La única que queda!

Hey everyone,

First of all, I want to rethank all of those who checked out the blog while Katie, Rowan and I made our way through Patagonia! And for those of you who even took the time to comment....we all have a very special place reserved in our hearts for you.

But wait! There´s still one left! Thats right, after Katie and Rowan´s departure out of Santiago, Chile, Amelia was left to continue the journey on her own. Fortunately, another later addition to the team, Brendan, was still around, so him and I had a great time walking around Santiago, seeing the sites and basically just recovering from the physical beating we had all taken down south. Perhaps one of the highlights of Santiago was taking over the hostel living room with another fellow American in order to drink Tecates (yes! we actually found Tecates!) and watch the Super Bowl. I´m sure everyone will agree that watching Bruce "The Boss" Springstein tearing up the stage and literally almost take out himself and camera man with an open legged power slide was THE highlight of the event. Oh yeah, and GO STEELERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

After about 3 days in Santiago, Brendan and I went our separate ways, myself heading back to Tunuyan, the quaint farming town outside of Mendoza where the original three of us had farmed for part of December. Vida and her mom, Margo, the owners of the farm, were more than happy to have me back, and it truly felt like coming home. Aaand, another team member, Leslie was at the farm too! I felt lucky and loved.

I think the best part about coming back to the farm, apart from the absolutely fabulous organic food and welcoming atmosphere, was the chance to see the staggering amount of progress the two women had made in just such a short time period. Perhaps the most illustrative example was the vegetable garden. The first time around the garden was just getting started, with nothing to harvest except for maybe a lone tomato; the rest of the plants were still in the very early stages of development. By the time I arrived, however, the garden was a lush food paradise, overflowing with corn, all types of squash, chard, beets, potatos, onions, tomatos, kale, sunflowers, peas and more. It was magical the way everything had flourished under the care of Vida and Margo. The city girl in me was oh so impressed. Ooooh, wow, thats where food comes from!

After about two weeks on the farm it was time to move on again and I now find myself in Salta, Argentina, one of the northernmost cities. I would post pictures, but I´m so sorry, you´ll just have to be bored by my text as I am without camera for now.´ Hopefully in a few days here though I´ll put something up, dont worry I do understand that the pictures are the best part.

Thanks for reading and check in soon for pics and more of my glorious ramblings!!

Amelia

ps. KATIE AND ROWAN I MISS YOU!!