Clifford Bristow
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Hello All: My name is Sharon Bristow, my husband (Clifford) and I will be arriving in Buenos Aires Feb. 21, 2010 where we have an apartment rented in Palermo Viejo for the 5 week duration of our stay.
I am 62 and my husband is 71. We enjoy the Spanish culture and have travelled extensively in Mexico and Spain in past years. This trip to B.A. will be our third trip in as many years to South America. I speak and understand a resonable amount of Spanish and am always interested to learn more.
One of my objectives for this trip is to find a small group of folks who are interested ( like myself ) in improving their Spanish. Possibly one that would meet twice weekly or so. My husband has some Spanish as well, although his is more of a " one or two words with hand motions here and there" kind; whereas I had (many years back) 53 hours of instruction both written and oral which included the conjugation of Spanish verbs. I always tell folks I have enough Spanish to be dangerous!
I enjoy to learn and practice, but have little chance to do so in the small city where we live -- Penticton, British Columbia, Canada ( 4 hours driving time north of Vancouver, B.C. where the Olympic Games are due to get underway in Early February of this year)
Clifford and I are also very interested in taking in some of the theatre night life -- possibly ochestra concerts, or theatre that involves professional dancing. We did go to one Spanish production last year, but I still find that rapidly-spoken Spanish is hard for me to keep up with -- I need a slower version.
We both very much enjoy the Malbec wines of South America and, of course, the wonderful beef.
The city in Canada where we reside - Penticton - is situated between two mountain ranges in a lovely valley in the south west portion of the province of B.C. Penticton is located on a 4 mile long piece of land between Lake Okanagan (80-mile long lake) and Skaha Lake ( approx 12 miles long).
Our winter temperatures usually do not dip lower than minus 10 C and summer temps can go as high as 32 - 35 degrees C. The area is considered semi-desert with only approx 12 inches of presipitation annually. All crops are irrigated with water from the lakes.
The Okanagan Valley is becomming very well know for its production of award-winning wines both red and white, and off course our Ice Wine. As well we have many fruit orchards producing apples, peaches, pears, and some nuts.
Many Canadians retire to this area because it offers wonderful golf courses, 3 world-class ski hills, and a large variety of water sports.
My husband is retired, and I have owned an award-winning gift shop (for 9 years now) located on the Main Street of Penticton; it specializes in offering quality Canadian hand made gift items. It is called Terwilligers-We R Unique.
I hope that this introduction to us will allow Clifford and I to meet some of you during our upcomming visit to Buenos Aires
Thank you for your patience in reading through this long e-mail introduction.
Sharon Bristow
I am 62 and my husband is 71. We enjoy the Spanish culture and have travelled extensively in Mexico and Spain in past years. This trip to B.A. will be our third trip in as many years to South America. I speak and understand a resonable amount of Spanish and am always interested to learn more.
One of my objectives for this trip is to find a small group of folks who are interested ( like myself ) in improving their Spanish. Possibly one that would meet twice weekly or so. My husband has some Spanish as well, although his is more of a " one or two words with hand motions here and there" kind; whereas I had (many years back) 53 hours of instruction both written and oral which included the conjugation of Spanish verbs. I always tell folks I have enough Spanish to be dangerous!
I enjoy to learn and practice, but have little chance to do so in the small city where we live -- Penticton, British Columbia, Canada ( 4 hours driving time north of Vancouver, B.C. where the Olympic Games are due to get underway in Early February of this year)
Clifford and I are also very interested in taking in some of the theatre night life -- possibly ochestra concerts, or theatre that involves professional dancing. We did go to one Spanish production last year, but I still find that rapidly-spoken Spanish is hard for me to keep up with -- I need a slower version.
We both very much enjoy the Malbec wines of South America and, of course, the wonderful beef.
The city in Canada where we reside - Penticton - is situated between two mountain ranges in a lovely valley in the south west portion of the province of B.C. Penticton is located on a 4 mile long piece of land between Lake Okanagan (80-mile long lake) and Skaha Lake ( approx 12 miles long).
Our winter temperatures usually do not dip lower than minus 10 C and summer temps can go as high as 32 - 35 degrees C. The area is considered semi-desert with only approx 12 inches of presipitation annually. All crops are irrigated with water from the lakes.
The Okanagan Valley is becomming very well know for its production of award-winning wines both red and white, and off course our Ice Wine. As well we have many fruit orchards producing apples, peaches, pears, and some nuts.
Many Canadians retire to this area because it offers wonderful golf courses, 3 world-class ski hills, and a large variety of water sports.
My husband is retired, and I have owned an award-winning gift shop (for 9 years now) located on the Main Street of Penticton; it specializes in offering quality Canadian hand made gift items. It is called Terwilligers-We R Unique.
I hope that this introduction to us will allow Clifford and I to meet some of you during our upcomming visit to Buenos Aires
Thank you for your patience in reading through this long e-mail introduction.
Sharon Bristow
