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bluesandboos · 1 year

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HI JUST FOUND YOUR ACC THIS IS ME ASKING FOR DETAILS ON YOUR BA VACATIO DURING THE FINAL OMG

BESTIE I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE. THANK YOU FOR ASK ING IM ABOUT TO POP OFF

ALSO I WILL HAVE TO PUT THIS INTO TWO PARTS BECAUSE TUMBLR IS AN ASSHOLE

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sorry if this is too much rambling and has too many of my Own Personal Thoughts but writing this took me down memory lane and i am Emotional. also pardon any spelling/grammatical errors

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a little unnecessary backstory that you can definitely skip: way back in march 2022, my family was all "hey we should go on a family trip in december because that's when we're all free, where should go" and my brother was like "argentina" (he has no football brain he just thought it would be an interesting place to go) and that was when a little seed was planted in my teeny brain. i knew that the wc had been rescheduled for december and i knew that argentina had been doing p well since the copa and would probably be favorites for the wc so i started skewing the plans to go towards argentina bc how dope would it be if we happened to be in argentina during the final? even if they didn't make it all the way, it would still be cool to be in a place where football means so much during the biggest game in the world. anyway, my scheming and manifesting paid off and we went to argentina! we flew out of (home country) on the day of the semi-final (i watched the arg vs croatia match while waiting to board) and then landed in buenos aires, was there for a day, then flew to iguazu falls for a couple of days.

we flew back to ba on the night of 12/17 and THAT'S WHEN THE PARTY STARTED

wait i think i can include some pics/vids i have to make this experience more immersive!

literally in the uber on the way to our airbnb, this was what greeted us at a stoplight at the obelisco:

also just a side note, just walking around ba the first day was crazy because my man dibu is just... there on adverts, flexing on bitches

and so many murals/adverts featuring mostly messi but also the rest of the tea,, and the JERSEYS my god. i don't have the dough to shell out for something authentic so i copped a ~very believable~ messi fake for like 3000 ARG pesos. i was so happy

ANYWAY the morning of 12/18 (i could hardly go to sleep i was nervous as fuck), i literally woke up to muchachos. like when i stood on the balcony of the Airbnb i could hear people just playing that song on BLAST. greatest alarm ever.

i had found out that the government (?) had set up screens all over the city so people could watch, so we decided to go to one that was set up in a park near paseo el rosedal, which ended up being ~1 hr walk from where we were staying. BUT it was SO WORTH IT because just walking through the streets was amazing. people were wearing jerseys, waving flags, cars were decorated and ugh. i was shitting bricks tho.

so we get to the park and im just gonna let my vids (fuck tumblr for only letting me upload one vid in a post) set the vibe:

(sorry some of them are super short; i make montages to remember vacations and short vids are ~aesthetic~)

HERE ARE THE VIDS FOR THE PENALTY AND REACTION TO LEO'S PENALTY. I HAVE NO WORDS AND WILL LET IT SPEAK FOR ITSELF. SORRY MY SCREAMING IS UGLY AS FUCK

i don't think i have the reaction to di maria's goal, i think i was just ~living in the moment~ but anon, lemme tell you, after going up 2-0, the vibes in that park were IMMACULATE. everyone was so freaking happy, and singing and ugh!! im getting emotional looking through the vids

more vibes (obvi lots of "muchachos" singing, but this song was one i hadn't known (disclaimer: i am very obviously not argentine. nor do i speak/understand spanish))

and obligatory muchachos:

and THEN MBAPPE DECIDED TO RUIN IT (okay, i actually don't really mind mbappe as a player but on this day he was my actual enemy. i hated his ass. it took me weeks to get over it). decides to tie up the game 2-2 as if he didn't win the world cup four years prior (selfish as fuck smh) and SHIT WAS SO FUCKING TENSE. my hands and legs were SHAKING. im literally getting nervous thinking about it.

and then leo. KING LEO. SCORED TO MAKE IT 3-2

i remember there was confusion for a bit because they were deciding if it was offsides or not and i was looking wildly around my family asking "did he get it?" because i was confused as to whether he actually got into the net (it was getting super hard to see with the glare of the sun and the dust and smoke and everything).

and then the goal stood. and i immediately burst into tears. i don't really know why (actually i do, it's because when it came down to it, leo put the team on his back and saved their asses AGAIN. he saw lautaro send it directly into lloris and said "fine, i'll do it myself" thanos-style and put the fucking ball directly into the back of the net. in the dark times, my hero came back and saved us. it was too much for me)

also literally imagine being varane and your ass being too fat be the reason your country gives up a goal in the wc final. couldn't be me.

obvi i don't have the immediate reaction to leo's goal because i was too busy screaming crying throwing up, but here's some aftermath (which is also emotional with the whole never-really-being-respected-on-the-international-level-and-his-kids-asking-him-why-do-they-kill-him-in-the-streets and now they're literally bowing down to him)

just more vibes:

i don't have any reaction to mbappe's penalty to make it 3-3, probably because i had shit my pants or something. also by the end of extra time i think i was full on having a breakdown. i don't even remember seeing dibu's save against kolo mani; i only heard about it and saw videos afterwards (honestly a good thing because i probably would've blacked out if i saw/registered it in the moment)

OKAY so then the game goes to penalties. i think i had started to feel a bit more confident at that point because i knew Our Lord And Savior Dibu Martinez would be the one to bring it home.

unfortunately i don't have any videos of when dibu saved any of the penalties/tchouameni missed because i could barely watch. i literally had my head in my hands and was trying to not to have a panic attack and was only relying on the noises around me to figure out whether a penalty was missed/scored. have you seen the clips of rodrigo de paul pacing the sideline, hoodie zipped up during the shootout? yeah that was basically me. but i think you can imagine how the crowd was whenever france missed/arg scored

i do have the best video tho. SOMOS TODOS MONTIEL

and here is just the aftermath that i managed to capture because i had, once again, promptly burst into tears. like many others, because Argentina had become Campeon del Mundo

(sorry not sorry if you don't care about the visual aspect lmao. i ain't ever deleting these vids and am obligated to rub them in people's faces)

OKAY BESTIE THIS IS WHERE I WILL HAVE TO END PART 1 BECAUSE TUMBLR IS PISSING ME THE FUCK OFF AND WON'T LET ME ADD MORE VIDEOS i will see u in part 2 if you're still interested :)

#mailtime #about me #argentina vs france #world cup #world cup 2022 #lionel messi #la scaloneta #argentina

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travelistme · 3 years

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orebic-travel · 3 years

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Buenos Aires Vacation Travel Guide | Expedia

Buenos Aires – an enchanting blend of European architecture and Latin passion. Check out footage of the best attractions in the city in our travel guide!

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demivampirew · 4 years

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I was tagged by @thethirstyarchive 😊 😘

Favorite color - Red

2. Last song I listened to - Sex for breakfast - Christina Aguilera 🤭🙈🙉🙊

3. Favorite Musician - Epica & Nightwish

4. Favorite Song - I have like a million songs I love, so I’m gonna choose my favorites for those two bands I just mentioned: Martyr of the Free World by Epica & Ghost Love Score by Nightwish

5. Last film I watched - Last night I watched The Cold Light of Day.

6. Favorite places I’ve been - El Rosedal (Buenos Aires, Argentina) (is a park full of different kind of roses and other flowers, is beautiful)

7. Last book I finished - The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

8. Sweet, savory, spicy - Depends on my mood 😁

9. sparkling water, tea or coffee - I love coffee but I drink more tea than anything else 😁

10. The first thing I’ll do after quarantine - Go for a long walk 😁

I’m going to tag @cavillanche @iloveyouyen @littlefreya @dancingwendigo @ constip8merm8 @radaofrivia @hell1129-blog and I don’t know who else to tag 🤣

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yourworldmyworldourworld-blog1 · 5 years

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Argentina - land of wine, of meat and of tango.

