The first meal and great wine

A few days in El Calafate

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February 27th 2009
We arrived in El Calafate late afternoon and quickly found our hostel, not too difficult, this place is not big. The first evening in El Calafate we took pretty easy, when out for a lovely meal - had Patagonian lamb, delicious, wine great too  We came back to the hostel, there was live music in the evening provided by 3 Brazilians on guitars and percussion, a lot of improvised. After playing ... read more

South America » Argentina » Santa Cruz » El Calafate

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Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... ... read more