Cetro Real Rosario

... yep, a day on the beach with a firefighter and a model, I didn´t feel white and blobular at all. The beaches are really nice and I think probably the best you can get near BA, nearer than Mar del Plata anyway. As it isn´t quite summer yet the beach was pretty empty, just us and a few couples. It was great though, golden sand, palm-frond parasols, piped 80s classics on the radio the whole ...

... too. Anyway, the dairy section of their grocery store is something to write home about. It´s like bags and bags of milk. Yes, bags. Apparently they´re cheaper to manufacture. I didn´t even know how to use a bag of milk. Apparently you have to buy this tough plastic box thing to put your bag of milk in in order to store and pour it. Stupid. But it´s cheap. And ultra-pasteurized. My mom has an open bag of milk in our fridge, but I don´t ...

... Yuck. There´s a lot of Argentinian girls at the gym-- all 92 lbs of them. They don´t actually work out, though. They fix their hair and walk on the treadmills and sometimes move from one bench to another. My family said that a lot of people go to the gym just to say they go to the gym. What´s the point, Argentina? Anyway, it´s almost 9:00 and I have to get home and shower before we eat dinner at like 10:30. I´ll post pictures tomorrow!!! Bye, all!

Took another overnight bus and when we got off found that the police had broken a zip on my rucksack during one of their searches - this may be the time to treat myself to a new hi-tec wheely convertable one. Might check them out in BA. Rosario, birthplace of Che Guevara, gets a great write-up in LP but I think they visited in summer as there´s not a lot to do when its drizzling and cold. We´ve looked at Che´s house and the flag monument and thats about it so we´re heading to BA tomorrow.

... We all bond over a great, but expensive BBQ, and talk about our experiences and places we have been! The next day I head out and explore the city, again on foot and am a little disappointed with what I find. Montevideo is a dull and grey city with locals to match! There are some gems of buildings in the city center with glorious Russian style domes on top but they are squashed between Eastern Block style concrete slab buildings that make the whole city really oppressive!! The ...

... much of our first evening trying to sort our accommodation for the next night, and after that crashed out in front of the TV. Eventually we peeled ourselves out of our bean bag and wandered across town to the riverside for some dinner. Next morning we were up early to move hostels and made our way cross town after a quick breakfast. Henry was feeling a little tired and crashed out once we got there to be woken up by a very sad Felicity an ...

... Rosario though, I mean I do want to personally test his theory but I also want to get out of BA (not that I don`t like BA but I`ve been there long enough) and it`s close and Che was born there and I want a picture of me standing in front of his house. I find a hostel and start walking around town in order to do some site seeing. I find Che`s house and it is totally not what I expected. It`s just a ****ing building, and a rather dull one at that. I ...

... to see it in daylight. Rosario is in many ways Argentina's second city and is home to the huge Monumento Nacional a la Bandera (Monument to the Flag) which contains the crypt of the flag designer General Manuel Belgrano which is close to the river. After milling around there for a while we went back down to the Estacion Fluvial for a very questionable 'salad from a tin' lunch which was revolting, then walked back up into town for a ...

... Don't plan on this place being reopened in your lifetime." "This place IS history, baby!" I yowled in my best seventies impression. Cierra jumped up for a piggyback ride down the steps, slapping her encouragement on my rump as we descended. "Wow, you don't weigh as much as I thought." I grinned, sidestepping a swipe. "Did you think about that before you said it?" Smiling mischievously, "Yup. It was fun." Then I broke down in giggles. A nearby art museum was ...

... put into it.... very interesting indeed... Outside we coudl see many paseaperros ie professional group dog walkers... they parade around with canines of all sizes, breeds and colours.. quite interesting passing by 12 dogs on leeshes... Come late afternoon us 3 made a trip to the local supermarket to buy our nourishment for the evening ... that we would cook in the hostel... nice group effort and it tasted very nice for pittance... nocci with veg in ...