Urquiza Apart Hotel Rosario

... that Rosario was a wonderful introduction to Argentinian society and wine dare I add! It's a wonderfully relaxed riverside city - in one way considered a smaller BA due to the culture and atmosphere but in my opinion after experiencing BA it has a way to go! However saying that it was amazing to end up in a civilised, beautiful city and just relax and hit the beach! Strangest beach I have probably ever been on given we by a river ...

... I shudder to think how we would have fared without even the wanna-be-climate-control. Rosario, despite the unpleasant climate (nothing compared to what we´ll be dealing with in Buenos Aires) is quite the charming place. The third largest city in Argentina also boasts incredibly preserved buildings, especially from the nineteenth century commerce boom. This region in general is perfect for architecture nerds, given the ...

... was the weekend, we just spent the days as if we were locals. Shopping a bit, spending days at the park, and walking off all the ridiculous addictive ice cream we scarfed. We saw a really good Jazz Saxophonist perform at a theater on the river for one night. And instead of hitting this over-crowded and young scene of a disco, we ate dinner and drank wine at a great italian restaurant until 2am for our Saturday Night. Also ...

So I´ve been here one month exactly today. I really like it here, and I´m starting to get used to life as an Argentinian. But the longer I´m here, the more I miss certain things from the States, like: -milk -milk -MILK (none here, been over a month since I´ve drank the glorious dairy product) -cream cheese -peanut butter -spicy food (food here is very bland) -ethnic food -driving a car (just walking out of the house and getting from point A to point B ...

... EVerything looks great-- and today (Sunday) we went to a ¨feria,¨ almost a market where artesans and crafters and antique collectors bring little stands and white tents and sell their goods. Sammie, Lily, and I went to the fair today and saw a lot of cool stuff. People really enjoy Sundays here-- no businesses are open, and all the people head to the parks (there´s so many cool parks here) and just bring lawn chairs or blankets, or ...

... meat and cheese or cheese and onions... or I suppose anything, for that matter-- and are very popular in Argentina... and for fabulously good reasons), and bottles and bottles of wine (Argentines are famous for their vino, and also for good reason). So yeah, all these kids don´t know one another-- let´s stick them in a tiny room together... but what could help? Some good food? Sure. Wine? ABSOLUTELY a So I met a lot a lot a lot ...

... soll als auf dem Festland....Also Fahre genommen und rueber gefahren...den Tag in der Sonne verbracht...hübsche Argentinienren an geguckt und in genaeral lazy people watching betrieben....abends zurueck und im Hostel mit nen paar argentiniern rumgehangen...zum Glück konnten die english!;-) Ach ja heute war argentinische Nationalfeiertag und da ich in der Stadt bin in der Die Fahne designt wurde...war echt viel los!Umzüge ...

... of Entre Rios. We found a space right across from the Victoria Casino, how convenient! Feeling it rude not to admire the splendour of the local casino, we went for a wander. I entered with 100 pesos & departed with 92 & apparently that was the most expensive bottle of water in history, I say try Londis on Bridge St! We spent an hour in there looking at Roulette, Blackjack & being dazzled by the kaleidoscope of fruit machines. No Holdem tables were to be found, Baaaa ...

Here for two weeks for spanish school. its spring now, thank god, but really its just a mean season where it looks really warm outside and then you get out there and you´re freezing. we´ve been recovering from buenos aires and walking around argentina´s "second city". its also the birthplace of che, so that´ll be a fun museum sidetrip. more later.

... palazzi... quello che lo distingue tra gli altri e' una bandierina minuscola... 2. il monumento alla bandiera: l'unico verso spazio aperto della citta': decisamente imponente rispetto ai monumenti che solitamente si incontrano da queste parti!!! ...anche se un po' fascistello come gusto. speriamo almeno in un buon bife de lomo questa serae domani si riparte per Cordoba.... seconda citta' dell'argentina per estensione... incrociamo le dita!!!