Bed & Baires Buenos Aires

... rigtig slem infektion i sine visdomstaender. Saa nu har han faaet noget antibiotica for det. I dag, fredag, er vi flyttet til et andet hostel, da det foerste var ret kedeligt, saa nu haaber vi der sker lidt mere paa det nye. I dag har vi ogsaa vaeret paa Recoletta Cemetary, som er en kaempe kirkegaard hvor en hel masse vigtige mennesker i den argentinske historie er begravet. <br><br><br>

... the world has forgotten what Sunday means but they still honor the day.<br><br> The road from Rosario to Buenos Aires is an autopista - like an interstate highway in the US - so easy riding and very flat - not very challenging but we took it easy - the short 200 mile ride we did stopping three or four times and getting into the outskirts of Buenos Aires at around mid-day. The outskirts of Buenos Aires are just like the ...

... a Monday. Full retard.<br><br>Troy took out his frustration on a couple of American girls who had started talking to us and were neither attractive nor intelligent; they were in fact rather vacuous and annoying. He stared at them like he hated them, was mostly monosyllabic, and when he wasn't, he spoke utter rubbish. The best exchange was:<br>Girl: "How old are you?"<br>Troy: "Forty."<br>Girl: "What do you do?"<br>Troy: "Absolutely nothing - I'm a ...

... we were going to the sticks as it was so far away but still another mini BA. However we loved Mendoza!!! Why?? wineries of course!!! Mendoza is all about the wine! The first night we met up with our Cordoba mates and ended up having another unexpected night out. We went round to see them in their hostel just to say hello but their hostel..wait for it...provided free wine 24 hours a day!!! red and white allllll day!! can you imagine the state of everyone ...

... and PT who were arriving on an Iberia flight where there would probably have been no Tanfield snacks and no Australian red wine. Whilst waiting, I looked beyond the security fences and wondered what awaited at the other side. It was busy, without a doubt, but would there be mobs of touts trying to get us into all modes of transport or to certain hotels? If the guide books were to be believed would we be simply robbed of all of our possessions and drugged with a cactus shoved up out ...

... of 'just-in-time' support - my mind has also wandered, sadly farther away from any place of basic recall. Naturally, I've resorted to traditional tactics when necessary, making paper lists of the tasks I've needed to undertake, with some success (especially when I've remembered to take those lists out with me on manouvres, or even remembered to look at the list having drafted it). Keeping hold of one's possessions has proved more difficult. Like most ...

... in Palermo where all the locals go....a friend of a friend hooked us up about it....in spite of queueing for an hour to get into the crammed (non health and safety regulated) venue we were treated to the most passionate session of music that we´d ever heard, four mad accordianists, vilionists, bass, painist and vocals revelled behind a cage with some heart rendering compositions with a suspended giant toilet roll and cigar in the background...a sample of the local art.

... else have the opportunity to do. Pretty soon it was time for my parents to go back home and time for me to move in with my host mother. We went to Haydee's (pronounced "eye-day") house to drop off my things and pick up the keys. When we arrived, Haydee had made us fresh empanadas (sort of like meat-turnovers...incredibly delicious and highly recommended) and cake that morning from scratch. At that point, I knew I was going to have a great semester. Haydee was like the ...

... cooler than we remembered, and our Old Fashions and Mint Juleps were superior. As we relaxed on one of the modern sofas, we brainstormed some ideas for the restaurant. Sensing that monumental things were being discussed, I grabbed a napkin and pen so that I could scratch our forthcoming business plan on a serviette. We signed a virtual NDA...so all I can say is that it will be called Tref...and it will be awesome. If you want further details, please attempt to corner either ...

... medium' steak). Oh well, maybe we haven't been going to the right places..... During dinner, we started chatting with an American couple next to us and the conversation moved to the upcoming US elections in no time. I must say, in the past few months, I've met many Americans along the way and all of them have said that they will (or have) vote(d) for Obama. I guess that means one of two things: either Obama will win with a landslide (ok, I haven't met THAT many ...