ARGENTINA - Land of wine, of meat, of tango

Day 1. (15/11). It took us half a day to cross the border between Chile and Argentina. Crossed the border and it was pretty fast. I then got into the bus terminal at Calafate, which I will warn you is a bit of a walk away from the city centre (about a 30 min walk). What you have to do to cross the terminal to the taxi side, cross the car park and stay on the road on your left all the way. You will cross a crossroads twice and eventually go downhill and arrive at a T junction. There you turn right and follow the road, cross a canal bridge and you will pretty much be on the Main Street. I would say the walk is safe during the day and fairy easy as its all downhill towars town. The hostal I stayed at was three parallel roads from the Main Street. Try and stay around there. At the hostal book a bus to Perito Moreno (800arg bus ride only; the entrance ticket price is not included) with Caltur. Try to book the day before as in that case the company picks you up at the hostal unlike if you book on the day where you will have to show up at the bus terminal. I then headed out to the market which is on the main road but further out and headed to a butchery before the market on the same road called El Turco.The meat there is of great quality and cheaper than in the market. I advise you get the Bife de Chorizo cut.

Perito Moreno route options, you can do the whole thing in couple of hours

Day 2. (16.11). We were picked up around 8am ish and it took us 1.5hrs to get to Perito Moreno. You are dropped off at the car park but before you stop to pay the entrance to the park which you can pay by card or cash. Cash is faster. Once you get there you walk around in these platforms. There area few routes: black, blue, yellow and green. We did the blue, yellow then red. The green is through the forest so you can't see the glacier so we skipped it. The bus picks you up at 15:45. We took food into the walk so you can eat and enjoy the scenery on the benches dotted around. We were back for 5pm. Then I bought tickets for a day in Chalten (1,600 and 3hr drive). If I had more time I would have stayed around 3 days to a week in Chalten.

Perito Moreno

Day 3. (17/11). The bus to Chalten got there at 11am and got to the start of the Fitz Roy trek for 11:30am. Be warned that with only one day there (arriving at 11am and leaving at 6pm you can either do the loop that I did and see a bit of each trek or commit to a full trek). From 11:30am-1:10pm I managed to do the first third of the trek where I stopped to look at Fitz Roy for 10 minutes. At the cross section at the top for the second third of the tweak where I went left down towards Laguna Madre y Hija, I arrived at the bottom at 2:20pm. The way was mainly downhill. By 3:30pm I was on the end of the walk/sendero and got to Chalten town in another 10 minutes and before 4pm I was back at the bus station. This meant that I had to wait around 1.5hrs for the bus. This trek was estimated at 6hrs but I did it in 4hrs at a fast pace. As it was mainly downhill allowed for a quicker pace. I estimated 1.5 hours for each third of the trek. I would advise you did the same to give yourself enough time. Below is a picture of the route map...

The actual walk is super beautiful...

Fitz Roy, Chalten

Day 4. (18.11). On this day I woke up and took a transfer to the airport which I booked at the hostal. I paid the driver after the ride. Bag drop off in 19 mins so no need to arrive too early. The flight took 2.5hrs. As I landed I connected to the airport Wi-fi and ordered an Uber. Be warned that the Ubers cannot come into the pick up area of the airport so keep an eye out on the street for your Uber. As I arrived at the end of the afternoon at Benita Hostal I bought some food at the nearby shops, a nice bottle of wine and had a chilled evening. When booking your hostal look to stay in Palermo area. It’s safe and close to a lot of stuff.

Floralis at the United Nations Plaza

Day 5. (19.11) I headed out early to see the street art in Calle Serrano. Then in the pm I headed to Buenos Aires' Recoleta area. First I saw the the Floralis at the United Nations Plaza that works with solar energy and it opens and closes depending on the time of the day. It’s a very slow movement so you won't really see it happening. Followed by the Facultad de Derecho and the Centro Cultural and an exhibition on film and Freud. We saw also some music open air on the green near the bellas artes museum and cultural centre and walked around the market stalls. Then back and to Rapa Nui for ice cream. Yum.

Centro Cultural, Recoletta, Buenos Aires

Day 6. (20.11). Visiting Buenos Aires city center highlights. La Liberia El Atendo Grand Splendid formerly a theatre; Palacio de Aguas Corrientes; the National Congress of Argentina; Casa Rosada former presidential house built in 1873; Puente de La Mujer designed to look like tango dancers; Plaza Dorrego in Monserrat and the San Telmo market up to the Kavanagh building being the tallest in Argentina in its time and lastly the Colon theatre and the Obelisk. From where I was based made sense. A bit of a zigzag but it worked. About 7 hours walk.

The Kavanagh building

Day 7. (21.11). Woke up went to get a subte card which costs 65 arg plus 35 arg charge. You can either get one by an underground station or, as in my case, right in front of the hostal there was a shop that sold it; just ask at reception. I then headed back to the corner of my hostel and got the 29 bus towards Boca (make sure it says Boca at the front as there are two 29s). Around 45 mins later I was getting off at Caminitos. Just keep an eye on mapsme or your offline Google to know when to get off or ask the driver. Caminitos is a small street and the Boca stadium in only a 2 min walk north. Maybe consider a tour which will last you around 3 hours I reckon. Just walk around and enjoy some free tango, lots of souvenir shops and awesome picture spots. From there we walked north to San Telmo for a photo with Matilda on her bench at Chile with Defensa street. From there to the CCK (a cultural centre by the Casa Rosada) then back home on the green tube line for an easy night.

BOCA stadium

Day 8. (22.11). Woke up and the weather wasn't too great but headed north past Bulnes to do a park route. Past the Las Heras Park then to the Botanical Park. Then north past eco Park and then across to the Paseo El Rosedal - this stunning rose park! Then back towards the planetarium, past the Japanese garden and then the floralis cultural centre and back. Short pit stop at the Buffala Heladeria - yum! Spent most afternoon chilling and packing as wel as buying last minute things.

Day 9. (23.11). Wake up at 6:30am and left the hostal at 8am and made it to the airport for 8:30am. I checked in and dropped bags off. The duty free section of the AEP airport is tiny and no Havana inside so buy outside or better yet in the city as it's cheaper. Flight on time, 2.5 hours I was in Brasil.

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ARGENTINA CRIBSHEET

Hostals:

Calafate: Hostel Cambalache (its clean and the guys there super attentive, not the biggest but I liked it. You also get a discount on the restaurant next door).

Buenos Aires: Benita Hostal (or anywhere in Palermo really)

Restaurants:

Ice cream: Rapa Nui; Buffala Heladeria

Cafeterias: Cafe Tortoni; Florida Garden Cafe.

Things to do:

Calafate: Perito Moreno

Chalten: various walks

Buenos Aires: Recolletta area; Palermo; Liberia El Atendo Grand Splendid formerly a theatre; Palacio de Aguas Corrientes; the National Congress of Argentina; Casa Rosada former presidential house built in 1873; Puente de La Mujer designed to look like tango dancers; Plaza Dorrego in Monserrat and the San Telmo market (and Matilda bench); Kavanagh building; Caminitos/ BOCA stadium.

