Since are we now more than 6 months in Argentina, we think it is appropriate to look back on our experience inside and outside of Argentina. Only when looking at our photos, we finally realize what amazing places we have already visited in South America. This continent is incredible, with virgin nature, great waterfalls, high mountains, sky blue lakes, infinitely long beaches with fine sand and warm ocean water, huge glaciers, exotic animals and fruits, culture, and an interesting history. Also, the people we met have been very friendly in general. Let's keep it short, these are the photos which will (we hope) show you more than our words can tell. Enjoy! :)
Today Vini became 3 times 7 and he is doing fine. :-D Katarina made the great birthday cake which had a very short lifetime. The recipe is available on request.
We celebrated it with a nice dinner, with some friends.
At night (2 a.m.) we went to PACHA, a famous night club. DJ Hell was the second star of the night, after Vini of course. ;-)
We decided to do a picknick in the Jardin Botanico, close to Plaza Italia. It is a very typical place, with an incredible amount of cats. They tried once to reduce the number of cats, but since then the rats and other less friendly species quickly returned, they decided to allow cats to reproduce "normally" ;-) We invited our friend from New York, Alyssa to enjoy with us the sun, the food, and the garden.
Can you guess from the video what we ate as dessert ? Hint: it rhymes with coffin. First one to find it, receives a special prize which will be hand-crafted by us.
Afterwards, we had a drink at a cafe nearby, where we did an important scientific contribution to humanity (our heads were nicely fried by the sun, that certainly helped ;).
Our Argentine friends, Andrea and Pablo, invited us to spend a Sunday at their country home (maison de campagne). It was a wonderful day with a lot of sunshine, a great asado (barbecue) and refreshing water (very very fresh ;-). We had a great time and we were very happy to have been invited by our friends. You will understand once you see the photos.
We found some jokes about Argentina and Argentinians and we could not resist to put two of them here. You can find the rest on this page .
Sorry for those of you who do not understand Castellano (Spanish).
Un argentino se encuentra con un conocido y le pregunta:
- Che, ¿tenés un encendedor?
- Esperate que busco - responde el otro, y empieza a buscar en los
bolsillos del pantalón, en la camisa, en el saco, y sigue tocándose
mientras le contesta al otro:
- Mmm, che, parece que no tengo encendeddor... ¡¡pero qué bueno estoy!!
:-D
Le pregunta un argentino a un español:
- Ché, ¿sabés cual es el país mas cercano al cielo?
- "Argentina", supongo -responde el español enfadado-
- No ché, no... es Uruguay, que está al lado de Argentina..
The 20th of January 2007, we took Buquebus (a ferry) for a one day trip in Colonia, a small colonial town in the South of Uruguay. Apparently, it has not changed much since the colonial times when the Portuguese and Spanish were active in the region.
With a fast ferry, it takes only 1 hour to get there and to forget the noise and stress of Buenos Aires. This picturesque town is on the list of the Unesco World Heritage of Humanity. It is an ideal town to relax, enjoy the magnificent seascape in the sun (when you are lucky ;-) and explore the historical richness.
