Blogs from Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina, South America
January 6th 2012
Day 82 Sunday 1st January Have you seen the movie “28 Days Later” or any Zombie movie, well this is what the streets of Cordoba were like, no one, no cars, no people, and for that matter no dogs, nada, just us. It was like the people in our hotel went to sleep last night and everyone else disappeared and we were expecting the zombies to appear at any moment. We started the day normally, having breakfast and because it was New Year’s Day we just knew that nothing would be open so we sort of planned on just hanging around in the room. We didn’t think we would be getting our room cleaned but at 10.30 three women came around and kicked us out of the room so they could clean it. We ... read more
May 16th 2011
Despite their reputation, we found most of the locals in BA to be helpful and kind, but that didn’t help ease the shock of how expensive everything was. We did our research from a Lonely Planet guidebook that was five years old (oops!) and it seems Argentina is not as affordable as it was. Prices have at least tripled and in some cases are up to 10 times as much as we’d expected. So after one night we hopped on a four hour bus to Rosario, a small city on a wide river. It was here that we noticed everyone, and I mean every single person, was carrying a small pot and a thermos. We asked the guy at the hostel what it was and he said ‘yerba mate’ - a strong herbal tea that Argentineans ... read more
June 24th 2010
A couple weeks into the Copa Mundial (World Cup) and I’m finally getting around to writing about it. So far, I’ve watched nearly every game in a café, bar, bakery, grocery store, you name it. I won’t go into details on who I think is doing well or bad, other than saying I think this is the worst year England has ever seen. I mean, tying the Americans and Algeria? What happened?!?! The Americans are doing “well”. Pulling off that tie to England which really should have been a win if they weren’t playing so horribly. And that comeback tie to Slovenia that, due to some horrible refereeing, wasn’t a win. If the American team picks up their play, they will be the team to beat this year. Uruguay has been a pleasant surprise in Group ... read more
June 9th 2010
Any expacts out there living in Rosario? Sorry for being so short, I'm new to the blog and I will start publishing stories in the near future. Feel free to drop your comments!!!!... read more
Rosario and the 5 regions of the Northeast
Published: May 20th 2010South America » Argentina » Santa Fe » Rosario
May 20th 2010
Having finished in Buenos Aires for now, my plan was to follow the Paraná River northwards to the Paraguayan border. The Paraná meets the Uruguay river to form the River Plate just outside Buenos Aires, and is in fact the second longest in South America, with one of the largest basins in the world. The first stop, 4 hours by bus from Buenos Aires, was Argentina’s third city, Rosario. Rosario proved to be quite an interesting stopover, though it definitely didn’t feel like the 3rd biggest city in the country. The compact centre (el microcentro) was full of the same sort of shops that Buenos Aires had, only quite a bit cheaper, as well as a few interesting museums and places to see. The main reason Argentinean tourists come to the city is to see the ... read more
May 10th 2010
This past weekend, the group and I went to a Newell's Old Boys futbol game. This was nothing like I have ever experienced before in my life. Though I was somewhat sad that my first football game couldn't be a Wolverhampton Wanderers game or a Seattle Sounders game, there really couldn't be any other better place to experience my first game, and it sure did not disappoint. One thing that really surprised me at this game was the number of police officers they had to have to keep the peace. I knew before I came down here that Argentina took their futbol very seriously and I figured that they would have a lot of officers for at least the superclasico (the game where Newell's Old Boys play their cross town rival Rosario Central), but I did ... read more
April 17th 2010
Finally, my first excursion outside of Rosario. I woke up at 6:00 AM to get ready to catch my 8:00 AM non-stop bus to Santa Fe. Once I got to the bus terminal I found where my bus would be departing from after some confusion between my seat number and the platform number. After that was figured out, I was instructed that my seat was on the second level of the bus (it was a double-decker) and after some more confusion to as where my seat actually was, I found it to be the very front seat looking out through the front window. Needless to say, this was the most fun bus ride that I've had traveling from one place to another. Though my preferred form of transportation is still by train. Upon arriving in Santa ... read more
April 5th 2010
A couple days ago over the long Easter weekend, I walked up to the Cathedral in Rosario to see the place before it became packed with people for the Easter day services. I had seen the cathedral before and loved the building, though I had never been inside before. So I took the opportunity to step inside while they had their doors open for Easter. Once inside, I was even more impressed by the building. There's stained glass on virtually every wall somewhere or another and the statues were made and placed so wonderfully that I had forgotten that I was in Argentina and was taken back to my days of visiting the Cathedrals in England. Now that I'm able to compare the Cathedral here in Argentina with those in Britain, I can say that while ... read more
April 1st 2010
The long Easter weekend has already begun, making my friends back home mad with jealousy. First they said, "What? You get 3-day weekends every week?", now they say, "WHAT?!?! A 4-DAY WEEKEND?!?! NO FAIR!!!" Indeed I am having a 4-day weekend here in Argentina. It's going to give me time to do my homework and even get a little bit of adventure in. I plan to explore the northern part of Rosario as well as hopefully find prices for renting kayaks to take out on the river. If all goes good with the kayaks, I will be paddling our on the Rio Parana in a weeks time. As for everyone else in my group, they didn't expect to be paying 250 pesos for a bus to Cordoba or Mendoza. Its about 4 times more expensive now ... read more
