Shake, Rattle and Roll

The fruit available in Argentina isn't very exciting: bananas, apples, oranges, lemons, strawberries. We saw mangoes and cherimoyas in Chile but here, nothing very exciting. Nonetheless, oranges are plentiful at the moment and yesterday, we bought 3 kgs for 1.34 CAD. They're great for juicing and we love having a large glass after our runs in the park. 

I was making some juice yesterday morning when a huge truck roared by our apartment. My juice glasses started dancing and jumping. What's going on? That's no truck! It's an earthquake!!!

Breaking news:

A magnitude-5.4 earthquake occurred in Mendoza Province at 09:12 Nov. 5. The epicenter was about 56 km (35 miles) south southeast of Mendoza. The tremor occurred at a depth of about 2 km (1 mile), and shaking was probably felt throughout the affected area. 

So much for all that earthquake training I had in school in Vancouver. I didn't even crawl under the table. I just stood in shock thinking, "Don't spill all my fresh squeezed OJ".Read more