Downtime

We have been in Argentina for about 20 days now, and I've come to really value the concept of "downtime."  Dr. and I talked extensively about this when we were planning our trip, but especially after living in the land of the "siesta" I have now come to appreciate and embrace it.

I struggled with downtime when I was employed, as I often knew I needed a mental break, but I hated feeling unproductive (Dr.'s note - ha ha somehow I never struggled with feeling unproductive during downtime. I'm kind of an expert at unproductive downtime).  Even if it wasn't work, I felt obligated to "work" on other things like staying connected with friends and family, laundry, cleaning house, etc.

Now that we're retired world travelers (I say that a little tongue in cheek), I've come to greatly value brain candy time.  This is the "do nothing" time where we aren't planning our next outing, or working out logistics for our next location.  Junking out of YouTube, reading a book, sitting in the sunshine, people watching at a cafe. Glass of wine at 2pm?  Done.  Watch a video about how to take better photos?  Absolutely.  Read one of the many books I intend to get to?  Game on!

Often these are also the times when I'm most inspired to pen our blog posts.  It gives me time to reflect on what we've done, build excitement around what the future holds, and also simply live in the moment.

Downtime should be a mandatory part of any balanced lifestyle.  For us, this is the time we get to feel "normal" again.  Traveling is an amazing experience, but it can be draining trying to immerse yourself in a foreign country attempting to speak and understand a foreign language all day long (Dr.'s note - the language part of my brain gets scrambled way too easily. For example, I'll accidentally say "sorry" in French instead of Spanish, leaving everyone - especially myself - scratching their heads in confusion). We have conversations exclusively in English, we watch English speaking programming and read English publications.  As we rely heavily on each other in our day-to-day adventures, downtime also serves as a time when we can be independent and do whatever it is that we are feeling in the moment.

Dr.'s brain

While I knew that I needed more quality downtime in my employed life, it was always difficult to achieve, or at least to appreciate.  Now, downtime feels great and deserved, and has become incredibly valuable instead of simply shifting my worry from work to home.  Hopefully you all will have some excellent downtime in the coming days as well!

Igazu Falls

Hey Gang,

So we are finally back in a more urban place that offers reliable WiFi, so what better time to write about and share photos of our trip to Iguazu Falls!

Like the other posts, if you want to jump straight to the photos and videos, you can find them here.
The videos are a great example of how insanely powerful this place is. Literally and figuratively. It's impressive how can a place the so loud and yet so peaceful.


When planning this leg of our trip, everyone said we had to see the following:

• Buenos Aires
• Mendoza (wine country)
• Iguazu Falls

So far, we have not been steered wrong.  Iguazu was the first place we went after BA, so I definitely still had some nervousness about getting around.  We thankfully had a remises (private driver) from the airport to our AirBnB, which was a comforting start.

I wish I would have taken more pictures at the airport as there were some funny/odd things along the way, like the TV/Electronics store inside the airport.  Who is going to buy a 50" TV at the airport? Is this their Best Buy or wherever else people buy TVs these days?

Either way, we arrived, checked in, and got on the plane in the same fashion we would have in the states.  All good stuff.

The City - Puerto Iguazu

The city Puerto Iguazu could not have been more different than BA.  First of all, it's in the jungle.  Like some of the more lush parts of Mexico, it was hot, humid and chock full of trees/bugs/wild animals.

We took a bus into town and got settled into our AirBnB place.  While it was only $34USD/night, it was still pretty "rustic" complete with 2 raggedy dogs (Dr.'s translation = kinda gross). Our host was incredibly nice, welcoming and accommodating.

Our first night in town was pretty low-key. We were strong-armed by our host to eat at this touristy Italian joint, who was most definitely getting a kick-back from the restaurant for his recommendation.  We knew this as he handed us a 10% off coupon and a free drink ticket, for which he asked us to pick up more free drink tickets so he could hand them out to his customers (he is a taxi driver).

When we were walking back to our place from the restaurant, we stumbled upon some pretty decked out cars with outrageous sound systems.

You can see from the photo that this VW Golf sized car had 4 huge speakers on the hatch that were so heavy that they had to have a metal rod holding the hatch open (Dr.'s note - it was bitchin).  It reminded me of how I wanted to hook up my Chevy Blazer when I was 16 with deafening speakers in the back.  Apparently this was how Puerto Iguazu's cool kids spent their Friday night.  And by Friday night, I mean Saturday morning as this started at like midnight.

