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1 won't bore you . -with
statistics on the numbers of |
people who have assumed
that I ‘must be’ fluent in ‘at
least seven languages includ-
ing Finnish: and Mongolian

dialect. A whole lot of

Canadians feel. that, since
they. can’t parlez-vous ‘in

‘whatever language is spoken .
. by the local barténder,; they

had better stay. home where
‘‘Joe”’ can distinguish a- “rye
and ginger’’* from a. “‘bull-
shot’’ without. a dictiqnary..

by Barbara

' McCreadie

But, I have learned one
word of Spanish that I would

recommend to any traveller!

Believe me, I can’t spell it. -

But, using phonetic English/
Spanish—lI will never. forget
how to say it—QUFFHADO.
QUITHADO. QUITHADO.

’

A group of us were
shopping along the main
center in Buenos Aires—
FLORIDA STREET. This
maze of shops is separated
by an area of pedestrian
walk-ways (they blocked off
the streets in the center to
form walkways but the
avenues are open to traffic).

Swarms of people meander
through, especially at lunch-
time when all the - office
buildings spew out their
typists to grab a sandwich in
the multitude of ‘‘grab-and-
runs’’

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You’! find a branch of the
Royal Bank of Canada nearby
and on the lower floor they
will exchange your traveller’s
cheques at the best rate.
There may be other banks
that do much the same job,
but, being a creature of
habit, this. is where I go.
Funny none of my accounts

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but that’s. the way it goes.

‘Am I: ‘off the track? We
were learning 2 a. new. word.
QUITHADO.”

Was I ‘having : a . good ‘day!
There, were five of us—my
- young “friend: Pablo; his

ny

“little. sister’” (age: 16); my.
Mother -and one of © my~

deughtors (Suzy).

family.

over .a .grou

“-Panthers”’ that 1 bought, for’:
» my other daughters. Stuffed ..

' with some sort of seeds, they
posed charmingly wherever
you plopped them. Not a bad
deal for about a a dollar.

The piggy bank I bought
for my .youngest was a
.charming pink pig, covered
in felt, with such eyelashes!
Move over, “‘Miss Piggy”’—
this lady is much prettier.
When you dislike shopping
as much as I do, -small
triumphs are cherished.

So, there I was—loaded
down with a mess of small
parcels (I hadn’t learned the
value of one of those 29 cent
string bags). We decided
that lunch would be the
Argentine equivalent of the
Pizza Hut. ;

Pablo was doing his latest

‘*take-off on my pantomine

with the ‘‘pink panther”. He
had just finished giving me.

hell about leaving my purse
open on the floor of the bank

so, since I hadn't been
robbed, he -:was feeling
mellow’

.

A note of explanation:
Pablo was 21 and took the
‘responsibility of his Canad-
ian “‘sister’’ very seriously!
His English is a million per
cent better than my Spanish
‘sO we converse in English.

Still giggling, I stepped off
the curb. Can you imagine
how I felt when Pablo, in the
best flying tackle since the
Super Bowl, knocked me
face-down in the gutter?

The bus that nearly splat-
tered me roared on.

“QUITHADO!”’

Pablo had done what all of
us do in times of emergency.

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_ - We had hopped on and off ts

a lot of. local buses for .a-)
ridiculously low price and ~~
.Shopped in some of the,
world’s best bargain centers
for gifts for the rest of the.

Despite the fact that he knew.
1 couldn’t speak enough
Spanish to bless myself
with—he had yelled ‘‘Be
Careful’ in Spanish. ;

If you think he was mad
about the open purse, you

THE METEORA IN GREECE, is 24 perpendicular:
rocks, the highest being 2011 feet. Centuries ago
monks built a monastic community high in the rocks.

should have seen the next
scene. As the bus moved
down the street and around
the corner (I'll swear it was
going 90), he dragged me out
of the gutter.

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