Cordoba, Argentina
Trip Start
Jun 08, 2007
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Trip End
Sep 03, 2007
Cordoba,
Argentina
Friday, July 13, 2007
In Cordoba
We arrived into Cordoba early Monday morning from an overnight bus ride with Marianne (a fellow Canuck we met in Cafayate). We arrived into snow and freezing temperature, which was a bit of a shock given our recent warm weather. Apparently, this was the first time it snowed in Cordoba since 1928.Once we checked into our hostel, Cornell (the Swiss guy we met in Cafayate), followed in behind us. We were very surprised since we said goodbye to him when transferring buses in Tucuman. Due the holiday on the 9th (Independence Day), there were no hostels in Tucuman, and he had to catch a bus to Cordoba.
During our stay in Cordoba, we walked around the city, shopped a bit (stocking up on warm clothing that we will soon need!) and checked out the colonial architecture. We also did a few hours on private Spanish lessons to help us with our conversational Spanish.
Villa General Belgrano
On one of the days we did a trip to Villa General Belgrano, which is a bit of a slice of Germany in Argentina, albeit quite kitch (check out the photos). There were lots of german alpine style signs & buildings, loads of gnomes & dwarfs, and plenty of beer paraphenalia (they even have their own Oktoberfest.)
We said goodbye to Marianne, as our next stop was Neuquen.