The Falls

After a fairly interrupted slumber, compliments of the cars that go boom, we awoke at the crack of 7am (the earliest we had woken in our time in Argentina) to ensure we were at the Falls when it opened.  We had read and heard that this was the best time to go, which turned out to be completely accurate.

We got to the falls at opening, bought our tickets and got a really nice low-down from our AirBnB host, who drove us to the falls.  We caught the first train to the top of the park to see the "Devil's Throat."

Garganta del Diablo - Devil's Throat

The "Devil's Throat" is basically the beginning of the falls from the Iguazu River.  It's such a dramatic drop with a HUGE amount of water rushing over (62,010 cu ft/s according to Wikipedia), that it creates this mist you see in the photo.  Below is a photo I shot from our departure from Iguazu to show you how significant this mist is.

You can see the mist from most of the park and the surrounding area.  It almost looks like a forest fire.

Either way, this was a killer spot to take some photos, like the one below, beautifully edited by Derek Fuentes.

We were followed by a group of like 50-70 tourists from Mercedez-Benz (they all had adorable matching back-packs with the logo), so we hightailed it out of there in an attempt to pass the crowd, and took the train down to the "upper loop" to get a better look at the rest of the falls.

Upper Loop

While both the upper and lower loops offer views of rest of the falls, they offer much different perspectives, which you will see in the photos.  The Upper Loop offers views from the top of the falls, while the Lower Loop offers views from more the middle of the falls and viewed from across the falls, rather than on top of them.

While pictures do speak 1,000 words, nothing comes close to being there.  When you are there, you can completely understand why Iguazu Falls are listed as one of the "7 Natural Wonders of the World."  It's powerful, beautiful and thanks to the Argentina park system, very well preserved and relatively un-spoiled.  We walked along all of the upper loop, seeing various viewpoints of the many, many falls, including my own:

There was also a small island in the middle of the falls named San Martin Island.  While the water was too rough for the boat to ferry us over to it, you can imagine what the views would be from there staring right at the falls from the photo below.

Lower Loop

Just like the Upper Loop, the views are pretty incredible, however the lower loop offers a different perspective as you are looking across the water to the falls, rather than from on top of the falls (Dr.'s note - all I could thing was why wasn't an Indiana Jones or Jurassic Park filmed here? Apparently I'm super smart - IMDB told me Indiana Jones: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull had some scenes here. But what proper Indiana Jones fan actually saw the Crystal Skull? Am I alone here? Shia seems annoying).

It was refreshing walking through the Lower Loop as it was getting a little later in the day (around 1pm) and starting to warm up, even with the overcast skies.  The nice part was, as you get farther on the lower loop, you get closer to the water, and get a little "misting" from the falls.  Ultimately, the loop leads you to this pretty spectacular and close-up view of part of the falls.

There is a particular section that you can go to that is almost underneath the falls themselves.

As you can tell, we didn't go all the way to the falls, as evidenced by the people in the background of the photo of me, but close enough to give perspective of how awesome this place is.

Coati - The Cute Honey Badgers of Iguazu Falls

At first glance, these little Raccoon/Aardvark hybrids are pretty adorable, they really are more Raccoon than Aardvark as they are nasty little guys. With sharp teeth/claws and a hunger for shitty left over tourist empanadas, they can be really nasty if you get in between them and some food.  They are pretty adorable looking though, so from the safety of your computer, you can experience them here:

Cotai getting too close to Dr., Dr. freaking out

Iguazu Falls - Worth The Trip

We talked to several people that did both the Brazil side and Argentina side of the falls, but the overall feeling was that the Argentina side was definitely better as it is the side that the falls are actually on.  Apparently the Brazil side offers a fun and different perspective of the falls, but I was extremely pleased with our experience.  Our advisors were definitely spot-on, if you have a limited amount of time in Argentina, Iguazu should definitely be on the short list.

I encourage you all to check out the photos and videos and keep an eye out for our next post about touring the Argentina countryside.  Definitely a different experience from city living, but very pleasing and a very memorable part of our trip thus far!

XOXO,

AT y La Médica

Finally Back to Reliable WiFi and an Inspirational Quote

Hey Gang,


After a few days in the countryside of Argentina, we are back in a big city (Cordoba).  We just arrived a short while ago and i'm uploading photos of our journey to share hopefully sometime this week.

