What WAS I thinking? Having worked in many countries & lived in quite a few of them, I have co-erced my husband to move with me to Argentina, to make our permanent home there. Neither of us speak Spanish. Therein lies the greatest challenge ... here are my observations during the 1st year.

Sunday, 24 April 2011

Easter in BA

Not very commercial at all. None of those over-the-top cheapo decorations in the supermarkets. No oversized Easter Bunny cutouts in the shopping mall. No Easter cards.

BUT don't despair. There ARE CHOCOLATE EASTER BUNNIES!!! ("For the children" I am told.) There are also medium & small sized chocolate eggs also, for 'token gifts'. These are made in dark chocolate only & decorated with some icing flowers & cake-icing style decorations in icing colours, each egg individually-wrapped in clear cellophane. They rattle, so we have yet to discover what type of sweets are enclosed?
These dark chocolate eggs appeared only on Holy Thursday at the bakery, not earlier.

We heard lots of church bells this morning too (Easter Sunday) ringing out across the neighbourhood, a lovely sound on such a still morning :)

HAPPY EASTER!

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