Berna Hotel
Travel Blogs from Villa General Belgrano
Oktoberfest!
I know what you're thinking, "am I still in Argentina", right? Well in answer, yes I am. This weekend I went to Villa General Belgrano, a small, German mountain village that’s a two hour bus ride SW of Cordoba city, in the province of Cordoba. Quaint and somewhat stereotypical, the village is named after the creator of the Argentinian flag Manuel Belgrano, but it was founded in 1930 by two ...
Cordoba - The Jesuit city
... a Sunday afternoon meant that the streets were completely abandoned, which added to the city's quaint character. After visiting the area around the Jesuits quarters, we continued to the University of Cordoba - which is the oldest university in South America. Just being around the building makes you want to study there! Later we headed to the Feria de Artisenal, which was a lot of fun. It's actually an evening market and its pretty amazing to see ...
Building bridges between my past and future
... Finally I found a nice hostel with a free bed in a dorm. Yipee! I remember my surprise when I entered the room and found a bunch of teen-looking guys cutting the hair of one of them sitting on a chair in the middle of the room. The rest of them were getting ready for partying. The enjoyed the pre-partying so much that they didn't leave until 3 am.
Fortunately the next day I could move to another ...
Cordoba -The pleasures of not being in a hostel...
Fede picked us up from the bus station and we quickly got an appreciation of what a good driver he is given the erratic and unpredictable nature of the drivers in Argentina. A mixture between rally car and F1, you definitely need your wits about you driving in this country, there is absolutely no room for indecisiveness. There is no room for Asian or Polynesian drivers here, they seriously would be killed within about 10 seconds of cranking the engine! ...
Je suis une bon danses
... focus on whats going right, or we can focus on whats going wrong. and my dad always says that you can make a lot more with honey than you can with vinegar. you know what i mean?
but so it all worked out. i did my thing with lilu, em did her thing with ari. lilu and i did a bunch of camping in a national park and in a national hippie town (hahaha), ate a lot of tuna and pate and bread and cheese and wine, had a run in with some cows, ...
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Amenities
- Swimming pool
- Room service
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Wheelchair accessibility
- Free parking