Howard Johnson Express Inn Rosario

... quite as welcoming as in Cordoba, but without the attitude you find in Buenos Aires. <br><br>We had help getting into the city and finding a botel from a biker brother - he rode us through the middle of town, out of his way certainly but was very glad to help us find our way - definitely a welcoming city!<br><br>We spent ...

... on top of it to boot. I don´t think that the roof of a car is made to support all that weight. All in all, it was weird. 2. As much as I hate to start this story like this, Sammie and I were sitting at the ice cream place, eating ice cream. We had ordered the deluxe that day, and she was eating the wafer cookie off of her ice cream. As she was doing so, a crumb landed in my ice cream. I assumed it had come from her wafer, and so I ...

... around. IT´s just very different from any version of figure-skating I´ve ever seen. And after the competition, these scantilly-clad (sp?) women come out and ice ¨dance¨ with a little dog, who always seems to relieve himself on the ice. Then they have to stop and clean it up... and then it´s impossible to skate in the yellow ice... it´s just very comical. Last night, a distant cousin of Francisco (and good friend of Nélida) named Chuli came ...

... an organised affair with modified bikes and trollies to put the good stuff into). So at night time the city resembles something from Mad Max! Its very strange then that in the middle of this chaos are the fanciest shops, restaurants and cafes that wouldnt look out of place in D4. Anyway after you accustom yourself to all this the city really starts to grow on you and after 4 days there I was really loving ...

... that we were expected to tip the men who loaded the luggage onto the storage section of the bus. It was very evident by the scowl on their faces, and outstretched hands after they loaded your bags if you weren´t quick with the pesos! I arrived in Rosario after a somewhat short bus trip on a beautiful Argentinan bus from BsAs, although the trip was filled with adventure. The road blockades (convoys of farmers in their trucks and ...

... What a small world it is! The next day was an exploration of Rosario city! It is stunning, amazing and beautiful place, really pretty! I think I even prefer it to Buenos Aires! Amazing buildings, sculptures, river front, museums, galleries, cafes, pubs and clubs and of course Che's birth house! The city is so bright and colorful and sunny! The people are very cool too. Great style, very edgy, much more finger on the pulse than Buenos Aires, so much more relaxed and slower ...

... also has one of the best inscriptions I've ever seen on a monument, on the front it says "Listen mortals to the sacred cry of Freedom!, Freedom!, Freedom!" and the back says "And all the free people of the world responded to the grand city of Argentina" Powerful stuff!!! One other main attraction of the country is the current exchange rate, which at the moment is worth 5 pesos to 1 euro, so it's almost half the price of Brazil and an awful lot cheaper than home ...

... a Backstreet Boy or something (not that that`s complimentary). And now I think I`m the **** because I have all these 16-19 year old girls on my jock. I meet some dude named Leo who is a ****ing pimp and we meet these two hotties who are actually over 20, I swear to God they are and I`m shocked. Leo is awesome and speaks English although he thinks my name is John and for some reason I never correct him. So we hang out with these two chicks for the rest ...

... seem to be interested in accomodating. You sit down and relax with your mate, and often you have your own mate cup with straw. We started seeing these in Chile and here they seem to be sold in every store front. Big money is spent on a good Yerba mate cup and it seems like maybe they get better with age. I noticed that Rene, our host in Chile, didn´t make much of an effort to clean his when he was finished with it ...

In the terminal in Buenos Aires I had told Mike that my friend Cechu and her husband do not speak any English. I had in mind to play a little joke on the lad. What he didn´t know was that they had lived recently in the states for a number of years. They actually got married in Orem and their english is great. he he he he. I called Cechu from the terminal and told her to my plan to play a joke on Mike. She reluctantly agreed to go along with it. When they came to pick ...