First stop, Buenos Aires

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Hi All, We´re finally here after all that talking about it, and all´s good! The flight was long and soul destroying ,but they had decent films, and our luggage managed to come all the way too which was nice.

Buenos Aires is massive, but so far people are friendly and life is quite laid back. No-one here rushes much, and it´s a pace of life we are getting used to pretty quickly. We´re staying in San Telmo (the old town) ,and the book wasn´t joking about the crumbling streets - walking about is a bit of an extreme sport.

We´ve met some pretty funny locals in the bars nearby, and Sarah seems to attract the local old men, which she´s a bit worried about! Good job i did those spanish lessons, or I´d never keep up with what´s going on, but it´s still a struggle.

We´ve done some sightseeing and wandered about town pretty successfully, eating empañadas (pasties) and choripan (sausage sandwiches). We even had bit s of sausge on sticks in one bar - like home from home really.

We´ve got some tangoing and a night out in trendy Palermo to come before we move on to Uruguay on Monday. So should have some stories to come.

PS. I am oficially the whitest man in South America, and the local mosquitos love me ...... i ve got ankles like the elephant man!

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Comments

[Chris]

bitey things
Hasn't the jungle formula worked then? Gerry is really sorry, she thought it was the biz. Maybe your not putting enough on or not bending down far enough. Nice shades. You've got to be pleased with the weather at least you would be if you could see what we have here. The sausage sandwiches were a result. The hostel looks as though it is in Brighton. You were the whitest person in Hedge End so it's not a surprise here. You can now work on the suntan but Gerry hopes that the P20 is better than the jungle formula. Glad it's going well. Love from us all.

[Debs]

Hey
Hey!! Glad to see you both made it safe and sound and are fitting into the laid back lifestyle so well!! I think you were lucky to go when you did after all the snow that we got on Tuesday! Im slightly concerned that Kees is gonna miss his flight as its due to snow more tomorow and he has a history of missing flights/forgeting passports/turning up on the wrong day!! he he! Keep the blogs coming!! Good luck with the tan Greg!! xxxxx

[Jane.Andres anad Alex]

Hi, So happy all is going well, will keep mum updated with all, Andres sends message to greg, " you must order a Quilmes on his behalf" Sarah, maybe you will prefer something else!!!!!!! We love you loads and miss you, please take care, all okay over here, horrible weather, but enjoying the snow, yes, it is snowing in Mallorca. luv Jane, Andres and Alex xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[Dave & Jo]

Snow
Hi both of you, glad you are there ok and you have a good supply/range of sausages! It has snowed loads here Dave couldn't get home on Tuesday night so abandoned his car and stayed at Jess and Steve's. It looks so warm there, we are very jealous although less than a week until we hit the slopes, quite literally for Jo! Take care, keep in touch love The Hitchcocks xxx

[Gareth]

yay! it finally happened!
hey there, great to see you finally made it after all the talking and planning. Love the idea of being able to view some of your pics as well! keep it coming - no-one here on the RBS coalface is the slightest bit jealous Im sure....

[Nikki & Peter]

Nikki & Peter
Thrilled you arrived safe and sound, pictures look good, food sounds great, keep practising the espanol Greg - you'll come back with some strange accent when you speak English no doubt! Sarah don't sit so near the road next time particularly with big buses around! Can't wait for the next episode! Love you both and take care XXXXXXXXXXXXX