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#argentina #calafate #chalten #buenosaires #travel #travelling #thingstodo #thingstosee #food #journey #visionworld #yourworld #myworld #ourworld

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lecastel · 4 years

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Jardin de rosas #buenosaires #rosedal #roses #garden #tree #park #palermo (em El Rosedal de Palermo) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5WKV-YHx17/?igshid=1syzktw9r60yj

#buenosaires #rosedal #roses #garden #tree #park #palermo

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smittykelbel · 4 years

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BUENOS AIRES - DAY 5

We kept our word today and stayed closer to the apartment - only walking 7.8 miles (18k steps) and saw a lot of our neighborhood, Palermo Soho. Not too far past the Botanical Gardens are a few larger parks, and we hit the famed Paseo El Rosedal (really wishing I had watched Evita before our trip!) also partaking in some ‘American’ football while running around smelling the roses and other pretty flowers.

Ryan and I considered heading from the rose garden to the Recoleta neighborhood we ventured to a few days prior but instead made the snap decision to grab lunch before the walk over. Oy. Bad move. Noah has talked about macaroni and cheese for days, and we happened to find a restaurant with mac & cheese on the menu and sat down. Of course as soon as we were seated, she lost her mind. She was just so, so tired. A lack of schedule here is definitely hardest on her, with no formalized nap time and while she’s being a trooper it’s definitely hardest on her to go and go and go.

I attempted to get her to play until the food came, which kind of worked, but then once it was on the table she was just too tired. So I strapped her in, walked around for a few minutes and she fell asleep pretty quickly. Poor thing. Standing to eat, with a toddler strapped to my back is not something I was anticipating, but oh well. We all survived.

From lunch we discussed walking a bit further but then Eden requested a nap, which never happens so we threw in the towel and headed back to the our neighborhood. Only for Eden and Noah to not nap. We’ve been burning the candle at both ends and it was nice to have a quiet afternoon at the apartment. Ryan and I napped a bit on and off, had a few drinks on the patio and the kids enjoyed a few episodes of Paw Patrol & Peppa Pig.

It was one of those days traveling with kids where things don’t always go as planned, and it’s ok. We are still spending time together in a foreign country. Learning new things, eating delicious food, and making memories ;)

#seeitsmiths

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traveltoblank · 7 years

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Nine Free Things to Enjoy in Buenos Aires

When traveling on a budget, one great way to keep the costs down is taking advantage of the many free attractions a city has to offer. There are many things you can enjoy in the city of Buenos Aires at no cost and this list has the best of them.

Free things to do in Buenos Aires Map

1. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes

You will find beautiful art pieces from over the world. This museum works with El Prado to switch collections often. You will find artists such as: Berni, Alonso, Castagnino, Velázquez, Rubens, Pettoruti, Marc Chagall, Pollock, Amaral, Kandinsky, Klee, Portinari, Rivera, Degas, Gauguin, Goya, Renoir y Picasso.

Hours:

Tuesday through Friday: 12:30PM to 8:30PM.

Saturday and Sunday: 9:30AM to 8:30PM.

Mondays: Closed.

2. Cemetery La Recoleta

This cemetery is considered an open air museum as it has some of the most important graves that are in fact pieces if art. In this cemetery you will find important graves for Argentinian figures such as: Eva Perón, Domingo F. Sarmiento, Raúl Alfonsín, Victoria Ocampo, Luis ángel Firpo, Hipólito Yrigoyen y Facundo Quiroga.

Hours: Daily from 7AM to 5PM.

3. Casa Rosada

During weekends you can visit inside the Pink House with guided tours. You will visit the Despacho Presidencial, Salón de los Bustos, Patio de las Palmeras, Salón Blanco, Salón Mujeres Argentinas and the Galería de Patriotas Latinoamericanos.

Hours: Guided tours on Weekends and Holidays from 10AM to 6PM. You need to reserve your spot online.

4. Hipódromo de Palermo

The Hipódromo de Palermo is design with a french style. The best time to visit the Hippodrome is when there are races for which we recommend you give them a call for more info.

Tel: (54 11) 4778 2800

5. Jardín Botánico

The botanical garden is in the Palermo neighborhood, close to the Italia Square. This urban garden has 5 hectares with more than 5,500 species of trees and plants. It also has many interesting sculptures.

Hours: Daily from 8AM to 6:45PM.

6. Rosedal de Palermo

The rosedal de Palermo is one of the most beautiful parks in the city, there is really ever a bad time to visit and relax in this big green area. It has an large collection of roses to enjoy in bloom as well.

Hours: Daily from 8AM to 8PM in the Summer and from 9AM to 6PM in the winter.

7. Centro Cultural Kirchner

The Kirchner Cultural Center is the housed in the old Mail Palace. It is the biggest cultural space in South America and offers all of its programs free to the public.

Hours: Tuesday to Sunday from 12PM to 8PM.

8. Feria de San Telmo

Every Sunday in the historic neighborhood of San Telmo there is a massive street fair where you can buy antiques and other hand crafts. It is also great to see a small tango show in the square.

Hours: Sunday from 10AM to 6PM.

9. Tranvía Histórico

Take a ride in a historic tramway through the streets of the neighborhood of Caballito.

Hours: The tram ride runs every 25 minutes.

Mornings: Sundays from 10AM to 1PM.

Afternoons: Weekends and Holidays

March to November: From 4PM to 7:10PM

December to February: From 5PM to 8:30PM.

If there are any other free attractions in Buenos Aires you think are worth checking out, please let us and everyone else know in the comments below.

Ready to start your booking?

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umichenginabroad · 5 years

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Un Soplo de Aire Fresco

As a reminder that we do have boring everyday tasks, we had to do the laundry. After arriving back from Iguazú, I was running out of pants to wear and had a bag full of clothes that I desperately needed washed.

After a bit of googling I found a laundromat that was only two blocks from our homestay, and we took our stuff to go check it out. Pretty much everyone uses laundromats and they wash, dry, and fold your clothes for you within a day for 150 per bin. So, I filled two bins with my clothes and went to pick them up the next day. The process cost me around 6-7 USD which is a pretty good deal if you ask me! Back at school that’d cost me 4.50 USD, but they folded the clothes and everything here so I guess you could say I’m thriving!

Aside from making sure I had clothes to wear, this was the week I took a break from the city itself. Buenos Aires has tons of cool parks and different areas that can make the city not feel so urban all the time like a breath of fresh air!

I had heard of a few different areas to visit and I still have a few more to browse (Japanese Garden, Lezama Garden, etc.), but this week I crossed a chunk off of my list including the Rose Garden, the Botanical Garden, and the Ecological Reserve.

In the beginning of the week, class ends at two so I thought I’d walk down to the botanical garden and the rose garden to walk around. Others wanted to go to the gym or just rest so I took the journey by myself and found out that pretty much everything closes on Mondays (#nice).

Pictures of the rose garden from afar (due to it being closed rip)

So, I came back with some friends on Wendesday after class to see the area. The rose garden or “Rosedal” is located in “el Parque 3 de Febrero”, and although it is currently winter in Buenos Aires, the weather still reaches highs of 65°F so some of the flowers were blooming despite what typical season stereotypes (defying the odds lets GO).

Hanging out on the bridge over the pond!

The rose garden had flowers and a pond that surrounded it where swans live in the midst of the city. There aren’t nearly as many flowers as peak season, but the selection was still very pretty.

A glimpse of the layout of the garden

A few of my favorite flowers!

The flowers ranged from deep reds to yellows, pinks, whites, and combinations. The landscape of this part was taken care of very well with prefect grass and walking paths.

After el Rosedal, we walked a few blocks over to go to the botanical gardens. As you may know, botanical gardens consist of plants from the local area and plants from different areas of the world.

Buenos Aires’ rose garden was especially interesting due to the fact that the temperature ranges are not as drastic as the places I am used to in the U.S. Here, palm trees and plants alike grow all around the city which typically grow in tropical areas.

