Hottest Day Ever!

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Today marked the hottest day that I have ever been in Rosario. Granted, it did help that I was up with friends until about 4 AM last night and was able to sleep in as we don't have classes on Fridays. Though I did have to get up at some point today as my program director had set up a 2-hour walking tour of the city for us so we can get used to where things are and what kind of monuments there are. To make a long story short, the tour lasted 4 1/2 hours! None of us had any water, nor had we eaten lunch early because we thought we'd all be done and able to go get something to eat afterwards. Needless to say, we were all tired, hungry, thirsty, miserable. Wasn't helping that our guide kept stopping every 40 feet to talk about a specific building that USED to be there, or the fact that she repeated everything twice or more. When she told us all that we were free to go, she had left us at the far side of the city where most of us were 3 miles or more away from our home stays. Though that didn't stop us from scrambling out of there as quickly as possible.

Even though it was a very long and horrible trip, she did lead us by some pretty nice and interesting places. I managed to get snapshots of most of them, including ones at the top of the Flag Monument (the highlight of the tour)...Enjoy!

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Photos

Statue of San Martin
Statue of San Martin. There is an identical one in France where he died.

Plaze de San Martin
San Martin's Plaze.

Argentine National Bank
The bank was moved some years ago and they took the entranceway from the old bank and re hoisted it as a monument in front of the new bank

Flag Monument
Approaching the Flag Monument from the east.

Statues
Old statues built into the newly constructed area of the monument.

Statues
Old statues built into the newly constructed area of the monument.

Flag Monument
Continuing into the monument and beginning our walk along the new pathway.

Brazier
Built to honor those who fell during the revolution for Argentina's independence from Spain.

Monument and Brazier
The monument rising above the brazier and other surrounding buildings

Front of the Monument
The monument actually faces out toward the river instead of the city.

Comments

[Marysia]

Thanks for the pictures, Bro!

[Cari]

Wow!
Tour aside, those photos are gorgeous!!! Not only are your writing skills amazing, your photography are as well! ~ La Luna Di Morte