Blogs from Córdoba, Argentina, South America - page 32

On the way to Bariloche, I stopped for a week in Cordoba, the second largest city in Argentina (only 1 mil people), a town with lots of universities and factories. For several of the days there, i rented a car with some friends and drove around in the mountains south of the city. Unfortunately, because of the weather (fog) we weren´t able to go into the condor national park to see the condor nesting sites, but we did see plenty flying overhead. We also found one of the weirdest and coolest museums down a dirt road on the other side of the mountain range from Cordoba, basically in the middle of nowhere. Its the collection of a french anthropologist that now has 20k pieces relating to humans with everything from machines to shrunken heads to mummies. ... read more

Enfin un update! La semaine dernière, j'ai passé 4 jours au calme dans un village nommé Villa General Belgrano, fondé par le reste d'un équipage allemand d'un navire qui a fait naufrage lors de la seconde Guerre Mondiale. La région était très belle encore une fois, avec un climat méditerrannéen et une végétation principalement composée d'eucalyptus et de chênes. L'auberge était adorable, située un peu a l'extérieur du village. Les propriétaires était neerlandais et avait une petite ferme biologique sur le site même et offrait de la bonne nourriture. Parlant de bouffe, il y avait plein de spécialité allemande au village et surtout maintes bières allemandes et artisanales. Je n'ai pas fait grand chose, mais c'est bien de se reposer un peu, manger, lire et profiter du soleil.. Voilà quelques photos, un chien pour Julien, une ... read more

I've noticed that a lot of eateries in Argentina don't necessarily have everything that's listed on the menu. This is, of course, if you are given a menu at all, and if that menu contains anything more than pizza, pasta or steak. DO NOT MISUNDERSTAND: I love Argentina and its cuisine; the pizza, pasta and steak in Argentina are all top-notch. But really, a person (or country) can perfect anything when it's all they ever do, ever. We spent a day-long connection on Tuesday in Tucumán, northwestern Argentina's largest city, which is also a giant bus station. Perhaps there's more there than that, but after Monday's 17-hour commute, we felt entitled to convalesce a bit. Terminal del Tucumán is a self-contained consumer's paradise, boasting 30,000 square metres of restaurants, clothing boutiques, electronics outlets, internet cafes, currency ... read more

Well This week has been sort of Normal. I unfortunately can{t seem to get the school to figure out things. They seem to want more money for the switch. I, however will stick to it and say no!! After being here for a while it appears that there is someone who is very greedy on this end. This school cost more than any of the other schools in the area and seem to pay the teachers and the home stays next to nothing. The teachers at the school only make 400 pesos a month. which works out ot about 125.00 US dollars. They also tend to lack experience, nice people, but they do try. At any rate, I hope the switch works out. I only requested it about four weeks ago. I have gotten no reply. ... read more

Well A trip finally materailized for last Saturday, I went hiking and it was good to get out of the city. I went with the same person from the school who has tryed to organize several other trips that he cancelled but this one finally happened. I arrived at the school at 8:30 am and there were three other students in the car. Two were from the other big language school here and one was from my school. The two women were from Belgium and spoke French. The guy was England. The guy and one of the girls were living in the same residental house here in Cordoda. They were exhaused and we had not even begun the trip. But this trip for them was only a continuation of the night before. They arrived home from ... read more