Colon Hotel Buenos Aires

... Oliver Reed's travel bag. But taking my mind off that and much to my happy surprise Dave brought with him my sister Fiona. I was so tired after the longest twentieth of October on record – because of time changes it lasted around thirty two hours and I was awake for most of them – I didn't even recognise her when I arrived at our hotel. In fairness she would have needed to have had a huge neon sign above her head for me to have noticed her. But once I spotted her we ...

... or BBQ. Traditional in that part of Argentina means lots of lamb and sausage. While we ate dessert (flan w dulce del leche) some professional dancers came out and danced some samba and tango for us. They were quite good! Then it was back to the hotel. Very fun tour!<br><br>So tonight is an early one for Amy and I. We have to get up at 3:30 am to catch a taxi at 4 since our flight leaves at 7am tomorrow back to Peru. I will hopefully update from there ...

You cannot come to Argentina and not go to a football game, or two. Of course I was no different and on day two of my trip I scheduled a game... Racing Club versus Boca Juniors. This game was "un clasicó" (a derby), but not just because they are both from BA, a clasico also signifies that there is a little more rivalry than that.<br><br>We took the safe option of the "Tourists tour" where they bus you in, sheppard you in and out of the ground and bus you out ...

... because I disclosed I had a cough on my imigration form, I arrived on a pleasantly warm Buenos Aires winter morning.<br><br>Second panic, I bet they lost my damn bag at Heathrow! No they hadn´t it was fine. After a couple of moments looking like the anxious tourist expecting to get robbed I met a Welsh chap called Gareth, and we figured out how to get into the city centre.<br><br>Lost in Buenos Aires (BA): Day One, 1.5 hours into ...

... to carve their steaks with a spoon but are more expensive. At El Desnivel Lucy ordered the bife de lomo or tenderloin again, the most expensive at £6, and I had the bife de chorizo which supposedly was a T-bone. Different places call in different things in the translation but what I got was a boneless slab of meat as wide as the plate and an inch and a half thick, The photo shows me looking slightly ...

... for the other team , today being Colon, to keep your ticket safe in your pocket or undies otherwise kids like to pinch them and if someone tries to sit in your sit call out for him, we were allowed into the stadium. Madness, they are fanatical about their football here. Ï could not understand what the hell they were chanting but man was it catchy. Lots of Stamping and jumping and waving arms and whistling. Oh whistling is for when ...

As you probably know, we had a wonderful time visiting South America. We wanted to write down some of our favorite and least favorite things as our "wrap-up". Favorite country visited? Peru, but it was definitely the hardest. Could not drink any of the water, could not cook for ourselves, very few decent toilets and never any toilet paper. But Peru has something the others don't, to put it simply, it was just more genuine and pure. Favorite stop in ...

We have been in Buenos Aires for 3 days now. It is about 30 degrees C :o) We have our own appartment which although quite compact is very comfortable. There is a balcony which gets the sun all afternoon - but it is almost too hot to sit out for more than about 10 mins (it's tough but somehow I manage!). We are taking Spanish classes which I am finding quite difficult, the 2nd was today. Although I find it ***********struct sentences it's amazing ...

... Just think food, look around and you will find a place to eat! No problem! This is a charming place and we order the daily special. It is a greek salad, chicken empanada and pizza, with two drinks and it totals 59 pesos. The greek salad was interesting in that it had fresh tomato, red pepper and olives; you put the olive oil and vinegar on yourself. It seems common that salads do not include lettuce. We will need to ask about ...

... tourist map, I decided to explore the cobbled stone and sycamore tree lined streets whereupon I chanced upon a friendly family run parrilla restaurant called La Amistad. Soon I was sitting down to an asado of three juicy chops, a mixed salad (lettuce, onions and tomato), a basket of bread rolls, a bottle of water and the house red - I think it cost me less than $A15 for the whole meal. If you find yourself at an ...