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Cordoba Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Cordoba, Argentina
Christmas a la Kosta del Sol
We spent a few days in Cordoba in northern Argentina, which reminded us of a mix of Bangkok, New York...a definite Asian city twist with serviced high rise apartments and intense heat...wow, l think it was 34C the day we were there and real humid!! We ...
Che day
... book at the end we couldn´t help but laugh at one comment saying he was HOT! We made our way back to Cordoba and went to a great parillada (barbecue) restaurant for some great steak and wine. Tonight the Olympic football final was being played ...
Vida de noche (Nightlife)
... back! Today's article is inspired by a conversation I had with a friend from home about the schedule difference in Argentina. In Cordoba, the siesta hour (or usually more like a few hours) is strictly observed. From around 1pm until 4pm ...
staying positive
... , travelpod.com. I read around 15-20 blogs and curiously, the bulk of them all began something like this, "Cordoba is a university town, Argentina's second largest city with just over a million people, so it seemed worth a look..." Then, they would all ...
So many Israelis
Hello from Cordoba! Turns out that when in Argentina, the best way to pick up Spanish is to stay at a hostel with 1000 Israelis! Just kidding. During my last hours in Rosario, I talked with a girl from my dorm, Inbar, and we both realized we were ...
The One Where Katha Writes
... Fremdsprache ist. Ein Auszug der Vokabeln, die ich schon gelernt habe, habe ich auf meinem Blog hochgeladen (http://katha-en-argentina.blog.de). Ich komm trotzdem immer noch mit den ganzen Wörtern durch´n Tüddel. Über unsere regelmäßigen ...
No, I do NOT enjoy cow´s stomach!!
... 7:30am and I am groggy from the sleeping tablet I had on the bus at 10pm the night before! And, the taxi drivers in Cordoba are striking!! Fantastic, we have to walk in the rain with our heavy packs and we don´t know where our hostel ...
Argentinas second City
... bus not really knowing what to expect as we had not done much research. The only thing that we knew was that Cordoba was Argentina's second largest city. The hostel which we stayed in was really nice (and warm) and the people who worked there were really ...
Flying to Cordoba
... in a whole lot of sugar, and its supposed to be quite good for you. After a short flight to Argentina I checked in again for my flight to Cordoba. I had 2.5 hours in the Buenos Aires domestic airport, but they passed quickly because I'd used the book ...
A few days in Cordoba
Sam invited me to join his couchsurfing trekking group on Sunday 20th, I was ready for a hike and some good exercise so was happy to be invited! We got the local bus (only just making it after getting up a bit last minute!), and travelled for a ...
En bus lechero a Córdoba
... dicho a Boris. Eran las 11 a.m. El viaje debía durar aproximadamente 8 horas, asi que calculamos que nuestro arribo a Cordoba sería alrededor de las 7 p.m. Pensamos, también (equivocadamente) que Córdoba quedaba en el recorrido de Mendoza hacia Buenos ...
Carlos zijn weekendhuis
... , niet van: stuur ons iemand die ons eerder naar Cordoba brengt, maar stuur ons iemand die ons VEILIG en eerder naar Cordoba brengt. Wij hadden een snelheidsduivel gekregen! Todo diablo! (in tegenstelling tot allejezus), de afdrukken van mijn tenen staan ...
Nunca Más: Argentina's last military dictatorship
... Election posters here invariably zoom in on the candidate’s face and carry some meaningless slogan about “transforming Argentina” or “understanding the heart of the people”, but without any reference to any specific ...
A tale of two cities
... hidden colonial buildings. Turns out it was just the north being shit. This being the first proper place we had been to in Argentina, I finally go to experience their way of life - and its amazing! Obviously the steaks are well known, but jesus they are ...
Argentina at last
A few hours in Salta en route before a big night out in this legendary student city...except everything was closed because of the national elections the next ...
Mainly bus rides and night out in Cordoba
Placemarker for today... Mainly just a busride form Rosario (left 7.30am) to Cordoba (arrived around 2.30pm or so) which cost around 50 pesos (about 18 USD). Now going out with my host... till' next ...
Another Argentinian City... Cordoba
... out the second largest city in Argentina, Cordoba with over 1.5 million inhabitants. The city is named after Cordoba, Spain. Cordoba, Argentina was one of the first Spanish colonial capitals of this country. I keep forgetting that it is January ...
Am I still in South America?
Another short entry here, as I am knackered! I arrived in Córdoba on Tuesday and managed to meet up with Simone fairly straightforwardly. We're in a hostel that's nice and central and full of interesting characters! We spent yesterday just wandering ...
Muchas iglesias y colas, pero no mucho más
... am pretty pleased about… at least I think I am understanding it correctly :s That evening I watched (on TV) the Argentina v Germany football match and understod a fair bit of the commentary and pretty much everything that Maradonna said in his ...
Top 10 things to do in Córdoba, Argentina
... of the huge metropolises of South America, Córdoba has everything you need. Home to many universities – including Argentina’s earliest and South America’s second university, created in 1613 – Córdoba has a slightly more ...
Soaring with the condors
On the recommendation of the hostel owner we left Cordoba for a night to visit the small town of Minas Clavaro out in the country to try and see condors. Getting there was a bit of a mission because we almost ran to the bus station only to find out that ...
Asado...steak...and gauchos.
... a vegetarian, this could perhaps have been my worst nightmare, in fact i almost feel bad that it wasn´t, but once you understand Argentina, it is hard to refuse its culture. Plus, i was slightly intrigued by the grilled steaks smeared in tomato and ...
Riding with Gauchos - Cordoba
... the night was welcome relief. In the evening we headed out and caught a tango show which has to be done when you are in Argentina. The tango was fantastic and they also had 2 singers although towards the end of the evening it began to feel a bit like an ...
Beautiful nature day in Cordoba
Just a short entry for now, but I'm making some notes for later... Today I went to Carlos Paz with Sabrina. Went to some hills and lakes, really beautiful... Beautiful weather... super tired... bus to mendoza ...
Flying with the Condors
... my mind. Anahi and her friends were very warm. For the first time since being in Argentina, I felt like I was truly experiencing real argentine culture. Cordoba is a student city with 1.5 million inhabitants. The eye opening thing for me was that ...
Head for the hills
After arriving in Cordoba on the Friday , we headed for the small mountain town of La Cumbre for a weekend getaway. We had been thinking about doing some paragliding, but after arrving and checking the price, it seemed way overpriced, so we gave it a ...
Holy Week...
... . The bus took us out of the city in a southerly direction through the plains of central Argentina to the town located about 50Km from Cordoba city. The town has many tourists wandering around looking at its attractions, comprising primarily of Jesuit ...
Gaucho Girl....well, not quite.
... call them to confirm where they would pick us up. We found ourselves at La Falda, a small town 2 hour bus-ride outside Cordoba, bus station brimming with excitement and uncertainty as we had no idea what sort of vehicle we would be collected in - perhaps ...
Rosario, Santa Fe, Cordoba
... , realized it, and then watched the bus drive down the road. Grr. So I had to buy a new phone. Cordoba is Argentina´s second largest city, and it is, for lack of a sophisticated adjective, really flippin sweet. It feels a ...
Ser nostalgia (To be homesick)
... sickness. I don't just miss my family and my house and my friends, I miss me. Here in Argentina, I am expected to make an effort to adhere to Argentine cultural norms and to act like an Argentine person. That wouldn't ...