Escape from Cordoba!

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Having got to the last week of our 4 week language school in Cordoba we couldn´t take any more punishment, so we plotted our early escape on the Tuesday! We said our goodbyes and adios´s and fled to Villa General Belgrano, a beautiful Germanesque little village in the sierras. Apparently some German naval officers who escaped the sinking of the Graf Spee battleship during the Second World War settled here (and reproduced!). Defintely the best housing in Argentina!

We stayed there for a few days then flew from Cordoba to Salta, in the north west of Argentina (about 1500kms from Buenos Aires). Salta La Linda (Salta the Fair) has some lovely old colonial buildings. We took the cable car to the top of the nearest mountain, Cerro San Bernardo (1500m or 4500ft), with stunning views overlooking the city, and stayed for the sun to set behind the mountains in the distance.

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Photos

Salta, north west Argentina
Set in a beautiful location by the mountains, this photo was taken at the top of the cable car.

Iglesia y Convento San Francisco, Salta
One of the most beautiful religious buildings in Argentina.

Denise up the Trail of the Virgin (who´s she trying to kid?)
At Villa General Belgrano. Edited with Adobe Photoshop!

Our hotel in Villa General Belgrano
This was a great place, very good value, very friendly and helpful staff and one of the best decorated hotels we´ve been in.

Dog, Villa General Belgrano
This dog took us a walk all round the village and up the Trail of the Virgin, as it was doing so it attacked every car that passed!

Gerry at the top of the Trail of the Virgin
The white thing is supposed to be the Virgin, Virgin aeroplane more like!

Denise on bike with the Trail of the Virgin in the background.
We hired bikes for a day, cycled a few hundred yards and being quite exhausted stopped at a welcoming cafe and had goulash and beer!