In the meantime, I found this story from our Seattle friend Kory DeAngelo, and wanted to share.  We are all looking for inspiration from time to time and in-line with my original post about why we are doing this trip, this story really stuck out to me.  Below is my favorite quote from the story, but I would encourage you to give it a read.


"Life is an experiential, right-now experience, and that’s it. We can speculate, remember, plan and fear, but those experiences too only happen here: between your ears, in this room, now and only ever now."


The whole story can be found here.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and keep an eye out for some beautiful photos and fun stories from Iguazu Falls and the Argentinian country-side!


XOXO,


AT & The Dr.

Dr.'s Note - Screw Bacteria, I Want Salad & Iced Coffee

Hola Amigos,

It started out as a terror filled evening after accidentally drinking a coca-cola light with South America ice in it (yikes!). Everyone warned me to avoid ingesting international water and uncooked produce at all costs...or else. "All it takes was a sip and you could be sick for days!" said my travel vaccinations guy. "I got sick after drinking bottled water in South America!" said our tax guy. Crap, (pun not intended, but now I see it and am keeping it), what a way to start out our adventure!

Shockingly, that frosty cold coke light did no damage. Instead of seeing that as a bullet luckily dodged, I took it as an sign that my body is obviously invincible to the foreign bacteria that I've been warned will wreak havoc on my digestive system. I decided to tempt fate again.

Next, I ate an apple after washing it off in local water... Dun dun DUN! My body was like "Pffft. I love apples, bring it on". I was like "OK body. Game. Freaking. On."

Next, I downed iced coffee with local ice, and more fruit. My body was like "Stop pussy footing around, Dr." I was like "Hell yeah body, let's do this".

I'd still avoided salad, as my free app from the CDC called "Can I Eat This?" gives me a big fat NO recommendation every time I ask it if I can try local produce that's not cooked to hell. Uncooked veggies have a much higher risk of treating me to a visit from Uncle Montezuma (see image below).

CDC says NO!

In two short weeks I've gone from afraid-of-ice to drinking straight out of a storm drain here in Salta, Argentina. Well, not quite a storm drain (I don't think that would be a good look on me), but until something goes wrong I am going to eat and drink without fear.

So here I still am, far, so good! My body's like "Go girl, high five!" and I'm like "Body, you crazy, I can't high five myself".

Dear friends, am I brave? Or stupid? Or both? Please either send me a high five in the comments, or a "what are you thinking!" smack upside the head, or tell us your harrowing story when you ate outside of the safety of the U.S.

Signing off while still Montezuma free.

Love, Dr.

Buenos Aires - The Paris of South America!

Buenos Aires (or BA for short) is nothing short of awesome.  It was the first stop on our trip, so there were a lot of "firsts" for us, including:

• First stop on our world tour
• First time in a country where English isn't widely spoken (I mean really, every time we've been to Mexico we're at a resort where everyone speaks English)
• First time exploring this big of a city (apparently 8 million people live in the greater BA area)

First off, I want and need to say a HUGE thanks to Scott Craig, Robyn Nazar, Andrea Wells, Dan Duvall and Sarah Deutsch!  You all were beyond helpful and we wouldn't have had near the amount of fun and confidence in our trip if it wasn't for your guidance.

For those that want to skip right to the good stuff, you can find our photos of BA here.

Our Barrio (neighborhood) - Palermo

We stayed in an area of town called Palermo SoHo.  It is the more fun and happening part of town, but also one of the safest parts of town.  While I still was on guard at all times and armed with my tactical pen, we were very safe walking around at any hour of the day.  We did find out that the next block south of us was a film studio, and the adjacent part of town (Palermo Hollywood) is famous for it's TV production.  No wonder there were so many good looking people walking about (ourselves included).

We quickly found out on day 2 that nothing happens in the town (and probably most of the country) between around 2pm until about 8pm.  Restaurants are closed, bars are closed and basically the only thing that is open are Cafes (hallelujah!).  This turned out to be okay as we didn't wake up until about 2pm local time anyway, so the first thing we wanted was a good cup of coffee and a breakfasty/snack kind of meal.

