Crowne Plaza Cordoba

... Bus mit unserem Bier angeschüttet.
Am Montag hab ich (Flo) mit seinem Praktikum begonnen, ich arbeitet in einer privaten katholischen Schule und bin damit sehr zufrieden. An zwei Tagen unterrichte ich Englisch in verschiedenen Klassen und sonst helfe ich in einer Klasse mit. Die Kinder sind alle 10-11 Jahre alt. Die Kinder sind begeistert einen Europäer auf der Schule zu haben und ich störe oft mehr als ich nützlich bin, da sich alle ...

... took place in the afternoon, never at night, because with only candles there was not enough light for social events at night.

The second museum was a memorial to people who were made to 'disappear´ during the Dirty War in the 1970s. Outside the museum hung hundreds of flags, each with a photograph and name of a disappeared person. Inside the building, which was a former place of detention and torture, were cells filled with flowers, or ...

... soon. Some guy came out after a while and started spouting spanish. Ror found out that he said that they did not know if the flight would leave that night or the morning. We were so tired at this stage that I didnt really care - we have laws at home about delayed flights, surely it would be the same over here and if we werent to go until the morning at least they would put us up in a hotel. Thankfully we didnt have to find out if we would have ...

... where we came from. This was quite interesting, Holland, Switzerland, Austria, Canada, EEUU, Ireland, Norway. We all had a good laugh then with our English guide books toured the home. In each room was dedicated to different times in his life. It was a interesting place and holds pride for Argentinians. Tuesday night after getting dinner with Marsha I went out with most of the group from the day to a club. I drank too much. The next morning Marsha ...

... all the while the fear grew and grew... if we didnt have enough money to pay... what would happen to us??! Would we even be able to explain.... ?? Anyway.. so enough of the drama.. needless to say I was a nervous wreck throughout the whole meal, and of course it turned out we had plenty of money. Just another example of me taking a normal situation and making it into the worst situation ever in my head.. oh well.. So yeah, aside from this terrible enoucnter ...

... first opportunity in a long time so we took FULL advantage!!! Next day we headed out to another town outside the city and visited a Jesuit museum and Che Guevara museum (way better than the apartment block). very interesting and who knew he was such a handsome man under that beard??? It was weird standing there knowing that fidel Castro had been in that very same building a couple of years ago. There were some pics of his visit. Mad. Oh, By teh way, we also managed to pick ...

... univ**sity students which fuel it´s nightlife. apparantly th**e are 7 v**y large univ**sities h**e. Th**e are some cool museums as well, including the Museum of Mod**n Arte and a Contemporary Art Musuem which is almost near completion. An architectural int**est lies in at the Paseo de Buen Pastor which is an incorporation of a old building and completely contrasting addition of contemporary architecture wh**e a great ...

... Which became more spectacular after the electricity went down in the block containing my bar. More bus rides, then. To Cordoba. Breakfast, in a cafe-bar in which the ceiling appeared to be crumbling (half of it plasterboard which finished abruptly, the other half, nothing other than the wooden beams above, holding up the roof) and a waitress who was more interested in watching "Free Willy" than anything else. I wouldn´t normally mind, but it´s such sentimal, mawkish ...

... Haus besichtigt in dem Che Guevara aufgewachsen ist und auch einen Stop in einem kleinen deutschen Dorf gemacht. Dort war alle ein wenig zu klischeehaft und wir haben uns stets gefragt, wo es in Deutschland wohl so aussieht. Auf alle Faelle ist nun klar woher die Vorurteile vom Bier und Lederhosen kommen. Auf jeden Fall hatten wir einen schoenen Tag in den Bergen nach all dem ...

Today we went horseback riding in the mountains outside of Cordoba. Our Hostel (Tango Hostel) knew a guy (the absolutely suave Fabrizio) who owned a ranch and set up little groups for us to go and check it out. All for 100 pesos we had the one hour drive out to Unquillo (his ranch, horseback riding lessons and an absolutely delicious barbecue lunch. Unquillo is absolutely calm and gorgeous. Worth a visit if you have a prearranged ...