Benedetti Mar del Plata

En el fin día, nosotros fuimos a la Buenos Aires otra vez. Esta tiempo, nosotros fuimos a la playa, Mar del Plata. La Playa esta a muchos kilometros de largo. Es lo muy famoso y popular. Fuimos bronceado y nadando en el mar. Para almuezo, nosotros fuimos al restaraunte Heladeria Necochea. Era lo muy bueno. Te recomiedo que tu comprar un sandwich o un hamberguesa. Era delicioso! Tiene lo muchos dulces, helado, y chocolate!!! Despues almuerzo, tomemos un taxi al aeropuerto!

... de ces vieilles bagnoles increvables. :) Après ça la ville en elle-même était quasi-déserte. La saison était passée, plus de la moitié des magasins étaient fermés, personne dans les rues, c'était vraiment étrange. Et il n'y a rien à y faire à part la plage, mais elle est couverte de parasols privés pour lesquels il faut payer, enfin rien de bien intéressant. J'ai aussi passé une demie-journée à chercher des cartes postales sans rien trouver. Tout ça ...

Plus je m'approche de Noel plus il fait chaud! Ahah, je m'eclate bien en lisant les nouvelles et en voyant les tonnes de mails relatant les conditions meteos de France... Mar del Plata est bien sympa, m'y accueille Carolina et ses parents. Une famille un peu baba cool comme on en trouve bcp en Argentine... La mere est encore plus adorable que la fille, elle veut me cuisiner de bons petits plats a chaque repas et me pose dix fois plus de questions que sa ...

... saa paa de var det en dame som holdt seg for nesen hele tiden. Saa fisefine er ikke vi !;-) Boelgesurfing fikk vi proevd oss paa - store boelger som vi klarte aa surfe paa! Hurra! Ehe.. Ca 6 ganger hver i loepet av 3 timer... Ble mange runder med brettet i hodet.. Men absolutt veldig goey - og noe vi skal proeve flere steder! Ogsaa fant vi klatring! Hurra! Endelig! Ikke saa lett aa ...

... on the beach walk which have nice and amazing view while eating. I stayed at Hotel Pergamino for 25 ARS. The reception is the most wonderful woman who gives out a lot of tourist information for free. The rooms are mixed with shared bathroom and definitely worth the stay. I took the overnight bus to Puerto Merydin to watch the penguin colony.

... at the hotel I had a roomie! James is fresh out of uni, teaching English in Buenos Aires before he travels for a year or so. I invited him out for dinner too and he found us a great restaurant. We had a late steak supper... again. James came to Mardel for the tennis, the Davis Cup is on this weekend at the resort. Checking out on Friday revealed that the town was fully booked and heaving for the Cup. Maybe you got a glimpse of the place on the TV ...

After 10 fairly intense days in Buenos Aires, we were happy to arrive in Mar del Plata, a laid back beach town on the coast just 6 hours south of the capital. We immediately realised that we were essentially in the Brighton of Argentina (but with sand instead of pebbles on the beach). It is a summer-city based mostly around its proximity to the sea and has these English-looking brick buildings that line the ...

... In Mendoza, we went to the church of the patron saint of wine. But in Sierra de los Padres, they have the patron saint of the napkin. In the midst of boulders were thousands of napkins people tied on to get their prayers answered, I guess for clean hands. After dinner with Austin and a night of sleep, we took a bus to Bs As for our last few nights before heading home.

... dessert ended, it was 2:00 a.m. and Boo was fading fast so we headed for the shuttle back to the hotel. She fell asleep on the way home. I roused her long enough to get her to the room and into her pj's but she was asleep again before her head hit the pillow. The party apparently went on until dawn and was topped off by the bride's father and his brothers taking a sunrise skinny dip in the ocean.

A short 2-hour bus ride took us to our next destination, Mar del Plata. T managed to rip open the back of his hand getting the luggage out of the bus boot, which was a nice introduction to the place. But, unphased, we had an easy time spending $344 (that's Argentine Pesos not US Dollars!) on a night bus to Puerto Madryn tomorrow. The hostel is a lovely converted private house where they genuinely encourage you ...