Our evenings often found us in this place Yolo Bar was our local watering hole.  I had mentioned it in the first night post, but this really was a great little spot.  It was on the corner from our delightful AirBnB apartment, and proved to be a great standby.  Gabi, our English speaking server, was there every night, which made it a little easier to be in as there was zero translation problems.

Street Art

Another thing we found was that even though this was a pretty nice part of town, there was a fair amount of graffiti, or more accurately, street art.

 

This is only a limited sample, but you can tell that there was a least a little artistry that went into it.  What was more fascinating was that no one took it down or painted over it, at least in the week we stayed there.  While some may see it as an eyesore (perhaps the 2nd photo in particular), there was certainly a bit of charm and talent to it. Have you ever tried to spray paint a wall? Not easy...*cough*...I mean I haven't either.

Drivers vs Pedestrians

This was a fascinating experience.  While in the lawsuit happy U.S. there are fairly clear lines of demarcation between when you are allowed to cross the street and not, or when a car is allowed to go through a crosswalk or not, none of that existed in BA.  Cars and people lived intertwined and it worked!  There was certainly a fair amount of honking on any given street at any given hour, but we saw no accidents, no people yelling at cars and really only one or two people yelling at us as we were getting acquainted with this crazy system.

The lines that mark the lanes in the streets were also merely a suggestion.  Our drivers constantly would drive taking up 2 lanes and just drive like that for miles.  People would just drive around us.  It was like controlled anarchy.

There were also no yield signs that we saw.  You could be at a four way stop between two one way streets and cars just knew when to go.  Basically just people and cars appearing fully aware of their surroundings and being responsible for their own safety.  People would step within inches of oncoming traffic, wait for a break, then cross the street.  I imagine it's like this in big cities, like NYC or Chicago, but this was serious business to us.  Cars just knew when to go when there were no lights or stop signs. Coming from Seattle where people are notorious for obeying the "walk" signal on a crosswalk, this did not sit well with Andrea. Man up, Dr.!

The refreshing part was that everyone knew the system.  Everyone appeared to take responsibility for themselves.  Old, young, male, female, everyone just seemed to get along just fine.

Food

This place is a meatopia.  They celebrate it like a religion.  While at least on the west coast of the US, people tend to be relatively health conscious and believe in incorporating leafy green vegetables in their diets, we saw almost none of this in BA.  Meat is king, for sure.  You want a side with your meat?  BOOM! Potatoes it is.  We ate at a fancy restaurant called Don Julio in Palermo SoHo, and even our side of grilled veggies with our steak was predominantly potato and sweet potato, accented with a slice or two of zucchini and a tiny red onion.  To further the point, we had a Mexican meal one night at a place that got good reviews and was really close to our AirBnB.  Andrea, being the healthy minded gal that she is, ordered a salad.  That salad, which was one of 3 salad options on a 4 page menu, consisted of watercress, orange slices, avocado and grilled chicken.  Not the most appetizing or tasty (Dr's note - this restaurant sucked. Still craving Mexican food).  I'm glad I got the carnitas de puerco.

For dinner options, in particular, you basically had your choice of meat (sausage, steak, fish, pork, maybe chicken) and some potato option.  While we were never really awake for "breakfast" in the traditional sense, from those I spoke to, it's really nothing more than a "media luna" which is code for croissant, and some form of espresso based beverage.  Where we thrived was around the "Merienda", or late afternoon snack.  

Because we would wake up during the prime siesta time (roughly between 3-8pm), we often found ourselves heading to a cafe to eat as they were the only game in town during that hour.  We found this coffee shop, Full City Coffee.

It turns out that BA is not known for their coffee quality.  While I didn't really have a bad shot of espresso, there certainly were little to no options for a quality cup of American-style drip coffee.  I knew this was coming in our travels, but still crave it, none-the-less.  After a bunch of research, we found Full City.  From what I read, the lady proprietor is the daughter of a Colombian coffee god, so they serve 100% Colombian coffee.  The thing is, these guys do it better than most any coffee shop I've been to.  You could literally pick this place up, drop it in any part of Seattle, and it would thrive.  The food was great (only place we could find some form of fruit as a meal), but the coffee was superb.  Andrea opted for the cold brew, which was smooth and delicious.  I did a cappuccino the first time, then opted for a Chemex preparation of American-style brewed coffee after.  It was DAMN good coffee!

