Hostel Rosarinos 938 Rosario

... issues at hand in the election. The only reason I've heard people give for wanting Obama to be elected the next CEO of our country is because he's black. I personally don't think color should play any sort of role in deciding a person's ability to do something. I think he'll make an excellent President of our country, and I was overwhelmingly moved by his acceptance address (did all of you watch it? you should. I ...

... to get out. The campo, or countryside, is amazingly peaceful and tranquil, and feels about a million miles away, though it was only a 4 hour bus ride (a surprisingly nice one, with leather semi-cama seats and tv screens). We arrived in the small town of Wheelwright and were immediatly whisked away by our new host families. I was taken in by a wonderful woman named Silvia, who lives alone in her family´s home in Wheelwright with a dog named Mora, who we ...

... goods, incense and incense holders, and lots and lots of jewelry (semi-precious stones, silver, and copper). Sammie has gotten some cool things for her boyfriend back home-- a hunting knife engraved with his name, a woodburned rack on which to hang his keys. Everything is relatively cheap here-- especially the leather goods. And the merchants, if you will, are there every Sunday. There´s lots of handcrafted everything. And all the vendors ...

... of it. Yum. I like a nice glass of wine. And I, who´s always been a bit partial to sweeter white wine, am developing a palate for drier red wine. Francisco likes to drink it on Fridays and Saturdays... and sometimes during the week; and he always offers me vino tinto (red wine) with or without soda. Good stuff. OH! So we watch that ice skating show during dinner, which actually turns out to be like Dancing With the Stars, only ...

... ll be small classes, with only students from our program, and with a limited number of professors (Liz, you know how it works). We took a small walking tour of the city, saw the schools where we´ll be going (very cool, and I´ll post pics later), and the gym we can use, and the internet cafe we can use, and the restaurant where we´ll be eating all our meals. From a menu of like 7 items. I don´t care. It´s free. AFter the tour ...

... we told him we were irish and started planning our route for us around Argentina!! And telling us about all the sights in Rosario. Cuuute! The next day, we went to to all the sights which basically can be done in 1 day. We went to the flag monument which is HUGE and the guy who designed the Argentinian flag is buried there, then walked around some pretty parks. Stopped for a coffee and a ham and cheese sandwich (shock). can I just say, if there happens to be a shortage of cheese and ...

I came to Rosario for the second weekend of Semana Santa. It was packed out and there was not a hostel bed in town. So I camped on the island across the river. It was a really cool spot, except after the sun went down the mosquitos came out in force. I had to break out the 100% DEET spray that I ...

... calls it the best Jesuit mission to see). It was interesting, it had been converted to a museum with artifacts, etc. and the setting and buildings were quite pretty. Now, apparently I wasn't really visiting the city of Córdoba during the right season, as it's a university town and these are the summer holidays -- so it doesn't have the same vibe as it usually does. But while being unlucky in that, I was lucky to have come to Córdoba during Jesús María ...

After spending hours on a bus from Iguazu I was unprepared for the fact that not a single Hostel or Hotel had any spare rooms till the next day and even though I was given the kind offer that one of the hostels would look after my bags I had to point out that although the offer was generous if I was sleeping on the street for a night I may never be back to collect them. Suffice to say I decided Rosario was obviously not for me and got on the next bus I could Heading for Cordoba.

... know. Drank away til 3am and then headed for the boliche zone (clubs)...... knew it would be banging but left it kinda too late.. the whole street seemed to be full of drunken rowdy teenagers or student folk coming out of clubs steaming etc.. loads of coaches for bar crawls etc. not our scene really. plus the cover charges were steep at 12-14 quid... half price for loals or nationals grr..... despite bargaining for cheaper entry and checking out the interior ...