The yerba plant (where mate is from) and a few other plants

This garden is located at the cross section of two big streets so its like a little oasis in the midst of a lot of traffic.

Over the weekend we went to the ecological reserve which offers a great view of the skyline of Buenos Aires. The reserve has multiple different paths that range from a 45-minute walk to almost 3 hours. Unfortunately, one section of the park was closed off when we went so, we had to do a smaller loop, but it was still very pretty to see and I’d highly recommend it.

The view of the skyline and a few stops along the park.

It was really nice to separate from the city and actually see the water that borders the city. The area seemed very popular to visit on the weekend and we saw a lot of people lounging on the grass and hanging out by the water. I even went and got some rocks and sea glass by the water.

As a class update, the four hour stretches of class can be a lot, but we are slowly getting through it and the material is pretty interesting. We have seen a lot of the city but haven’t learned a lot about the areas we’ve visited (we like to save money because we’re broke) so learning about the history of some areas in class is nice. Last week we went to the Gardel Museum and this week we go to the Jose Hernandez Museum.

See ya later!

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Larissa Wermers

Mechanical Engineering

Engineering in Buenos Aires, Argentina

#LarissaWermers #IPEArgentina #UmichEnginAbroad #IPE Summer19

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la-costurera-cuerda20 · 5 years

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Confieso dos cosas: lo primero que hoy se me apetecio ir a la "kurisumasu" y, en el camino, me perdí. Al menos, me encontre con cosas bellas. #rosedaldepalermo #rosedal #argentina #palermo #flores #naturaleza #parque #gothic #freak #torpe #model #flowers #model #blumen #belleza #fiori #park #lago #beauty #error #schönheit #classic #fashion #blogger #bellezza https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs4N2kzAnpF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1syz6xhcmj0kl

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petrorhagia · 7 years

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tagged by @lanternheart, i just did this like half an hour ago but your questions are so interesting! my questions and tagged people are in this post (i believe i also tagged you dean!)

how to play the game: - answer the 11 questions from the person who tagged you - compose 11 questions of your own & tag others!

1. what is your favorite type of tree, and what memories do you associate with it? weeping willows i have one in my house and we used to make beds and sleep there and also they are so sad and pretty! i also like wild figs because they are beautiful 2. do you remember your dreams? your nightmares? what’s the first of either that you remember? yes! i have really vivid dreams and i remember most of them, i think i always remember the normal first although when i was little i used to had this recurring nightmares that even nowadays i remember 3. what book do you think is overrated? why? is not that well rated but the writing in the raven cycle got in my nerves and i know it’s popular around here, i also hated on the road by kerouac and jane eyre by charlotte bronte 4. if you could wear any fashion from any point in history, and have it be socially acceptable, what would you pick and why? high renaissance garments are beautiful, or something that accentuates the waist, i love fifties clothing and ancient roman’s with all those beautiful flowy fabrics 5. have you ever kept a diary? nope, i was always too afraid my mother would find it and read it (i knew she wouldn’t even feel guilty) 6. what was a favorite childhood hiding or play place of yours? was it your own or did you share it with friends or siblings? so this is gonna sound incredibly weird, but my brother and i used to play at this cemetery a couple blocks from our house, and we used to feed the swans and hide behind the lake and stuff and the woman that managed it loved us?? and always gave us candy?? which was really weird cause we were really wild kids playing in a cemetary (my brother even got into the church and somehow made the huge bell ring!!). there was also a greenhouse? (it was like a greenhouse but outside and also a flower and plant shop i don’t think they are that common outside uruguay) where there was like secret passages (for real, there was like small spaces between the outside walls where an adult wouldnt fit) and we used to hide and we had secret exits and entries and our grandma used to takes us there and she would just sit in front of the pond and buy flowers and knit for hours while we played 7. favorite park (national or local)? are there any statues in it, and what are they of? el rosedal, the translation would be the rosal i think, it is incredibly pretty and the buildings and decorations around are too, there are some small statues of native people and other stuff 8. how often do you visit a library? i try to go every sunday to a book fair downtown (it is in a street popular because of all the libraries and antique stores) 9. do you buy your own copies of books before or after you’ve read them once? (e.g. i usually only buy my own once i’ve read them and know i will again). before, i don’t really like reading online, especially books that were written before computers even existed (it just feels weird like i wasn’t meant to be lol) 10. name one item you think is useless. why? (e.g. the continued existence of the american penny as a means of currency). the first thing i can think of is bookmarks, i never in my life used one lol 11. who was/is one of your favorite teachers/professors you’ve had? why? my history teacher last year, he was wonderful. the class was kind of a mess, but im sure he actually made kids get into history. he had a bit of favoritism i must admit, but he liked me so it was kinda fun! we used to debate (a lot!) and he would always discuss modern issues and encourage the class to have each one an opinion (which is kinda hard for teenagers you know). some of my classmates say they didin’t like his class cause it was a little out of control, but i think marcel (the teacher) actually loved the chaos? it was a bunch of teens screaming about politics and wars and art and it was beautiful.

#beautiful questions!

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notasdevivi · 4 years

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El verano y su magia en Buenos Aires

Ciudades como Buenos Aires que se pueden recorrer una otra vez y que son más recomendables en su estación veraniega no sólo porque hay muchas y variadas actividades sino por ese hay ese aire especial de la capital argentina.

Disfrutar los espacios verdes en la ciudad: Buenos Aires tiene gran cantidad de espacios verdes, ideales para pasear y descansar, hacer ejercicio o tomar mates como un auténtico porteño.

No se puede dejar de recorrer lugares como :

● Jardín Botánico Carlos Thays: es un espacio verde que conserva una importante colección viva de ejemplares arbóreos, y ofrece para los más chicos la oportunidad de realizar expediciones botánicas, conocer la Biblioteca Infantil de la Naturaleza que contiene materiales para investigar las ciencias naturales a través de cuentos y dibujos.

● Ecoparque: espacio público para la educación ambiental y la conservación de las especies. Un paseo ideal para toda la familia, abierto al público de manera gratuita con actividades educativas y recreativas. Durante todo el verano, el Ecoparque invita a aprender sobre la biodiversidad y disfrutar de un ambiente natural especialmente recreado, por lo que si sos fanático de la flora y fauna autóctonas, no podes perderte las charlas sobre aves, energías renovables, encuentros con veterinarios y muchas otras.

● Reserva Ecológica: con sus 350 hectáreas, es el mayor espacio verde de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires y una propuesta inigualable para conocer la flora y fauna nativas en plena ciudad. Bosques, pastizales, lagunas y bañados forman parte de este espacio único, declarado en 2005 como sitio Ramsar por su importancia mundial como humedal.

● Parque 3 de Febrero: con su lago, su anfiteatro y el Rosedal, es uno de los espacios verdes más conocidos de la ciudad, y el favorito de los turistas que visitan la capital argentina. Posee dos lagos artificiales que pueden recorrerse en bote o en bicicletas de agua. Se calcula que los bosques cuentan con más de una decena de miles de árboles, muchos de los cuales son tipas, eucaliptos, talas y ombúes.

En febrero no se puede perder los carnavales norteños donde la música, el color y la alegría se adueñan de Buenos Aires allí podrás disfrutar de las murgas, que en 1997 fueron declaradas Patrimonio Cultural de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Se suelen presentar más de 100 murgas que son las protagonistas de animar los corsos con bailes, silbatos, bombos con platillo y redoblantes. Los carnavales donde desfilan son gratuitos y se desarrollan en diversas avenidas de la ciudad, en distintos barrios, que se diferencian por la variedad de ritmos, que unen la alegría con la denuncia social. Es una forma diferente de conocer la ciudad y adentrarte en el corazón de cada barrio porteño.Este año se celebran todos los fines de semana de febrero, incluyendo los feriados del 24 y 25, que corresponden al lunes y martes feriado de carnaval donde el cierre será a lo largo de la Avenida de Mayo, con stands de BA Celebra con gastronomía exquisita y un gran show de cierre.

