The simple life
May 17th, 2006
Never thought I’d hear myself say this, but I have grown tired of big cities. If you know me, you must know that I always spoke of NY, for example, as of a kindred spirit and portrayed myself always as a city girl mortified by suburbs. Now though, while I still cringe at the idea of living in a suburban area, I also must admit that after shlepping around Argentina’s Mendoza and Chile’s Santiago for a few days, I’m ready to move on to a less crowded area where most roads are dirt roads, and where I don’t have to clench my handbag every time I go outside.
Seriously though, the truth is that we just didn’t find anything very interesting to do in either Mendoza or Santiago. We walked around and peeked into an odd museum or two. In Mendoza we visited MMAMM (Museo Munisipal de Arte Moderno Mendoza), a tiny museum underground the main plaza where I found a great painting that I’d probably hang in my summer house if I had one. And in Santiago, an exhibition of three of the greatest Spanish Artists – Goya, Picasso, Miro. A bit of a disappointment there, actually, as their best works were not on display.
The best part of it all must have been the border crossing. On a serpentine road, a high up mountain pass surrounded by jagged black peaks and snow.
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