January 1st - A New Year - A Free Day

Today we all enjoyed a full free day to do whatever we wanted.  Many chose to sleep in and have a late breakfast.  Others did not get out of bed until after noon.  Some booked a massage.  A few of us took a leisurely two hour walk to the park of the three borders where from a vantage point we could see the boundary markers of Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay.  John, Amelia, Frenchy, and Rita went back to the National Park and walk more trails and took more pictures.  They got caught in the afternoon torrential rain storm and came back soaked to the bare skin.  That evening we all gathered for a group meal in the hotel dining room and enjoyed once again a huge buffet of many local recipes.