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Continue reading →: Life as a pariah in Argentina (part 8)
We leave the airport and look for a taxi. There are none. The airport is closed. We go the other terminal where there is a ‘cascos blancos’ team (whatever that is) who shout as the see us, that my husband and I need keep a distance between us of 1,5…
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Continue reading →: Life as a pariah in Argentina (part 6)
We are on our way to Capital. You can only drive if you have a special permission. Like us, we have a flight confirmation, and a ‘laissez passer’ letter from the Belgian embassy. We have also received a link of the law saying we can go, in case they don’t…
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Continue reading →: Life as a pariah in Argentina (part 5)
Slowly but surely this whole adventure is turning into a complete nightmare. Or rather, a complete joke. Just recapitulate. I’m sure you already lost me a long time ago. 1. We had an Air France flight leaving on the 31st from BA. It was canceled after Argentina refused planes from…
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Continue reading →: Life of a pariah in Argentina (part 4)
It feels like our last day, but it isn’t. Probably because it seems like nothing more can happen to us. We have a new flight. Again. The borders are not closed (at least not for flights to Brazil), and with the necessary documents (boarding pass or ticket) we can leave…
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Continue reading →: Life of a pariah in Argentina (part 3)
In times of Corona, nothing is sure. Changes are made by the hour, people hardly get time to adapt. Even in Argentina, where today there are (only) 79 cases and (only) 2 people died. The Argentine government came together to discuss a total lock down. That it would come was…
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Continue reading →: Life as a pariah in Argentina (part 2)
We kept an eye on our rescheduled flight to Belgium, (our original flight was canceled and rescheduled through Brazil), it wasn’t canceled, yet, but the situation was getting dire, especially in Europe, where not only Italy and Spain, but also Belgium and France had gone into lock down. The Schengen…
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Continue reading →: Amazing AlbaniaI feel like I am a real globetrotter right now, and after one amazing adventure I dive into the next. Another, equally amazing. From Ethiopia, Africa, straight to Albania, Europe. In a way, both countries are alike, and then they are also totally different. Ethiopia has never been under European…
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Continue reading →: Into AfricaThere is Africa, and then there is Africa. The Africa we ‘know’, and the Africa we ‘think’ we know. I was in Ethiopia, I was in Africa. Ethiopia is the only African country that has never been colonised, and that is what you notice when you are there : European…