Si eres los que disfrutas un buen coctel con vista el Trade Sky Bar en las alturas del edificio Comega, ubicado en el corazón del centro porteño, se encuentra este bar con tres propuestas gastronómicas y ambientación de tipo Art Deco, el mismo estilo arquitectónico con el cual se identifica al edificio. En el piso 19 está la primera propuesta con bar y restaurante; en el piso 20 la opción de crudos Omakase y en el rooftop se encuentra un bar con una imponente vista 360 de los puntos más icónicos de la ciudad: el Obelisco, la Calle Corrientes, el edificio de Retiro y la Torre de los Ingleses, el Luna Park, la Reserva Ecológica de Puerto Madero, la Casa Rosada y el Río de la Plata. También una opción es el Crystal Bar: se destaca no solo por su altura, sino por su propuesta gastronómica vanguardista y delicada. Ubicado en el piso 32 del Alvear Icon de Puerto Madero, ofrece una las mejores vistas de la ciudad y del espectacular Río de la Plata. Ofrece tragos de autor y clásicos especiales de tonics y vermuts.

#buenosaires #turismo #travel

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5thand59th · 6 years

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Paseo el Rosedal, Buenos Aires

Paseo el Rosedal (the Rose Garden) was on our list of to-see places before we left the city. It’s what it sounds like - a park full of all kinds of roses in various colors. I really liked it. The only thing I would do differently if I could was go on a cooler day, as there is almost no shade and it was too hot when we went.

T is the best photographer and obviously we did a photoshoot.

#paseo el rosedal #buenos aires #argentina #palermo buenos aires #palermo #roses

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nycrunning · 5 years

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November was something… I ended up with the most mileage and tons of great runs… It started with the Abbott Dash to the Finish Line 5K, a hilly 5K through many NYC touristic attractions like the United Nations, Grand Central Station, the NY Public library, Central Park, etc, all the way to the NYC Marathon finish line. I made a little video if you want to see what it looks like. It’s quite fun.

The next day, of course, was the marathon… I started the day early with a 12 mile run before spectating. It was a gorgeous day.

The Argentinian flag by the finish line!

We started the cheering around 10:30, when some of the wheelchair athletes were still going through First Avenue. We saw the pros and a LOT of friends, a LOT.

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We then moved the cheering party to Fifth Avenue for a few hours. I had little voice left but we managed to yell and cheer for a few more hours.

After a quick lunch and regroup we headed to the finish line to cheer on the last finishers. That is the biggest party!

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November has a lot of races and amazing runs… because the leaves change, it’s just magical out. Here is one example:

I run a bit of the 60K to keep Michael company, that was fun:

The next day, I was signed up for two races. I know people who have done this but I never had. First, a 4 Miler in Central Park, at 8 am:

That went fine. Then some caffeine and up on the 1 train to Van Cortland Park for a trail 5K at 11:30 am.

That was intense… Legs were stiff right at the start of the 2nd race (it was a bit cold) but once we got moving it was fine. Happy it was a short race or I would have gotten hungry.. it was noon and all!

A few days later was Thanksgiving and spent it with family!

I am also lucky that I have a friend who lives close to my family and took me out for a 7-mile trail run, post-Turkey.

Looks sunny but don’t be fooled: it was freezing!!

That weekend we also did an exploratory long run into Queens and the neighborhoods that would be affected by Amazon’s takeover of the area. The LIC QNS waterfront has been evolving a lot in the last few years and it looks amazing. For now at least.

Told you it was a LOT!!

DATA DOWNLOAD

Total Miles: 173, that IS GOOOOOD!

Downs: Not one.

Ups: All the fun fall folliage runs… Running can be quite epic in November, when there is daylight to see it! Also, finally caught up with my yearly mileage!

Balance: ALL so good. Hey December, TOP THIS!

October

Don’t call it a comeback, but I wish it was! In October, my legs finally felt good to go again, after about 3-4 months of some twinge, strain or whatever it was. I should have stopped running and I would have been fine in a month or two, BUT I was not going to miss Summer Streets… that really messed it all up. And I was managing it properly so I didn’t have to stop running but it took waaay too long because I didn’t really take the time to fix it. Anyway, I did the Bronx 10 miler (here is the report and here is a short video of the race),

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and a week later I did the Divas Half Marathon in Long Island -a tough race for me as I was all alone after mile 4 (how do the elites do it??). Here is a video of the race.

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Then, I took a last-minute flash trip to Argentina to see the family, especially my pregnant sister and I had some amazing runs. I did a long run from Palermo to Vicente Lopez and back, and a few more runs around Palermo and inside El Rosedal. It was epic. Here is a little video I put together.

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When I came back home, there were many great runs, as it was the few weeks before the TCS New York City Marathon and there are really waaaay too many events. Which is a great thing if you can clone yourself. Otherwise, it’s FOMO all day long as it’s impossible to go to everything. Take your picks and don’t look back!

The last weekend of the month, and the week before the marathon, I do the Polland Spring 5 Miler. It was a great run with Michael, we chatted the whole way and it was my 21st race this year, a PR. Not a really a PR but I’ll take it! I am behind on mileage and still really really slow so that’s all I have these days…! Good enough for me!

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Closing up the month with a visit to the marathon expo to pick up my bib for the Abbott Dash 5K, will report on that soon!

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Total Miles: 140, oh well. SO behind my goals this year

Downs: NONE

Ups: running in Buenos Aires was literally epic. I can’t get over how fun that was!

Balance: ALL thumbs up!

September

hello Friends!

September was more work and socials and running… Is that a good thing? emmmm. You can decide (and keep it to yourself, as I like to say). There were some epic runs and some crappy runs. Mileage was pathetic not impressive. Some runs made it all worth it. We did a run to the Little Red Lighthouse, which was awesome.

I had no pain and I felt strong. The next long run was awful. The day after was AWESOME. Get the jist? A run to the Bronx and back last week was great. I was a bit all over the place (meaning: not just in Central Park) but I really like that. Had a few long runs with Kettia and Khris (as you can see I have a favorite pair of Oakleys).

The run to the Bronx was awesome but I got no pictures. I get distracted sometimes, I AM truly sorry!

Ah the sad part: Juan was ready and all packed to leave to China for his half Ironman and the RACE GOT CANCELLED…

Sad. Now we’re BOTH going to another one in November… in China also. It’s about 33 hours door to door, exciting! Gotta learn some Mandarin, help please!

and then I started feeling better. It was instantaneous. The little itch I had in the back of my leg went away last Thursday and voila… there goes 4 months of what the hell is this? but I am back!

And Sunday was the New Balance Bronx 10 Miler, ohoooo. I’ll refer you to the official post, but it was fun. Slow as F but fun. Oh well, here comes the time to pick back up the speed. yeeeeeey.

DATA DOWNLOAD

Total Miles: 116, ooops, went from the biggest month to a very small one. OK.

Downs: my knee had a weird twitch and I was getting very tired of it. Had to skip the Newport Half to make sure I was giving it the rest and time it needed.

Ups: I finally felt ok in the last week: strong and ready to push back.

Balance: Good now. I feel I am back to normal. Slow but normal.

