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Day 5

The grey skies really had me fooled...Supper was cooked by 15h30!

Our weather service predicts rain this week, and although we have not experienced any as yet, Jorja and I spent the day indoors. We met Racilla - a lady sent by the Landlord to do a general cleaning (mostly to maintain the wooden floors) - and while Jorja had a blast interacting with her, I experienced the language barrier first hand!

Tomorrow we'll venture out again, if the weather holds. I'm keen to visit 'The Pink House' and also get a bus route timetable. Since we live on one of the main roads, we'll have no trouble catching a bus - it's just important that we have a rough idea of where we're going to! Local bus trips cost 0.90 ARS (Argentine Pesos) and it will be exciting to travel outside of this area on the weekends. Visiting the bigger grocery shops and parks would require us travelling a bit further too.

A day indoors means many pictures of posing Jorja! Enjoy...



The first thing to do is charge up your batteries...


Then play hide and seek at the top of your voice!


Do a quick perimeter walk to check that all is still in order...


Then pull the most mischievous facial expression and keep Mom guessing!

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