10 September 2008. Gray clouds roll in, muted dawn. Lights on the hillsides at night--a quiet jewelry store, twinkling.
"Los cuatro vascos locos..." Phrase from decades back--depreciative, of course, but not without a zigzag of admiration. The square in front of the cathedral of La Plata, capital de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, it's high severe facade of brick, etched in the cold... The very first days of spring (Septiembre)... and gathered there in "national dress" a group of Basques--all alone--folkdancing in the icy winds off the river...
Río de La Plata, silver and unseen...
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