Not sure if this happens to you also, but when I go back to a place where I have lived, it always unsettles me. On the one hand, it feels...

Alex and I are back in Buenos Aires after 5 weeks in the USA. Following local regulations, we now need to quarantine for 14 days, which...

So... what do you know about Indianapolis? I myself knew nothing, except maybe some vague association with Formula One races. And indeed,...

After a culturally enriching stay in Philadelphia, Alex and I traveled by Amtrak train to Washington DC, or rather from 30th street...

We escaped ! Alex and I were able to secure seats last week, on a special flight from Buenos Aires to New York . We headed straight to...

Still in Buenos Aires, still in lock-down but with the hope of traveling to the US next Thursday on a special flight (fingers crossed)....

Today Argentina passed the bar of 5000 Covid-19 related deaths since the beginning of the epidemic. Similar to most countries, funeral...

And the lock-down continues here, slowing down the epidemic.... In fact, it's a sort of semi lock down in the sense that there are people...

Argentina has not been hit nearly as hard by Covid-19 as its less fortunate Latin American neighbors Brazil, Colombia and Peru. The...

July 28th, big day: the hairdressers are opening again! But apparently that isn't enough to make people happy. I read this morning - no...

Today's post is a little technical but also has a small element of fashion :) The continuing lock down in Buenos Aires did not prevent us...

Today is the "Dia del Amigo" here. Actually, Argentina has a day for everything: teachers day, students day, architect day, writers day,...

This is the Brazil itinerary we have drawn so far on the map in our kitchen. Hopefully we will have better weather than last time we...

Surpise! Despite lock down and economic crisis, my second -mostly autobiographical- book has been accepted by Letras del Sur, contract...

Day 115 and only yesterday did I realize that the local version of Sanitary and Social Distancing recommendations was different! It...

D 111 of lock down... I tend to spend a little more time reading the Sunday paper these days and this week I was reminded of the...

Exactly 50 years ago, on July 4th 1970, my baby sister Heleen was born in the Netherlands, during our family's summer break. Until a few...

Today is day 104 of the lock-down, and the first day of a new 17 day period of stricter controls to reduce circulation in the Buenos...

You must have seen it : Latin America is now the new epicenter of the pandemic. All news used to be only about Italy, Spain, France and...

Today I asked myself this question: are lock-down clothes like maternity clothes? I mean do you feel like throwing them all away once the...