Gran Hotel del Paraguay Asuncion

... br>- The beef is incredible. Most, if not all, cows from Paraguay and Argentina are raised naturally, and the meat - whether grilled, breaded and fried, stuffed in an empanada, or otherwise - is superb.
- The diversity of people here surprised me. Besides the "typical" Latin Americans - mestizos (descendants of mixed Spanish and indigenous heritage), there are a fair number of people of indigenous, Italian, German, English, Japanese ...

... panic and checking of personal items on the truck before they left.. This is when I hid behind my favourite bush again. But anyway rissoles for starter followed by chicken curry, it was agreed this was the nicest dinner to date. I did the rissoles. As we were washing up, blonde ruth jones started having a row with kev over some ***** called an employment matrix which ended up with her telling him he was thick whereas she was intelligent, did I mention how nice she is? I ...

... day. That was fun, and I just discovered two more yesterday that I had to dig out. Everyone gets them here and they are really common. Other than that I have been pretty healthy and haven't gotten sick again. I went to a concert last week with some people from my site, and honestly, it was not much fun. It was Ramonita Vera, who apparently is very popular here, but I don't exactly see why. It was freezing out, and she didn't even take the ...

... rien faire, à nous détendre. J'ai en particulier le souvenir d'une soirée à regarder "Lost in Translation", le film de Sofia Coppola, à plat ventre sur le lit en mangeant des chocolats. :) Dure vie...

La dernière chose que nous avons fait, la veille du départ de Daniela, fut d'essayer de lui trouver une guitare. Nous avions entendu que dans une petite ville à proximité d'Asunción, Luque, de nombreux artisans fabriquent des guitares et des harpes, alors nous sommes allés voir ...

... to put in money for her care, since her family cannot afford it. This week, there is a raffle for a pig to raise money, and tonight they will be selling hot dogs, beer, etc. Tomorrow will be the first game for 8 de Diciembre, the local soccer club that my host dad coaches. I went to a practice yesterday with him, and they loaded up 13 people into the back of our tiny Toyota pickup, yes, I counted, to take them to the field in Villeta. I'm excited to ...

... Wohoo! Have been partying hard and resting from the heat. Has topped 45 degrees C! Jo and I are now the proud owners of a fake and disgusting Cartier watch that was sold to us (we didn´t have a choice) from an enthusiastic family on a street stall...it´s stopped already!!! Heading to Argentina tom and to the Jesuit Ruins of Trinidad.

... m the agriculture sector) It should work well because she really wants to go to fútbol games and so do I. And we root for the same PYan professional team. There are 3 more World Cup elmination games in Asuncion next year, as well. Speaking of... did everyone catch that PY vs. Peru game last wed? I was at the stadium and PY won 1-0, and the goal was scored in our end ...

... so. Part of the problem is 'reciprocity', in which countries want to require visas of those countries which require visas of its own citizens, even to the point of charging exactly the same fee. This usually hits US travelers hardest, and then Canada and UK, as these are the strictest countries for entry and the most popular for illegal immigration, not coincidentally. I understand their point but they may be shooting themselves in the foot, as ...

... community classes, teaching high school classes and basically taking over all of my responsibilities(which is the eventual goal). We haven't had anymore problems with the problem principle. We just maintain our distance and he maintains his. Angela has had some very successful community service projects that will eventually lead into a trip to the local nature reserve San Rafael. Also she has been getting some ...

... fuer 62CHF erhaeltlich) kostete in Asuncion sogar um die 80 CHF(umgerechnet)! Klar kann man nie ganz sicher sein ob das jetzt der wirkliche Preis ist oder der Preis fuer Gringos - angeschrieben ist naemlich nichts! Darum gaben wir nach ein paar Stunden auf gingen auf "Fotojagt", sassen in ein kleines Restaurant am Main Square und genossen die warmen Temperaturen! Moregn gehts schon wieder weiter, wieder nach Brasilien, und zwar zu den Iguazufaellen in Foz de Iguazu! cheers Simon