El Calafate

I think this is small world part 4 or 5. We were just in El Calafate in Argentina. We were at the Aerolineas Argentinas office which had all of 6 people in there. And then sure enough, sitting next to us we heard a familiar French accent, belonging to this man, Patrice.



Patrice was the lone French person on our trip to Antarctica (he was very sad to be the lone French person). We knew he was travelling in Patagonia after Antarctica but we weren´t sure how we were going to meet up or where, as neither he nor we knew our schedules. Not to worry, though, as it´s a small world so we were bound to run into each other. Patrice was kind enough to take us to dinner after meeting up.

So, if you´re looking to buy a holiday home in the French Pyrenees, Patrice is the man you want to talk to, as he engineers and builds them. Here´s the link to his website. Wouldn´t you like to buy a holiday home from a man with such joie de vivre? I´m not sure what the French call "joie de vivre". ;)



On a completely unrelated note - in Calafate we saw one of the funniest window displays we´ve ever seen. There was a sporting goods store with a window display for Swiss Army knives. The knife on display had moving parts and everything, a nice display. What made it funny, though, was the naked male mannequin situated perfectly behind the Swiss Army knife. Here´s a pic of it. Now just imagine the knife swinging up and down. Oh, and the scissors opened and closed. Lovely image.



And while I´m sharing funny pics, I might as well share this pic of a place we saw in Buenos Aires. If you´re in BA and looking for hot drinks, ladies and affairs, here´s the place for you.