August

is always a good month because of SUMMER STREETS, literally, I should be hired by the Summer Streets People because I feel like a community evangelizer. That is all I talk about to anyone all year long. You know it. Anyway, to recap: I like Summer Streets. A bit. If you just met me or this is the first time you read this blog, Summer Streets happens 3 weekends in August, on Saturdays: they close traffic on Park Avenue in the Upper East Side all the way to the Brooklyn Bridge, for 5 hours. It’s MAGIC.

If you missed it, shame on you (and, how are we friends???). If you never heard of it, pen it in for next year and don’t make vacation plans or don’t say yes to weddings. If you don’t live in NYC, get tickets now.

So, Summer Streets was awesome, even though it RAINED ALL THREE SATURDAYS as you can see in the pictures (ugh) and we have to chop one run short because there was lightning, thunderstorm and flash flooding (but mostly because with all that water I couldn’t keep my contacts inside my eyes…!). It was still awesome.

The day after the first Summer Streets, July something, a Sunday, I run the NYRR Manhattan Mile, a new race and a distance I’ve never run. So, automatic PR you say? Meh I don’t count those, but I WILL COUNT THE NEXT TIME I RUN THIS DISTANCE because I run it as slow AF. So, here we go: I have a bum knee. It’s not chondromalacia patellae, it’s not ITBS, I’ve ruled out a lot of things but it’s just weird because it hurts VERY randomly. AND, if I take time off, it hurts more. Go figure that one out. Good luck. Anyway, that day my knee was hurting so I struggled to finish. It was also like one hundred million degrees celsius/fahrenheit.

Luckily I had Jackie, Michael and Brian to not only keep me company but throw power boosts at me during the last mile where they all decided to pick it up and I was just not into it. Aw, friends that throw stuff at you while you want to curl and cry are the BEST! ❤ I guess.

HA.

The next weekend was another combo of Summer Streets and a race. This time I attempted to do two races on Sunday and it didn’t work out AT ALL. I wanted to do the France Run, a 5 miler in Central Park at 8, and then scoot out to Williamsburg (in Brooklyn, for all my international readers! This Wsburg is in BK, not Colonial Pennsylvania, as I had to be told a few times in my first years in NYC coming from Philly!!!) (where was I?) then scoot out to Williamsburg to race the Brooklyn Mile. My heat was at 9:30 am. Possible?? Not really. What was I thinking? Not only David and I run France Run as slow as we possibly could without bursting into a walk spider-crawl, BUT we then proceeded to be extra stooopid fun after we finished and pretend talk in French and rename everything. We then also decided, while it rained, to taste and eat all the French things they had… chocolate, financiers, it was good… oooops, it’s 9:30! CRAP. And the truth is, I wasn’t in any shape to race a mile. My knee agreed (probably).

The last weekend of August (am I missing one???) it was a doubleheader. I did the Percy Sutton 5K in Harlem on Saturday and the Henry Isola 4 Mile XC in Van Cortlandt, Bronx, on Sunday. Who knew I could handle it? The knee was stoopid all week so I run to the 5K with Kettia and David SUPER slow, like 11 pace and was thinking to maybe cheer. I felt 100% pain-free so I decided to race. It was slow (23:06 It think, 7:24 pace) well, yes, I haven’t done anything hard in 2 months so I couldn’t expect much more but I felt good and that is all I cared about. Plus it was fun. We met lots of people, Frankie run me in, we had an hour-long stop on the run back… it was all shit and giggles, the way a race morning should be (to me, don’t judge!).

We run back. I ended up with like 10 miles… then… the next day, cause I felt ok… (who feels ok the day after a 5k?) I decided to run to the Bronx to run the Henry Isola 4 miler. It’s in the trails and it’s cross country. Ummmmmmm I was an XC virgin and had NO IDEA what I was doing. I didn’t even know why my age and gender was on my bib! Or how we all run on the grass and not the path…? it was all so weird. So, I’ve done trail races, like ultras, or like Bear Mountain 50K, or stuff like that. But this was SOOO DIFFERENT. Fast but also trails, crazy. Anyway, I run to the Bronx, got there at 8 am, race was starting at 9 and it was SO BURNING HOT already… I started feeling all the heatnessticity before we even started. It’s a smaller race than the typical NYRR race, like a LOT smaller. 40% of it were we out of the trails and in THE SUN. The last loop was hard and I won’t admit this to myself but there’s a chance I didn’t negative split this race. It was still great though (if can call walking up Cemetery Hill twice because your legs can’t run up, then yes it was great).

I think you can tell how HOT it was. Maybe by the sun situation, or my sweat situation, or maybe becase my hair is fried. I didn’t run back home. At all. I tried. But no.

DATA DOWNLOAD

Total Miles: 157, biggest mileage month so far this year. Just checked and my biggest month was 187 miles in October 2016.

Races: Four. Two were miserable/slow. One was ok, one was awesome.

Ups: UM, HELLO, SUMMER STREETS. Did you forget already??? Also, that’s the most miles I run in a month this year. Catching up.

Downs: THIS STOOOOPID KNEE. Sorry, sorry, I still need love you knee, please don’t hurt me, anymore, prettyplease?

Balance: I wanna feel un-pain again and run hard, and do speedwork and I hate this crap.

July

I barely remember July already and it was just now. My parents were still visiting so we kept touristing around and we had an amazing Fourth of July with all the official NYC fireworks on the East River. Epic. I did two races, with meh performances. The first one was the NYRR

hair working hard for the picture, post-Retro 4 Miler

Retro 4 Miler, and I was really lame to not dress up, or back? I seriously will wear any costume but just like happens every single Thanksgiving Halloween, I don’t care enough to remember more than 1 minute ahead of time. Every year I tell myself I am totally going to dress up next year and then I forget. Then every year, when the costumey event happens, I tell myself I am gonna set a reminder in the calendar for a month BEFORE Halloween/race/etc so I can plan ahead… but I am a snooze-hitter with things I don’t really want to bother with (NOT the alarm, you KNOW I wake up before the alarm even goes off!), and I use my go-to motto: if I didn’t bother doing it so far, no chance in hell this is gonna get done ever. Just like with the emails at the bottom of my inbox. If it’s been 2-3 days, there’s a high chance they won’t get opened/read/replied to… AAAANYWAY, I didn’t wear a costume for the Retro Run because I am lame. But people do, and it’s SUPER fun and I really really really always wish I did. mooooving on. Ah, so, the race. Wasn’t feeling it. I met with Courtney to do about 4 or 5 miles before and I kept wanting to go home. I was THIS close. Does that ever happen to you?

Then, I also did the NYRR R U N 5K in Central Park last week. Also wasn’t fast or anything special. It was a bit like hell hot so I decided to hold it in a bit. I managed to not kill myself. It was meh, but I love that course, it’s pretty fast with just one hill. Saw like a million people I knew, which was fun as always to catch up and chit chat and all those things with lots of chs in them. cha cha cha.

If anything else exciting, fun, amazing happened, I either don’t remember or it’s totally private or NSFW! HAAA, got you thinking!!!

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exciting huh? I am behind on my mileage… been behind since,… January??? I am lazy or having too much fun, you decide.

Total Miles: 152, not bad, not bad… not amazing but the most this year. July is a good month to run!

Races: 2. LAME!!!! Last month I had 6… so… AH THAT’S WHY MY MILEAGE IS UP!!!

Ups: I heart running in the summer. LOVE IT. JULY NEEDS TO BE 325 DAYS PLEASE.

Downs: omg my hair in the weather. HELP. Send the firemen or the paramedics or Paolo Puttanesca asap.

