Argentino Cordoba

We arrived this morning knowing we did not want to spend long in another city and knowing we wanted to head to Mendoza as soon as we could. Rob decided we would leave our baggage at the bus terminal and get the bus this evening so I write this now having spent yesterday wondering around Rosario, the night on the bus and now another day walking around a city. We smell and are tired but have ...

... was much better.<br>Spent just a couple of days here as it was really quiet, owing to the fact we were there Sunday &amp; Monday, and there wasn`t much to do except eat and drink. That said we had some nice set meals, managed to watch Arsenal beat Celtic, Practically get a subscription at the ice cream parlour, and play stray dog hurdling along most of the roads. Took a day trip to a place called Alta Gracia which was very picturesque, about 1hr away from Cordoba and ...

... and I thought to myself OMG the freak is going to crash into someone. Talking to Ror afterwards he thought the same and especially after looking at his kids Ror didnt know what to think - he was just preparing himself to have to fend him off if he came near us! Ror took out the lonely planet to try and figure out where he was bringing us - he must have seen this and started saying something about poco - thats the only word I understood which means ...

... kados mee hadden genomen. Met veel interesse bekeek ze de inhoud van de tassen. Ze liep al bijna weer weg om het rond te gaan delen, maar we wisten nog net haar aandacht vast te houden. En dan nu het belangrijkste: wij hebben het gisteren al een beetje besproken wat jullie zouden doen als wij een donatie zouden geven. Vorige week hebben Lisenka en ik onze vrienden en familie een e-mail gestuurd met de vraag of zij een donatie zouden willen doen. Ik haalde het ...

... us know when to get off to go to Che Guevara's childhood home, and soon found ourselves outside the home/museum. A scuplture of a young Che sat on the porch. Inside we were given english guide books to read as we wandered through the museum. The information, photographs and memorabilia were very interesting and it was well worth 5 peso (USD1.5) entrance fee. There was an information service set on the lawn who were very helpful in providing a ...

... compound was similarly impressive but we felt a little bit uneasy visiting these places as tourists seeing as people were actually coming here to pray still... we respectfully turned off the flash and took a few sneaky (respectfully sneaky) photos.. and let the locals tut at the other (less respectfully sneaky) tourists... So we hit the plazas for some people watching and checked out the array of street artists (some crazy spray painting stuff was going on ...

... ich werde alt!Party hab ich hier nämlich noch nicht gemacht...aber was nicht ist kann ja noch werden! Cordoba ist eigentlich für 3 Dinge bekannt: Einmal die Altstadt, hab ich gesehen hat mich aber um ehrlich zu sein nicht wirklich umgehauen. Die Partys,hab ich wie gesagt noch nicht mitgemacht und zu letzt die vielen hübschen Frauen und die hab ich mal definitiv gesehen. Naja ich hab mich für nen paar Spanischstunden angemeldet und ansonsten mir ein wenig die ...

... at the zoo - not just big ones, but small ones, nipping in cages to make friends with the other animals, and one sharing food with the anteaters. Splendid. Just outside Cordoba is Alta Gracia. Home, for a while, of Ernesto "Che" Guevara. So I took a trip there. The bus to Santa Fe passed through Rossario, his birthplace. I briefly considered stopping there, but decided against it. His one-time home, in Alta Gracia has a motorbike in it. Of the same type he rode around South ...

Half the reason we stayed in Còrdoba was to sink a few beers at night and sleep our life away the next day. Our last night we went out was interesting and can probably best be described as the definition of pear shaped. Out at a club as per usual, havin a few beers, havin a good time and partying until close. Then we walk outside to find a cab and thats when things start slippin downhill. We are waitin in the freezing cold in just a shirt waiting for a cab and they just ...

... very little. In fact, the other day, I filled out a for which asked 'in 25 words or less, what are your impressions of Cordoba', to which was answered - It's a hole. Harsh but fair. More than fair really. The Mariah conversation demonstrates the level of boredom I have reached in Cordoba. Is it pretty? Nup. Is it exciting? Not quite. Is the weather good? ****ing average. Is it sophisticated? Like Alf from Home and Away. Perhaps the greatest indictment that I can offer ...