Cooking Class

Continuing my thoughts on food, Andrea and I decided to take on a cooking class on our last night. One of Andrea's goals is to take a cooking class in every country we visit (Dr's note - I do see the irony in this, as I generally avoided cooking while in Seattle). We read a bunch of different options of things to do around town on TripAdvisor and had lots of great recommendations from friends, but as we are working to experience culture on this adventure, we thought that learning how to cook like a local would be fun and valuable.  We were not disappointed.

We signed up for the Empanadas night with the Tierra Negra cooking "school."  I'm not really sure what they call themselves, but basically it is a husband and wife (Manuel y Veronica) who host up to 6 people at a time in their apartment in Palermo Hollywood.  Manuel spent 2.5 yrs in culinary academy, then another 8 years in kitchens around the world, finally settling back in BA where he is from and eventually started going full time with the cooking classes.  Veronica has a background in tourism with a particular focus in the wine areas of Argentina, and as such, she was our sommelier for the evening.

We shared the class with two gals from Olympia, WA (about 1.5 hrs south of Seattle. Small world.) and a couple from 'Straya (Melbourne, Australia to be specific).  It was intimate, fun, lively, and most importantly, delicious.  Manuel not only had a great grasp on English, but gave us a great understanding of how each ingredient interacted with the other and incorporated the science behind each interaction and thing we were doing. We were science geeking out the whole time.

As you can see from the menu, we made a bunch of fun stuff.  2 types of empanadas - beef & caprese (mozzarella, basil and tomato), Flan and he taught us how to make Dulce de Leche.  Dulce de Leche is so damned good.  It's basically a more runny cousin of caramel.

Veronica did a great job of explaining each wine, tasting notes, the terroir of each particular area and why she chose that specific wine to pair with the dish.

All-in-all, it was an excellent evening learning with laughter, great food and great company.

What we didn't do

We chose to only stay for a week in BA, which is clearly not enough time to experience a city and a culture.  While we did some more stuff than I listed above (walked through the beautiful Plazzo Italiano, experienced the Japanese gardens, watched a futbol match at a local pub, etc), there was a bunch of stuff that would be on the "to-do" list for our next trip to BA.  

Tango Show - More than the rest of the toursity things to do in BA, I am a little bummed that we didn't plan enough to make this happen.  Although all of them were particularly expensive, my heart wasn't broken that we didn't go, but it's definitely on the list for our next trip.

Yellow Bus Tour - Apparently this is the best way to get a layout of the city and the culture in an efficient and relatively inexpensive way.  You basically board a big yellow bus, then they hit different stops along the city and give you tidbits about what each barrio is all about.  Seemed really cool, and would definitely sign up for it next time.

Recoleta Cemetery - This is supposed to be a super beautiful cemetery where a lot of Argentina's rich/famous people are buried, including Eva Peron.  We talked to several people that did this and had incredible things to say about it.  Again, on the list for next time.

River Plate Futbol Game - River Plate is one of the four Futbol (soccer) teams in BA and has the largest stadium in Argentina.  The Sunday after we arrived, they played one of their biggest rivals, Boca Juniors, also a BA team.  Apparently you need to have a guide take you to the games, as most of them are sold out and they have some specific rules about what you wear.  Basically, the visiting team's fans are not welcome, nor are their jerseys or colors.  Like any good hooligan story you've heard, people get really tortured at these games and probably will suffer some form of aggression and/or violence if you represent the visiting team.  Either way, it's supposed to be an experience not to miss.  We're going to try to see a game during our trip to Cordoba (2nd largest city in Argentina), but the River v Boca game would have been amazing.  Next time, BA!

Onward!

So that's our BA experience in a nutshell.  Our next stop is a 1.5 hr flight north to Iguazu Falls, which will surely bring great photos and experiences.

Adios,

Adam and The Dr.

Dr.'s Note - Buenos Aires Fashion!

Hola! Be kind dear readers, this is my first post!

We've only been here for 2 days, but I quickly started compiling a list of how to better fit in with these gorgeous Argentinian ladies. Here's just a few:

1. Shrink 3 inches. I'm only 5'5". but ladies are pretty petite on average.

2. Shrink 80 pounds. Again, ladies are petite here! Makes me feel even more like a big fat American, but "es la vida".

3. Start chain smoking. That might actually help me better accomplish #2.

4. Wear platform shoes. Like, massive platform sandals. They are everywhere, it's pretty awesome (see examples).

If I had any room in my luggage I'd be rocking a pair right now. I have a theory that platforms are popular instead of high heels here because the roads and sidewalks are in pretty bad shape. Walking in heels is just asking for a broken ankle.

