El Dorado
Travel Blogs from Pinamar
Noch ein bisschen Ruhe
... Restaurants (noch) geschlossen waren. Und nur selten waren Menschen im Ort oder am langen breiten Sandstrand anzutreffen. Letzteren hatten wir somit fast für uns alleine. Im Hotel war es ruhig, die Sonnenliegen am Pool wären ohne unsere Besuche verwaist und wir konnten jederzeit und ohne lange Terminabsprache eine Massage genießen. Ein Besuch in der Vorsaison hat also Vor- und Nachteile.
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Argentine Holiday
... back of the hotel) and walked over to La Carreta for a parrilla (barbequed meat) with asado (beef) and cordero (lamb). The restaurant was not full, but had a few scattered tables of Argentine families on vacation (many of them already quite tanned). Day 2 (Friday) -The next morning we had breakfast at the hotel (cafe con leche y medialunas) and walked over to the beach. It was a bright sunny day and the beaches were full. There were families jumping in ...
Atlantic beach
... taken most of the tourists away. We even had a hard time finding an open hotel. We needed take care of a few things anyway and were both still somewhat sick. This was a better option than BA for this sort of thing. We did laundry and exchanged documents with Craig re. the store. The people in town were very nice to us, and we did take a long walk on the Atlantic beach with some of the local escort dogs.
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On Air
... a brownie cake, which we had also seen on some restaurant menus. It’s a brownie base with a thin layer of dulce de leche on top, then covered in meringue. Dulce de Leche is a thick caramel sauce or Nestle condensed milk mixed with butter and sugar. We found it in all things sweet in Argentina, it was almost like a subsititute for cream. The flan we had for dessert at the roadside restaurant today was accommanied by dulce de leche rather than cream. Fortunately Kelly likes ...
Mar de Plata
... This ensures the cows have enough grass to only eat off the land without needing anything else to make them big.
In Mar de Plata we spotted sea lions and walked around the docks. It reminded us of Whistable in England, without the Sea Lions and with better sea food. We ate fresh langostinos (lagoustines) from one of the fisherman on the dock and sampled anchoas (anchovies). Graciela and Jose Luis bought anchoas and boquerones from a shop at the ...