Tierra Santa Buenos Aires

Today was the most surreal day that I have ever experienced.

I attended my 3rd Spanish lesson today and still nothing is really going in, but hey, I'm still trying.

Once I finished class, I went back to the hostel and waited for Emma and Dominic as Emma had told us about this crazy place that she wanted to visit, which she had …

... a dinner of porotos (bean stew) with a lone cooked hot dog swimming in the chunky liquid. My first meal in Argentina, shortly after landing in Buenos Aires on Friday afternoon-at a "parrilla"- was a plate of freshly grilled ribs, and more of them than I ...

So what are my favorite things about Buenos Aires?  The delightful pair of couchsurfers we are staying with, tango in the streets, the Tierra Santa theme park, the delectable servings of red meat that are about the size of my upper arm, and ...

... the queuing customers entertained. however, possibly our least cultural (but very entertaining) excursion was to the theme park Tierra Santa. there are no rides, just life size plastic portrayals of the life of jesus. including the crusifiction with ...

... novelty because I only found mention of Tierra Santa (the actual name) on blogs written by other Americans as a 'must see' in Buenos Aires, and after experiencing it, I have to agree.  The place is an entire park dedicated to the bible.  There ...

... When you say themepark, you kind of expect it to be something like Alton Towers or Chessington, but unfortunately the Tierra Santa park had no crazy rides or action packed attractions, only some very tacky biblical mock-ups, so overall it ...

... belting chorus of Hallelujah! Spectacular - well worth the visit! Afterwards we went to La Boca which is a shipping barrio in Buenos Aires. All the buildings are painted different colours (apparently this is due to the fact in the old days the ships ...

... was the most ridiculous place I have ever been in my entire life. And I know about ridiculous. I've been to Finland. Tierra Santa is advertised as being the only religious theme park in the world. It's Jesus Land. You would have loved ...

... place.   So with the Evita Museum and Cafe Tortoni finally ticked off our list we felt we'd 'done' Buenos Aires (sadly we never made it back to Tierra Santa).    We've loved BA, it's a fantastic city, and after a fortnight there it ...

... , d'espace et de temps puisque nous sommes allés nous promener dans Jérusalem au temps de Jésus. En effet aujourd'hui nous sommes entrés à Tierra Santa un parc sur le thème de la vie de Jésus. Je n'avais rien vu d'aussi kitch. Un robot géant de ...

... but all danced amazingly well. The place oozed with a passion, drama and sensuality that can only exist in Buenos Aires.   Tierra Santa (well, almost!) Michelle had also heard about an amazing-sounding amusement park. She couldn't remember the ...