Blogs from Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America - page 3

Como habíamos arreglado con los abuelos, nos fuimos a Mar del Plata 10 días durante enero. Mar del Plata, más conocida como “La Feliz”, es un importante puerto y la ciudad balnearia más clásica de Argentina. Queda a 400km al sur de Buenos Aires por la autovía 2. Aunque el agua del mar es bastante fría (sobre todo este año), el clima estuvo muy bueno, así que disfrutamos de la playa un montón. Como las playas del centro de Mar del Plata están abarrotadas de gente, desde hace un par de años vamos al balneario Costa Corvinas, que queda en Santa Clara del Mar. Se trata de un lugar muy familiar, donde las carpas son cómodas y tienen techo de paja. También hay juegos y una piscina para los chicos, donde s... read more

A very exuberant weekend in Mar de Plata followed the relaxing Easter Holidays. Over the Easter weekend my friends from Colorado and the CU Women's rugby team arrived bearing necessities and gifts from up north. The most exciting of them being a stockpile of peanut butter! A care package my Mom put together included a birthday gift of a fully loaded MP3 player (thanks Bro!), a lot of Tabasco, magazines in English, various spices to heat up our otherwise very sweet palate of food, my favorite snack foods including Craisins and Luna Bars and, of course, extra underwear. Thanks Mom! Thanks to the CU girls, Dain recieved his camera and was elated by this gift. The familiar faces were also a gift in itself. We were quickly caught up on all the inside rugby happenings in ... read more

Friday, after I wrote the last blog, I tried to rest up as much as I could until the concert. I ended up waiting over 30 minutes for the bus and it eventually came. The concert started late (like most things in Argentina), so I didn´t miss anything. I saw Santiago and Leandro, and Lucas outside, we drank a little Fernet & Coca-cola and went inside to wait for the show. Front row. The place was actually packed...probably about 100 people and at times every one of them were clapping, and pumping their fists in the air to the music. Almas Mugrientas put on a good show (www.almasmugrientas.com.ar) and afterwards we headed to an outdoor plaza in San Telmo for a beer. While we sat, there were two fights around the plaza. One was a brawl ... read more

Two games of football took place this weekend in the coastal area of Mar Del Plata. The first was a tight affair, involving players recruited from all over the world and played with flair and passion in egual measures. The second was Boca Juniors Vs River Plate which I will come onto later. This first match took place on the beach during the afternoon prior to "El Superclasico". A team of four unlikely but determined Europeans took on a bunch of tanned, toned argnetine primadonnas with the pride of our respective continets at stake. Our team comprised of myself, Jamie (also from London), Nick (from Holland) and Luis (from somewhere in Eatern Europe, i never round to asking him). The Argentines were confident, even arrogant prior to kick off, but in this game of four a ... read more

JULHO DE 2007 South America » Argentina » Mar del Plata By Andre ZainJuly 17th 2007Andre Renato Fernandes ZainPOR DO SOL MAR DEL PLATA NO MES DE JULHO... read more