After spending the last night in Ushuaia with a big dinner and a long night out I continued to Buenos Aires to meet up with a friend. First of all I had a very important thing to do. I went to the German Embassy in Buenos Aires. My first time in a German Embassy. It’s a bit awkward to have a little Germany in the middle of a South American city. But if I don’t want to end this journey with the headline “He had to come back – passport was full!” 😂 I needed a solution. I am running out of pages in my passport – there are only 2,5 left. But I had to find out that the preliminary passport valid for a year does not get you in the US and the full one takes 2-3 weeks to arrive. So both were no options for me since I will not stay three weeks in Buenos Aires now and the US could play a role in my summer plans. But more to that later… I did get my passport pictures done – just in case. And the coolest thing ever is that I will have my new passport with these pictures for the next ten years – the beard didn’t even fit fully on the picture 🤘
Well and then I linked with my friends again and started exploring the cute little town of Colonia del Sacramento. Founded in 1680 by the Portuguese and since then in various hands. A lot of old buildings and just a super chilled place which is well worth a visit even only for half a day. You also don’t need more to explore the old city. I of course was excited like a little school kid to start taking pictures after the inspirational three weeks with Dietmar. And I have to say I am very happy with the outcome!
On the way back we were again on the same ferry and continued our talk from earlier. I shared a lot of my amazing experiences, learnings and realisations and again received the feedback how interesting it is to listen. I have received quite a lot of very personal messages in the last weeks and month from friends who encourage me to continue writing because they take things out for themselves. But I also do receive more and more comments from people I have never met before and which end up on this site through the most different ways. Carola for example red the entire blog from front to back in about three weeks after she knew about it. I have to admit that enjoy sharing my stories and reflections more and more and also the writing has become a very important thing in my life. And I assume that not everyone who likes it also leaves a comment. Who would have thought – the guy who couldn’t write more than two pages in the high school German exams. On the other hand it also becomes quite a time consuming task. The more detailed it gets, the more focus lies on the photos now the more time it takes which actually prevents me from being present. Something I have to balance in the near future.
On the next day we went for a city tour in La Boca. It’s the old working class area which was very important in the development of Buenos Aires due to the harbour. Now La Boca is known for the colourful buildings and the world famous soccer team Boca Junior where also Maradona has played. I opted for a guided walking tour after the really amazing experience from La Paz. I still like to explore myself but I usually would pass by a lot of places without even knowing. And it was really good. Just a few impressions from La Boca.
On my way back to Cusco now. While I was sitting at the gate in Buenos Aires looking outside of the window – what did I have to see. Coincidence? Destiny? Tough to tell, but the little aircraft on the right hand side is the Lufthansa 747-8 on it’s way to Frankfurt…
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Alaska!!! Take some time in Homer. Maybe rent La Caletta Cabin in Sadie Cover. You will have solitude. And you can explore Kachemak Bay by Kayak and make some Day/Two Day Hikes, always returning to your cabin. And if the time is right, go up to Denali and wrestle that Mountain!
Hey Flo, wenn du die Antwort noch nicht hast, dann macht so viel Denken auch keinen Sinn. Ich glaube der Weg liegt manchmal irgendwo zwischen den Gedanken. Muss nicht alles perfekt sein Sir. Cheers s.
Das heißt dann Kolumbien, oder was? 😂
Take it easy Flo!
Manchmal kommt die Antwort ganz spontan in dein Leben gepurzelt und vor allem dann, wenn du am wenigsten damit rechnest 🙂
Und jetzt ab mit dir in die Berge damit der Kopf frei wird.
LG Jules
Hahahaha! Da hast Du wohl recht 😉