Balance: I have no idea. ALL I CARE ABOUT RIGHT NOW IS SUMMER STREETS. SUMMER STREETS STARTS IN TWO DAYS. SUMMER STREETS IS THE BEST. SUMMER STREETS HERE I COME. SUMMER STREETS IS THE BEST. DID I TELL YOU I LOVE SUMMER STREETS?

can you tell I am melting?

June

was a great month. Let me break it down before I forget it all (photos and a super organized calendar really do help!). I often wondered if I should do these weekly… there is so much to say but then I forget. Anyway, JUNE was BUSY, My parents came to visit from Argentina, which is awesome, they come every other year, for about a month and it was amazing. We did everything, we went everywhere, I got myself them so tired every single day…. it was awesome and rough at the same time. We literally did it all in a month. We even went to Miami for a few days of untamable hair and sticky skin. I forgot how insanely hot Miami is in the summer. #protip, don’t effing go to Miami in the summer, ever. or really, at any other time but definitely NO in the summer.

Anyway, the month started with the Italy Run NYC, a 5-mile race in Central Park, sponsored by Ferrero where I proceeded to smear Nutella all over me post-race, best celebration possible, correct? Before you ask, there are no pictures of that because it’s a LIE. Race was good; my performance… meh (actually, I don’t remember anymore!).

Literally 3 days later, I did another race, the Summer Series 5K in Prospect Park. It’s on Wednesdays at 7 pm, which REALLY messes up my sleep AND my Thursday morning run with my Flyers friends, BUT…I kinda love showing up because:

I see lots of friends I don’t see every day in Central Park

I cherish (and also hate) racing in a different course than the ones I did one million times in CP (though it’s also harder)

Love the small race ambiance

Also, don’t remember much I think (given there is a picture of my holding a medal, duh) that I placed and I got a medal. Oh, and I totally remember I got something like 71% AG. YEAH, nbd.

And… 3 days right after this one, I had the 3rd race in 6 days… can you imagine how that one is gonna go???? So, Saturday morning was a Mini10K, which is a mega party, so I wasn’t going to miss it. BUT, I also wasn’t going to miss the other mega party Friday night… So come Saturday morning I was a MESS… my feet hurt (from the heels or dancing, who knows!) and I was sleeeeeeepy, SO SLEEEEEPY. I have no idea why, NOT ONLY I SHOWED UP TO THE RACE, BUT I also met Elizabeth (she is real, I promise) to do 4 miles before the race. MENTAL.

But, it was all worth it. I run it, EASY, with 3 friends, and it was a frigging BLAST. I regret nothing. #noregerts.

Told you it was FUN! Yeah, I was physically miserable but no one remembers that… smh. So then my parents arrived and we started the daily tour of all the food and all the things we don’t tell the tourists about. AND the World Cup. June was literally mental. Somehow I managed to get to Queens the next weekend, early, to run the Queens 10K. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to make the trek because Argentina was playing at 9 am against Iceland and I’d miss the first half, but so happy I went… Not only I had tons of fun at the race, I SOMEHOW (…miraculously) managed to do OK. Noooo, not a PR or even close but I got up to 69% AG, I was just one minute off from my PR, which is from frigggggging 2013! Does that even count anymore? I say NO.

I am a sucker for high-fives!

Then, wait for this because the madness doesn’t stop there…. I did TWO races the next weekend!!!! YEAH, again, NBD! Crazy, right? I agree. It’s good that I am a biomechanics coach and I know what I am doing because otherwise my leggies would have fallen off by then… Saturday was the Pride Run and OMG I WAS NOT GONNA MISS THAT. I always race the Achilles Hope and Possibility race (which was going to the next day), so I decided to take the Pride Run easy and save my legs for Sunday. Only… I didn’t quite do that. I ended up with a lot of fun AND 12 miles… oooops. #mischiefmanaged (for you all PotterHeads!)

Jackie, Mary, Michael and I run the whole thing chatting from start to end. And the outfits were ON POINT.

Sunday I woke up to do a few miles before the Achilles Hope and Possibility race and I was wishing I had raced the day before… It was muggy, humid, gross and I was tired. You do what you can.

David and Patricia (and corrals B,C,D,E and F) smoked me but I was happy. My parents had come to spectate and it was AWESOME. They came both days. They LOVED IT. Those two races and really something. REALLY REALLY something.

The next weekend was a wash because I was out of town, and back just on July 1st to watch the husband race the NYC TRI, with the parents and my cheering crew along. TRIATHLETES ARE CRAZY, just saying. But he’s so cute, it evens out.

DATA DOWNLOAD

Total Miles: 139, eeeeeek. too much racing makes the mileage go puff!

Races: SIX. 6 races in month. That’s probably maybe a PR, at least this year… ha, I have 12 races this year, 6 in ONE MONTH.

Ups: All the fun things I did with the parents…!!! The Nutella at the Italy Run was HEAVEN. The Mini10K was SO FUN. Queens was a MEGA REVELATION. Pride and Achilles get me teary every time…

Downs: Mileage was yuk and I am behind my yearly goal. Tapering before races and how sore I am sometimes after…

Balance: ALL AWESOME!!!! I can’t believe I did all those races with all the other stuff I had going on…!

May

May was a whirlwind!! So much happened, and so many races also! I remember I started the month with something we had planned since September last year: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child!

Call me a Potterhead, That was awesome! Twelve hours later, I was up early for the Newport 10K, just over the Hudson, one of my favourite 10Ks, because 1, it’s flat, 2, the finish line bagels (and I don’t really like bagels!). The race was a blast as usual: I’ve run it a few times and it always delivers! It’s usually hot but I love the vibe and the views!

Of course, as usual, there were many runs and stairs workouts sprinkled through the month:

And then there was the Japan Run. I remembered being tired from something but then, at the start, I met with Brian and Nick and Jackie, and we all decided to run together and pace Jackie. Those are my favorite types of races!

Way too much fun was had!! The next weekend, just so I wouldn’t fall off the wagon, I run the NYPD Memorial Run 5K. It was HOT and humid but I rallied and for the first time in months, I did OK. I measure my race performances by AG and I feel I do ok when I get close or over the 70% AG mark. Lately, I had been around 64% to 69%, and in this race I went back up to 70% wohoooo. Also, it was super fun to run on the West Side Highway. I really like how wide it is there.

Then, three days later, after a brutal stairs workout and speedwork, we raced the Prospect Park Summer Series 5K: no biggie. The course was slower (as there is a hill in Prospect Park) but I managed very similar results! Just like 10 or 20 seconds off. I find it so weird to race at night (well, 7 pm), that I find it quite amusing to try to figure out what to eat, how much, when, etc. Of course, then I slept like crap after because I was so wired!

That was a lot of racing…!

DATA DOWNLOAD:

Total Miles: 147, coming back up, but it’s hard with those short races because I feel like I need a good taper before and then my legs are thrashed for a few days…

Races: FOUR, here we go. Racing season is upon us!

Ups: the NYPD and the Summer Series 5K were definitely a surprise! I wasn’t expecting to do so well (NOT IN PR SHAPE YET THOUGH, ok?) and even though I don’t feel as strong as I used to, feeling in control of the situation really helps! One more thing: Central Park blossoming is the BEST!

Downs: how tired my legs feel two days after any short race! YUK

Balance: VERY HAPPY

So, I need to race more. Even if I am not in fighting shape or without any kind of expectations, I really enjoy it. The fewer expectations I have, the more fun I have, and so I go out there controlled and just let the race happen. I’ve actually started measuring races and performance by the amount of time it takes me to get back home, aka “how much fun I have”. For example, the NYPD Memorial Run was at 9 am and I got home at 4 pm: THAT is a successful race in my eyes now. The truth is I am not always (or ever again!) be as fast as I used to be or as I would like to be or as I would expect to be, so what should I do? Stay home until I feel I am in shape? HECK NO. To me, races are not a test of my fitness or “what I get from the work I put in” but a chance to enjoy with the community of friends who like to get out and enjoy the park with one foot in front of another trying to stay healthy. Yes, I’ll push hard here and there, but if one day I don’t feel like it or I decide to stick with a friend, it’ll be no different: it just HAS to be fun.

