un shoutout pa mi sposita.

Interesting how many "homes" one can acquire over time...and bundled up with each of these experiences of home are those smells, tastes, and feelings that can only and will ever only be associated with that one unique place, and in many cases, in that one unique time in your life-- something you can never quite translate to someone who wasn't living it right then and there. Having Colleen on my side these past 9 months was the greatest blessing...from the hard knocked days in the favela to the swanky nights out in Buenos Aires...we've lived a few South American realities and I'm gonna have to say, "We done good." Last Wednesday my "sposa" (short for esposa meaning "wife" in Spanish) bussed it across the Andes to Valparaiso, Chile, where she is now living with those inspiring godparents of hers, Rob and Jude, for a few months while working at their restaurant. As for mua, I've got one week left here in Buenos Aires, and then I am off to Patagonia for a few weeks, to breathe a fresher air and cleanse 6 months of city from my system :) And then? Well, it seems that I will be back in Brazil sooner than I had planned...her coastline is calling me. But more on that later...

Me & my sposita.