Blogs from Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina, South America - page 7

South America » Argentina » Santa Fe » Rosario September 7th 2008

Just got back from traveling to Rosario! Friday afternoon at 1, Taryn and I met at the Retiro train station to get on our omnibus. It took about 5 hours, we got to our hostel a little bit after 6. It was called Che Pampas Hotel and it was amazing - so clean, really small, chill staff, included desayuno, living room with dvd player, patio with parilla…hot! We dropped off our stuff, grabbed some maps and immediately went exploring. We walked all the way down Avenida Belgrano (shady!) to see the Planetarium but it was closed, the only thing going on was some lecture type deal, so we bounced. We went to the festival del cine and then walked through a neighborhood that looked a lot like Palermo. We tried to find a restaurant and it ... read more

Some pics

South America » Argentina » Santa Fe » Rosario September 6th 2008

Orientation

Crystal

Hey all...here are some pictures to kinda go with my last entry!!! I just had some delightful hot chocolate.........oh my SOOO GOOD!!! Yesterday we went on a boat on el Rio Parana and then had a walking tour through the city. There are also some pics of that on here...this entry has a lot sorry if it takes awhle to load!!! ... read more

A Whole New World

South America » Argentina » Santa Fe » Rosario September 5th 2008

Crystal

I´m officially in Rosario now! I arrived here after a 4hour bus ride from BA on Tuesday! We spent the first night sociallizing and went out to a local hang out place. I got to chat up some locals and learn some new slang :-) The next day we tested for our spanish levels and had orientation and then met our family!!! So my family is totally amazing. I live with my mom, dad, sister, and brother. I spend the most time with my mom. She´s been taking me around showing me where places are etc. My brother works all day and then has a tendancy to go out at night...he´s supposibly going to take me salsa dancing on Wednesday! My sister leaves for class right when I get home...but she´s graduating in a month from ... read more

Mandag den 21 juli: Rosario

South America » Argentina » Santa Fe » Rosario July 21st 2008

fogh

Mandag den 21 juli: Rosario Ankommer kl 8. Alle har sovet godt. Får kaffe på stationen. Får bestilt alt for mange tostadoer. Vi får de overskydende pakket ind af den lille servitrice, der forsøger at foklare hvorfor det var blevet så dyrt (70 pesos). Taxa chaufførerne var meget sure og brokke sig over både bagagens mængde og nogle af pengene, som de påstod var falske. Til gengæld var hotellet fart. Vi blev budt på morgenmad mens vi ventede på værelset. Det var en apartment med gang og 2 værelser + 1 altan til plazaen. På aftentur med Guido, der er en af Lasse’s AFS venner. Han har været i Tyskland og kan både tysk og engelsk. Han viser os nogle gode butikker samt et stort monument for det argentinske flag. Philips har sponseret belysningen, der er ... read more

Rosario

South America » Argentina » Santa Fe » Rosario June 29th 2008

Che Park in the City.

Claire and Kev

This was our first city stop in Argentina and our main thing here was to seek out the birth place of Che Guevara, lol!Well we found it and could not be more disappointed it just a block of apartments and a pole on the outside (not for dancing with)saying birthplace of Che Guevara. However, the city of Rosario is lovely, there have fantastic architecture and lots of shopping woo hoo. There is a massive river and of course you can take trips down this or just sit in a restaurant and have a few scoops and bite to eat. Basically, its possible to have dinner at any time as we discovered one night on the vino, Ciara and Claire were speaking to a local couple for awhile and they recommended a restaurant that had excellent beef ... read more

Crocodile shoes and leather boots in Rosario

South America » Argentina » Santa Fe » Rosario June 26th 2008

The Monument that we went up

Hello World

We decided to stop in Rosario as the Lonely Planet described it as a miniature Buenos Aires, it has lots of beautiful architecture and good nightlife to boot. It´s also the birth place of Che Guevara so has it´s fair share of history too. We got there in the morning after another night spent on a bus, this time however we had opted to pay the extra couple of pounds for "cama" seats which means bed. This proved to be a good move, the seats were huge and there was enough leg room to stretch right out and get a good nights sleep. We even got fed and watered, although the dish of the day was a slightly dubious looking grey chicken and pasta combo washed down with cold red wine. Once we´d found our hostel ... read more

The long haul to Mendoza

South America » Argentina » Santa Fe » Rosario May 27th 2008

Our bus from Puerto Iguazu to Santa Fe

Travelling Fraggles

For the first 4 hours until the nearest major town on the bus from Puerto Iguazu to Santa Fe we were the only passengers, which we thought was fab. Just us upstairs with the front seats and the two drivers chatting downstairs. They still put on the obligatory action film just for us, but after we asked if the onboard drinks machine did coffee we were promptly handed two cups of thick tar coffee which kept us bouncing around for a good while, feeling smug that we had the best seats in the house (you get to choose your seats when you buy your tickets and after the journey up we soon realised that being upstairs at the front of the bus is best - no one in front reclining their seat back, more leg room, ... read more

Emma on the bus from Puerto Iguazu to Santa Fe

Shot from the bus south of Puerto Iguazu

Rosario, Argentina

South America » Argentina » Santa Fe » Rosario May 8th 2008

Photo 8

mbrown

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Tony Flags a lift to Rosario

South America » Argentina » Santa Fe » Rosario April 29th 2008

The National Flag Monument

Roundyrhino

Regarding the fancy-pants buses of South America, we booked into a cama from Cordoba to Rosario as we have been assured that they are vastly superior to the semi-cama which in turn is vastly superior to any bus I´d ever been on before Chile and Argentina. But I guess I'm a classy bird with a taste for comfort and so for this trip we booked cama. Unfortunately, despite our seats ability to recline 160 degrees and the nicely polystyrene packed snacks doled out on a silver platter (ok, no platter, but nice snacks), an hour or so into the journey, there was a bit of a 'putt-putt-bang' and the engine on our cama bus failed dismally and we ended up sitting, albeit terribly comfortably, on the verge watching the traffic streaking by. Despite my lack of ... read more

Rosario

South America » Argentina » Santa Fe » Rosario February 24th 2008

ROSARIO

OlaS

Eng ver below Od 2 dni jestem w Rosario. Postanowilam sie przeniesc z hostelu do namiotu. Roznica w cenie jest 3-4 krotna wiec warto. Poza tym kamping jest pieknie polozony poza miastem, nad rzeka Parana, spokoj, cisza; tylko lazienki jak z Transpottingu. Rosario jest 3 miastem pod wzgledem liczby mieszkancow w Argentynie (po Buenos i Cordobie). Urodzil sie tu jeden z najbardziej znanych Argentynczykow-Ernesto Che Guevara. Miasto jest bardzo ladne. Jest sporo zieleni, eleganckich gmachow, szerokie bulwary, pelno palm, ale jak narazie jest dosc nudnawo. Moze to wina piekielnego upalu, ktory zatrzymuje ludzi w domu. Jednak Ci, ktorych uda sie spotkac sa bardzo przyjazni. Nie maja tu wielu turystow, tym bardziej z Polski i zazwyczaj reaguja bardzo entuziastycznie. For 2 days I have been in Rosario. I decided to move from hostel to the tent. The ... read more

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