5. Wear minimal makeup, but just be naturally model-beautiful. So many stunning women here.

6. Wear the hell out of either skinny jeans or super short daisy duke denim cut offs. Like, borderline indecent exposure short. Adam seems to enjoy this short shorts trend. Dress is pretty casual here but they could also wear a garbage bag and make it look hot.

7. Speaking of garbage, avoid throwing your trash in a garbage can at all costs, even if it's right next to you. No one seems to care about cleaning up after themselves, which makes the Seattle in me rage a bit.

That's it for now, I've got to get back to people-watching and starting on the above list!

xoxo (signing off with the wave of my very first ciggy),

- Dr.

PS - I'm just kidding about smoking, that's gross.

First night in Buenos Aires - Complete!

Well Gang, we made it!

After 13 hours of flight time paired with 4 hours of layover and a strong 4 hours of sleep delivered in one hour increments, we finally made it to BA.

First off, this city is HUGE.  8 million people huge.  There are only 14 million people in the whole country, so over half of them living in this city gets a little busy.

We arrived at the ripe hour of 11:30pm, which thankfully for us, is exactly when the nightlife kicks off in BA. Our AirBnB host was rather gracious and left us with 2 tall cans of Heineken in the fridge and some snacks, so we could arrive properly.

We decided to venture out for a quick late-night (well, late to us) bite at the local pizzeria, "Kentucky Pizza."  Apparently this is a super chain (think Pizza Hut) in BA and probably Argentina, and for $8.10 US, we got 2 empanadas (ham and beef), 2 slices of pizza and 2 beers.  As a side note, Argentine pizza is pretty different than US pizza, so more to come on that.  Our personal experience with Kentucky was more like focaccia covered in mozzarella and ham.  Not bad, but rather bready.

Either way, it was super convenient, we ordered without speaking a single word of English (which took some effort on both the cashier and my part), and generally pretty fulfilling.

We decided to celebrate with a "final final" at the pub at the end of our block where we met the fabulously English speaking Gabi, the server.  We finished the night off with a late-night cocktail and headed back to our apartment.

While I had a fair amount of nerves walking out into the unknown, barely knowing the language and not at all knowing the neighborhood or the safety of it, I'm happy to report that I was MORE than pleasantly surprised with our first experience.

Day one - complete!  More to come on our awesome adventure :)

XOXO,


AT & The Dr.

Wow, it's pretty much here!

Hey Gang!


While I acknowledge that I've been lazy on actually putting up posts in the last few weeks, we've really been enjoying our time in California wrapping up our "friends and family farewell tour." We've also bought like $50 worth of sunscreen...and the inevitable aloe vera, compliments of our translucent Seattle skin :)

So it's status update time - we will be leaving the country and starting our international journey in about 50 hours from right now.

Let that sink in... (it still hasn't fully sunk in for us yet).

Two days from now, we won't be in a native English speaking country until July. Andrea wisely decided to take French instead of Spanish in high school, as did I.  Add to that, we purchased a Spanish Rosetta Stone and so far it's made for an awesome drink coaster. Case in point, we gotta bone up on some Spanish.

We will be living out of a carry-on sized luggage and a 30L backpack for conceivably a year or more. Actually, we have been doing this for one month already, which has served as a nice test-drive.

We will soon start the most uncomfortable and awkward part of our whole trip... the beginning. But on a more positive note:

• We will begin adapting to new cultures/languages/cuisines/water-borne bacteria/etc. (Andrea: Eek! But also, yay!)
• We will experience new ways to do and look at life and the way that we live
• We will begin forming our next steps in life

I have probably mentioned this to most of you previously, but there is a certain degree of nervousness and uneasiness about this trip, which is to be expected.  Thankfully I've had just about a year to start the mental process.  The exciting part to me is to actually start the journey and dive in to the experiences.

We will cherish our last 50 hours in the U.S. spending quality time with great friends, enjoying creature comforts like a clothes dryer, ice-cubes, or raw meat/produce (without pharmaceutical assistance), and look forward to many months of creating memories.

We'll be in touch soon (or as our wifi connection will allow us)!


XOXO,


AT and the Dr.