After much anticipation the Grandma has landed in Buenos Aires!
Really the plan to meet up with Barbara and Giles was drafted more than a year ago when we found out that Giles had the opportunity to speak at a conference in BA - we have all tentatively planned on meeting up in the city, and...
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I believe that the majority of us would like to start living a life of balance. I observe friends, family, and others I meet and see many aspects of their lives that are skewed one way or the other. I have also observed that very few folks that I know spend much time looking at...
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We are asked questions about safety frequently. Question like:
“Is it safe there?”
“Are you concerned about safety?”
“Do you feel safe?”
The questions are so frequent that we thought they warranted further analysis and discussion. As always, the decisions we make will not work for everyone…we respect that but believe that they are what is best for our...
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I have struggled from the very beginning with what the focus of Portable Parents Blog should be and what sort of content/stories I should write about and what I shouldn’t include on the website. I had not really thought of writing a blog until it was recommended to me by a friend, I thought I...
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We arrived in Buenos Aires on Sunday Morning! We are staying at a friends flat in an area known as Palermo Soho in the South West part of the city. We have not seen much of the city yet, but 2 things we know for certain…
1) It is winter in Argentina
2)We look so out of...
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Drum roll please….
Gina and I made the decision that we will return with the kids to the U.S. sometime in September!
What this means is not exactly clear…the decision was really more of a “what next” moment than a long thought out plan of our next steps.
Gina’s mother and step father are visiting us in Buenos...
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Amazing how quickly time can slip by…it has been weeks since our last post, and we have not been very prolific writers for the month of June.
We are reminded that it has been a while when Gina & I start receiving emails on our personal email accounts asking what is going on.
The answer is usually...
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A quick update…
When last we spoke the Lannin’s had made a last minute detour from Mendoza to a little town called Obera in N. Eastern Argentina.
We came here for the purpose of investigating a house sit, or an opportunity to care for someone’s house while they are away. Think of babysitting, except this a...
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“I don’t wanna wake up” shatters the morning stillness. A similar refrain is repeated by the other child across the room, “leave me alone!” they shriek wrestling the bed covers back over their heads. The roar of the rushing river outside the bedroom river helps drown out their cries for help from the other guests,...
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We are still here…all safe and sound!
We arrived in Trujillo 4 days ago and have been holed up in a hostal getting our feet on the ground. It was a long couple of weeks, we were all fighting one bug or another, the change in temperature from cool to hot, and just generally wanting to...
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