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Cordoba - Argentina' second city
We have now spent a few days in Cordoba which is Argentina's second city. It's a very elegant city reminding me of some of the larger Spanish cities with wide avenues and lots of trees and parks. There is one park that is fantastic called Parque de Sarmiento - it seemed to go on and on forever.
While we were here we also went to the Museo de Memoria. This is a very sad place indeed. It used ...
Building bridges between my past and future
... I didn't know well...
Nicole, who was finishing her Masters in Peace and Conflict Studies in Francfort,
gave me some advice, especially about what you can't say in the field - for example "conflict
prevention". I put my only shirt on and asked the receptionist to take a kind-of official picture of me, since I wasn't quite sure if the Academy would appreciate one of my ...
Top 10 things to do in Córdoba, Argentina
... much out of wandering around unaccompanied at all). Without a guided tour, you would also miss out on gems such as “If you look there you can see where the stone walls are a different colour; that’s because the fat from dead bodie, that were dumped here during the cholera outbreak, oozed into the walls”. The story about the crypt lying there until it was discovered by Telecom engineers digging the road in ...
Yoga, football and running
... yet.
Enormous cheers greeted the players on our side, and whistles greeted the Boca players – they don’t 'boo’ here. Then it was kick-off. And it was a great match. Although, we lost 2-0. Boca did play better, to be fair. However, I was still watching the fans as much as I was watching the football. In true Argentine style, there was much fowling, players jumping and grabbing onto each other, claims of ‘I was only ...
Oktoberfest
... eating, drinking and telling stories all night. The next day we walked around Cordoba and went to the Natural Science Museum there and then to an old cathedral. From there we saw them setting up a stage in the middle of the street so we decided to stay and see what it turned out to be. The stage ended up being for a Cultural event put on the government of Cordoba which included traditional dancing and Argentinian folk music. It was a really cool experience. After ...
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