Adelaida
Federico Viegener
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Adelaida and Roberto were born in 1931 – she in Casilda (Argentina) and he in Basel (Switzerland). At 5 years of age, Roberto and his family moved to San Carlos de Bariloche in Argentina and he immediately realized it was his place in the world. He went to Casilda to study Agronomy in 1946, met Adelaida within days and began their courtship a few months later. THey married iIn 1952; following their honeymoon, Adelaida arrived in Bariloche in the middle of winter wearing a skirt and heels. They had three children, nine grandchildren (including me) and two great-grandchildren. Sixty-five years later Roberto has already passed away but Adelaida brings him to the present at every moment.