Hotel Zurich Rosario

... to report on this day - we rode from Cordoba to Rosario, which is a city about 250 miles north of Buenos Aires, which is a very livable city with beaches, beautiful tree-lined streets and picturesque city parks. It also has an abundance of bars, restaurants and great little stores. The people are very charming and warm ...

... up. We went to see the house were he was born and the memorial they have for him after years of fighting over it. We meet two guys traveling together Alan from Manchester and James from Canada we stayed in touch with them and met them as we traveled around Argentina they even came to B's A's to see us for Halloween.

... they pack up everything they own on top of their car and start driving? And they end up packing a load that´s 3x as big as the entire car itself? That´s what we saw. Something I can only describe by drawing. And I´ll give you Sammie´s phone number...we are NOT exaggerating here. Check out this website. This would give you the best visual aid... not lying. Anyway, all this stuff was piled on top of this car, and people were ...

... ice skating. It´s judged by a man (whose face has been SEVERELY surgically altered) and a drag queen. And it´s strange to watch this particular version of figure skating because the female skaters are normal-sized women. They´re not all 92 pounds-- they´re incredibly large-chested and well-proportioned women. But the skating turns out quite a bit different because the women are normal-sized and their skating partners can´t just toss ...

... seems to be either on the edge of total chaos or just recovering from total chaos. What I mean is that the basic fabric of the city such as paths, green areas and buildings are falling apart. Couple that with the sheer amount of dog **** (it beats Paris hands down) and you really have to watch your step! There is also a large homeless population that seem to make a living by picking through the rubbish ...

... I didn't care, I just was glad to be back in Argentina! So I started to walk down the stairs and bumped into an Irish girl and I joined her for dinner. So me and my new friend Rosy head to dinner and it is only as we are half way down the road that we recognize each other and realize that we were in the same class in high school for two years!! We had the same teachers, classes, friends, the whole lot!! How amazing is that? So we spent the night catching up, which was great ...

... of anything other than a smallish red sign outside...and nothing else, no museum, no souvenir shop, you can't even go into the apartment block. I was actually struggling to take two photos of it! However, we saw it so at least it was something. The next sight to see was Monument to the Flag, which is exactly as it sounds, only it's an extremely impressive structure. The initial part of it contains an Eternal Flame of Freedom housed in a massive unit of pillars ...

... get in underage. It`s like looking at a Girl`s Gone Wild video in person. I meet I don`t know how many girls and for some reason I have noticed a trend, younger girls in SA like me much more than older ones. I meet this one 18 year old and she takes my hand and one of the Isreali dudes ask where we are going and I tell him "I fint to go make out with this 18 year old real quick". I keep getting dragged around as I think all these girls think I`m ...

... and the outdoor dining options sit high above the river with views of distant beaches and passing ships. The hard scape waterfront is broken up by sections of less developed green space where the locals come out to jog, walk dogs, or just sit around drinking their Yerba mate. A few words about Yerba mate. Everyone drinks it here, and it´s not like Starbucks where you get a cup of it to go. In fact, "to go" is not something that ...

... very much for. Some of it was also very positive. I also spoke at length with her sister-in-law who was there visiting who had lived in my second area, Rio Ceballos. She also gave me updates on all the members in the area. My heart ached to go to Córdoba even more after our conversations and after coming within 5 hours of the city. Alas, that had been our original plan, but we decided to go south before the weather turns too cold.