Hello again!
or shall I say Hola?
anyway, hello to you from Mendoza in Argentina, right next to the Andes.
We arrived here this morning, after a 10 hour bus ride from Cordoba. I slept 8 hours of it of course :-)
In the last few days we travelled around with a car in the Cordoba province which is in the Sierras. It was fantastic! So many beautiful sights, mountains of all kinds, animalls (Condors!), lovely little restaurants and a nice small B&B. The views were amazing, and we were really glad that we took a car for these days. The first day we had a walk in a national park for a few hours, was really really nice, although we both got a sun burn on our necks. We´re both red necked now. LOL
On the second day we wanted to go to some natural swimming pools, but the weather at night and in the early morning wasn´t the best for that. So we took the car and drove around the little towns there. Was worth it for sure. Long roads, big mountains on the one side, small hills on the other, everything here is amaizingly GREEN, everywhere. Totally looks like the promissed land.
Argentina has unbelievably nice landscapes and really nice people. Oh and of course, the food is great.
Today we´re having an easy day, and tomorrow we´re going white water rafting. I´ll let you know how it all went again in a few days.
Till then, have a happy new year you all, I wish you success and health in 2010.
Adios!
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Monday, December 28, 2009
Argentina part I
Hello you all!
I´m posting this from Cordoba, Argentina. The weather is great! it´s about 25 degrees here and it´s so cool to wear summer clothes in December!
We landed in Buenos Aires on Friday night, and spent Saturday there. The city is huge, so we didn´t get to see much, but we have another 3 days there in the end of our trip.
Today we flew to Cordoba, a nice city in the Sierras of Argentina. We saw some of the city today, which has a lot of cultural things to offer, and tomorrow we´ll do the same and just have fun and relax.
While walking the streets of Cordoba we bumped into a friend of Rob´s from Sweden, which was totally funny. We´re having dinner with him and his friends tonight.
It´s my first time on this side of the planet, so I´m excited about the fact that the water in the toilet flush swirling against the clock. hahaha
anyway, I´ll continue having fun, you take care
cheers!
I´m posting this from Cordoba, Argentina. The weather is great! it´s about 25 degrees here and it´s so cool to wear summer clothes in December!
We landed in Buenos Aires on Friday night, and spent Saturday there. The city is huge, so we didn´t get to see much, but we have another 3 days there in the end of our trip.
Today we flew to Cordoba, a nice city in the Sierras of Argentina. We saw some of the city today, which has a lot of cultural things to offer, and tomorrow we´ll do the same and just have fun and relax.
While walking the streets of Cordoba we bumped into a friend of Rob´s from Sweden, which was totally funny. We´re having dinner with him and his friends tonight.
It´s my first time on this side of the planet, so I´m excited about the fact that the water in the toilet flush swirling against the clock. hahaha
anyway, I´ll continue having fun, you take care
cheers!
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Wasserburg am Inn
On one of the last Saturdays we went to a lovely little town called Wasserburg am Inn (= Wasserburg on the river Inn). It is known for it's x-mas market so we went to check it out.
The town itself is a typical German little town, with nice houses and a river.
We parked next to the old train station, just in the entrance of the town, and walked in. I was sitting in the car for so long, not moving, that I really almost froze when we went out.
But after a walk through the really small but nice x-mas market, I warmed up a bit.
After looking around and seeing what's up, we stopped for lunch. We saw a fish stand, and had the most amazing fish sandwich I've ever eaten. I had a lightly fried trout in a baguette, with horse radish and cream spread and one lettuce leaf. Rob ate a Saibling tartar (it's a mouse from a kind of fish that is quite common here, in English it has two names that I don't really know: Fingerling & Samlet) and he also had the smoked salmon. The guy that sold it to us told us that he breeds the fish on his own, and also cooks them and everything. I wish I could eat at his stand every day. Yes. It was that good.
After that we were thirsty and went to the next stand that sells mulled wine and hot apple cider. We chose the cider. We got it in the most cute cup I've ever seen. It was a typicall blue glazed ceramic cup, but it looked like a little shoe! It looks like this one, but in blue with x-mas and snow painting on it: http://www.hood.de/img/thumbs/1828/18283360.jpg
I liked it so much, that I insisted on asking the lady if we could take it with us, in exchange of not getting the diposite back. I knew she's probably going to want a bit more for the cup, since it is such a nice one, and so she asked for an extra Euro and that's how I got the cuttest cup that ever entred my house.
That day ended in a really nice cafe, in the old city hall. We had the German Kaffee und Kuchen (coffee and cake) and then we went back home.
I really recomend a stroll in this x-mas market if you're in the area :-)
So here are a few pictures from there:
The town itself is a typical German little town, with nice houses and a river.
We parked next to the old train station, just in the entrance of the town, and walked in. I was sitting in the car for so long, not moving, that I really almost froze when we went out.
But after a walk through the really small but nice x-mas market, I warmed up a bit.
After looking around and seeing what's up, we stopped for lunch. We saw a fish stand, and had the most amazing fish sandwich I've ever eaten. I had a lightly fried trout in a baguette, with horse radish and cream spread and one lettuce leaf. Rob ate a Saibling tartar (it's a mouse from a kind of fish that is quite common here, in English it has two names that I don't really know: Fingerling & Samlet) and he also had the smoked salmon. The guy that sold it to us told us that he breeds the fish on his own, and also cooks them and everything. I wish I could eat at his stand every day. Yes. It was that good.
After that we were thirsty and went to the next stand that sells mulled wine and hot apple cider. We chose the cider. We got it in the most cute cup I've ever seen. It was a typicall blue glazed ceramic cup, but it looked like a little shoe! It looks like this one, but in blue with x-mas and snow painting on it: http://www.hood.de/img/thumbs/1828/18283360.jpg
I liked it so much, that I insisted on asking the lady if we could take it with us, in exchange of not getting the diposite back. I knew she's probably going to want a bit more for the cup, since it is such a nice one, and so she asked for an extra Euro and that's how I got the cuttest cup that ever entred my house.
That day ended in a really nice cafe, in the old city hall. We had the German Kaffee und Kuchen (coffee and cake) and then we went back home.
I really recomend a stroll in this x-mas market if you're in the area :-)
So here are a few pictures from there:
and a closer look:
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