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Published: April 16th 2009
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At least according to Che Guevara. Find out why later in this latest exciting episode of Stewart's blog.
So, to Cordoba. Before I created this 3 weeks window, it was always going to a place I ended up skipping over. And after spending 6 days there, I've got to say I'm quite glad I didn't. I've got to say though, that Argentina's second city didn't make the greatest of first impressions on me. You see, my first day in places I usually go out and see "the sights". But unless you like churches, Cordoba doesn't really have many. Sure, theres the Jesuit block, and the plazas are all very nice, but nothing really stood out. But then I realised I was coming at Cordoba completely the wrong way.
You see for me, Cordoba is more a living city than a touristy one. And I started enjoying myself much more, just wandering around, stopping for ice cream here and there - 5 pesos for 1/4 of a kilo - bargainous, and watching the world go by. It was all rather relaxing really. But at night, things change. Cordoba is a huge university city, and students have a tendendency to want
to go out, hence the nightlife in Cordoba is pretty good. But boy do they go out late, even compared to the rest of Argentina. There was one night, I'd been sitting in the hostel, fiddling about on the internet, reading a bit, and before I knew it it was 2.30am. I was about to hit the hay, when a Uruguayan guy suggested we hit the town instead. It must have been about 3ish when we eventually got to the bar, and it was still virtually empty! Crazy people, but good times though. For the record, it was more like 4 when the place filled up.
As I was in Cordoba over the weekend, it seemed rude not to go to a footy game. The city doesn't have a first division team, so instead I went along to see Belgrano, in the 2nd. I was expecting it to be a bit more chilled out than the other games I'd been to, but if anything, the fans were crazier. The quality was noticeably worse though. Perhaps these 2 things are connected.
Now, remember how my Che Guevara hunt was a failure in Rosario? I wasn't letting him get away
that easily, and headed out with a couple of others to another old house of his in Alta Gracia, just outside Cordoba. This has been turned into a museum, and in contrast to the efforts in Rosario, is excellent, one of the best museums I've been to, with just the right mixture of things to look at, and things to read (free English translations provided). The undoubted highlight for me, was a bit on Che's diet. Apparently, he felt that eating chicken, pork, lamb and all other meat was wrong and cruel. However, eating steak was absolutely fine. Only in Argentina!
And that was just about that for Cordoba. Next stop was Uruguay, where for the first time in 3 months, I wouldn't be in either Argentina or Chile. Told you this edition of the blog was going to be exciting!
Stewart
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