008 Posted in weather | 2 Comments »

Written by Jamie Since I suspect some of our readers are interested in what's going on with the weather, I figured I would give an update. It began raining around 3pm in the area and is currently coming down pretty hard. ...

Picture of the Week

Saturday, July 5th, 2008 Posted in picture of the week | 2 Comments »

Lago Llanquihue and Volcano Osorno

Raising the Moral

Friday, July 4th, 2008 Posted in culture | 2 Comments »

Written by Shanie I came across this article today and thought it worthy of sharing. First off, I thought that the author, Brandon Sack, did an excellent job of writing it. But secondly, and more importantly, I think he verbalizes a distinct truth ...

The Patagonian Choique

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 Posted in fauna | No Comments »

Written by Shanie The Choique bird (or Lesser-Rhea in English) is an interesting creature. It resembles an ostrich, although it is smaller in stature, has brown coloring, small feathers along its skinny neck, and (interestingly enough) has three toes to its ...

Phrase of the Week

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 Posted in phrase of the week | No Comments »

estoy en tema:I am on topic. One would use this phrase to say "I am working on it" or "I know what's going on".  

Hiking Pictorial

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 Posted in day to day, sports | 15 Comments »

Written by Shanie Since we have been getting some requests as of late asking for more pictures, I thought I would do a pictorial post on our hike tonight. We decided to wander up our favorite trail, what we call the Gnar ...