April

We started the month in Argentina, which was great because it was WARM and hey, it was vacations. Got to see the fam and a few touristy things of course, and yeah, a few runs with Juan. Oh and of course I ate my face away. Lots of asado and steaks but also a lot of nikkei, my favourite non-native cuisine while in Argentina (my favourite non-native in the US is Japanese and French, you always gotta know where to get what!). I got back, I did a 4 miler in Central Park, the Run as One… it was so long ago, I can barely remember, or maybe it’s because I’ve been racing a lot the last two months! Oh yeah, I remember I got really hot (I was overdressed) and started way too fast or something, here is one picture!

I obviously spent some time running around, exhibit A:

or working:

or with Juan, usually eating crap:

and/or usually with friends, running or not!!!

DATA DOWNLOAD:

Total Miles: 119. Ooops. That’s low. I really vacationed in Argentina… IT HAPPENS, OKAY?

Races: just one but it was more like a tempo, wasn’t expecting to go all out.

Ups: the fun runs!

Downs: didn’t get a lot done!

Balance: it was good -> lots of blossoming happening all over NYC made it amazingly beautiful!

March

March is always a good month because it is my birthday!!! HA. I started the month with a race, the NYRR Washington Heights Salsa, Blues and Shamrocks 5K (there is a post there), which wasn’t great time wise but it was fun. See proof here:

There was a lot of running, maybe not tons of miles, because it was still cold as hell Alaska? ok Alaska, but it got done.

And the United NYC Half happened. I saw so many of you there. That was an intense week and I was REALLY just a bit jealous of everyone running the new course. I got to run parts of it last year and was on one of the Pro lead trucks on race day and it looked amazing!! and everyone looked SO happy at the finish line… Really jelly So happy for you all!!!

We then went to San Antonio for a few quiet days of pulled pork and warmer weather. For my bday. We ate a LOT. We run a bunch too:

DATA DOWNLOAD:

Total Miles: 151, it’s starting to pick up

Races: one. and I was so not wanting to race!

Ups: I did a lot of really great runs

Downs: still not feeling my best.

Balance: not letting it get to me. Let’s hope the nicer weather brings better running!

Also, one more thing I forgot to report on this whole year. A few friends and I have been doing monthly challenges. January was squats, February was pushups, March was planks. We usually just grab one from popsugar.com. Basically it tells you how many to do every day and each day is a bit more. It’s interesting. Maybe you’d want to try it with a few friends? we all text each other to make sure we’re all doing them EVERY DAY… Protip: it works better with a reward at the end of the month!!!!!!!!!!

February

was weird. I happened so quick I barely noticed. Instead of ice-fest, we had a few meltdowns (all kinds of meltdowns!) and even one day in the 70s… OH OH what are people going to use now to discredit “””global warming“””? I feel so bad for those polar bears, and hey, we won’t be moving to Venice anytime soon. Glad I live in a 2nd floor too, but I digress… Anyway, my body decided also to have a meltdown and I had a couple of stooopid issues (my hormones have decided they need more attention than any Kardashian!) and even some very very easy runs where my heart rate was about 50 over the usual… anyway, I was signed up for the NYRR Al Gordon Brooklyn 4M, and I was literally too tired to get up. Of course, I ended up running 11 miles in Central Park instead but my pace was 10:00 and my heart rate was at 82%. Insane. You just can’t win them all, can you? About two weeks ago, I spent the husband and I spent two hours shopping for half marathons for me… I came up with not a lot. If you have any ideas, let me know. Also, my running is so up and down I’ve started questioning if I should try to take some weeks/months off so my body doesn’t feel pressured and maybe that would help?

ha, I was just kidding! I’d be super hyper and way too annoying after just two days and waaaaay unhappy. So, let me just slow down, do it when my body is ok with it, and just enjoy it with no pressure. Deal?

So, I had a few awesome runs, still.

Plus it was Valentine’s Day and who thinks we’d let any reason to celebrate pass by? any excuse works!

Also, I got to spend some quality time at work (at NYRR) with some people you might know… Meb and Jenny. Do you even need last names? Don’t think so! Meb is now a Team for Kids Ambassador and Jenny is a Rising NYRR Ambassador and both were in town to run the Virtual For the Kids 5K race. If you haven’t check NYRR’s Virtual Races, you should.

Anyway, it all went waaay too fast!

DATA DOWNLOAD

Total Miles: 124, emmm, got lazy a bit!

Races: big old zero for the year

Ups: weather got surprisingly “hot”. 40s and some 50s even.

Downs: not feeling my best.

Balance: i am getting a bit frustrated. cause, wtf.

January

was really cold. The first two weeks we set cold weather records. It was awful. Running was awful. I started the year working at the midnight run and it was really really cold. I wore everything and it was still crazy cold. But it’s a super fun race!

It was so cold that the races on the second weekend of January got canceled. I managed to run both Saturday and Sunday but it was insanely cold. Everyone kept asking me what I was training for, as most people assumed I had to get the miles in for some marathon or something. I am not really training for anything, just trying to not let the winter win. I can’t say I loved it, but I got out there.

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As you can see there was a couple of blizzards in there, snow, ice, and all the layers. Luckily we had planned a trip to Mexico for mid-January to escape the cold. The vacation part was uneventful but we had a few epic runs with Juan (the husband!).

First night in the hotel, a guy who worked there came up to talk to Juan as he was wearing his 2017 TCS New York City Marathon shirt, to ask him if he had run the marathon. Turned out that Armando, our new friend at the hotel, was a runner too and invited us to his team’s workout the next morning. So, at 6:30 am we went out to meet up the Red Runners, who were having a special run as one of their teammates had passed that week. There was a half an hour of a warm-up, everyone in a circle, probably around 130 people, and the coach had a microphone and big speakers. Before we headed out, we all got one white rose to carry for the memorial. We all run together to a gorgeous lighthouse I never would have seen, we got there with the sunrise, there were speeches, even a triathlete pastor, there were prayers, and we run back with the boombox in tow. Everyone was together. It was very moving. And everyone was so welcome to this stranger. It was very special.

When I travel, to me, the best thing EVER is to hang with the locals. Nothing could have beat that run.

Juan and I did have a few osom runs. The day after the run with Red Runners, there was a race in town, which we didn’t sign up for because registration was miles and miles away but we run to the start and finish to cheer/spectate. Funnest part: Kukulcan road (the main drag) had no traffic for the race. Quite FUN!

The next few days we did great. We did a tempo together and we run back to the lighthouse so Juan could see it. We managed to get the sunrise too.

And like that, we were back and the month was over!

DATA DOWNLOAD!

Total Miles: 140

Races: not even one. But we spectated at one..!

Ups: the runs in Mexico!

Downs: running in the sub 10 temperatures (which is like minus 20 in Celsius). NOT FUN. WITH WIND!

Balance: can it be June now? I really miss racing a LOT.

November 2018 - the year is almost over! November was something... I ended up with the most mileage and tons of great runs... It started with the Abbott Dash to the Finish Line 5K, a hilly 5K through many NYC touristic attractions like the United Nations, Grand Central Station, the NY Public library, Central Park, etc, all the way to the NYC Marathon finish line.

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