Let There Be Light

You may, or may not know, that there was a huge powercut here in the whole of Argentina today. In fact, as if a powercut nationwide isn’t enough, there was also a powercut in Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay!

I have always enjoyed powercuts. Particularly if they’re in the evening and once you’ve just served dinner. The thrill of not quite knowing what you’re about to eat is pretty much what I live for (well. Perhaps this is a slight exaggeration but I hope you can see my point). But I admit, they can be a bit of a pain!

Initially I wasn’t sure if we’d even be able to leave the house to go to church, as there are electric gates in El Tipal (the Matus’ neighborhood) or if church would even be on. Turns out it was (they were using some generators) and we could go because Nolys car wasn’t locked behind electric gates like his parents’ cars. It was Father’s Day here today as well as at home in England, so we started the day with breakfast together, which felt v cosy and romantic as it was by candlelight. Then slowly got up and went to church. For me it felt a bit like Christmas because we were all in pjs, it was dark and cold and the day started quite slowly. Anyways, long story short, the power came back at about 1pm! Good thing too as a lot of people were coming round for lunch and the Matus’ only have an electric oven!

La iglesia

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