Hotel Rosario

<br><br>The storm during the night was quite violent but we got some sleep between the clashes of thunder and the sound of the hail on the metal roof of the hotel. In the morning we got on the bikes which had been in the hotel garage for the night and did the morning tire inflation ritual.<br><br>We rode through the country ...

Before going to Rosario we decided not to book anywhere to stay why i dont know. We found a place in the lonely planet that was cheap and cheerful, well thats what they said. The guy behind the desk of this hotel told us we had a very spacious room and it even had a bath. When i heard bath i was so happy i hadnt had ...

... running, but stopped next to the dumpster. A man was going over to the dumpster to pick something up and add to the car. Not seen in many places in Michigan, so somewhat strange. What was STRANGER was the fact that they were taking the bundle on their back, climbing to the top of the absolute mountain of bundled trash on top of the car, and strapping it on. Mountain?-- you might wonder. Never in my days have I ever wanted a ...

Hi all, Well Eilis and I are now one week into our six week trip and this is the first travel update so I guess that means that we have been too busy enjoying ourselves to spend time at a computer (its too much like work anyway!). So we started the trip last Friday (18th July) and flew to Reus to visit Olive and Xavi and have a look at Tarragona where we got married almost a year ago (scary how time flies ...

... and dull and bloody expensive too!! Finally I got to the border town and was told that there is only one bus to Argentina and it is not for another five hours!! If I get that bus I will then miss my bus connection in Argentina and have to spend another night in a bus station or on a park bench! So I fork out God knows how much, all this country hopping is playing havoc with my currency converting, and I have to get a taxi from Uruguay to Argentina!!! Nightmare!! So the ...

... The town of Rosario, is a very very nice place. Although it's a Argentina's second city, it's not it's second biggest so it still holds a lot of old charm and architecture. And the people were absolutely fantastic, really friendly and always willing to help. They also seemed genuinely happy that we'd traveled so far and chose to visit their city. It seems to be a town where Argentine people go for a weekends break, and the hostel was full of Buenos Aires locals ...

... that ****ing card game Yanniv (sp?) and of course I get last place as usual. I swear they cheat somehow. I find out David (Davi I think is his actual name, funny thing with Isrealis, they have their real name and then their traveling name for all the gringos that can`t pronounce or remember their real name) knows Amir from Morro de Sao Paulo. To recall your memory Amir is the guy who I got to go to Morro and then he stayed there because he got a ...

Rosario is sometimes considered Argentina's greatest city. Well preserved 19th century architecture fills the downtown area and the six mile riverfront is dotted with parks, beaches and sidewalk cafes. The locals have a sense of civic pride not found in other places and city pride propaganda can be seen on the shirts of local residents every day. After our visit to Cordoba, I was skeptical about this, but Rosario´s aesthetics did ...

... the next long stretch of our journey, rides to and from the terminal, etc. I enjoyed being in their home and in their peaceful little town of Funes, walks in the park with their family, breakdance sessions with the little ones, etc. In face, the first night we were there, i went for a little jog to release some pent-up energy that had been stored over the course of the past several days. It was almost overwhelming to take in the ...