Luis and I went from Villa General Belgrano to Alta Gracia. In our way from Villa General Belgrano Alta Gracia, considered World Heritage, is a city located in the north-centre of the province of Córdoba, situated at 35 kilometres from the capital city of Córdoba. Its name means "High Grace". It is built upon the [...]
Che amigos, Matt, Ruth, and I took the 130km. drive down to El Bolson on Monday, and what a spectacular drive it was! This leg of Ruta 40 winds through massive mountain peaks and thick forest, passing several glacial lakes and pristine rivers. The roadside was adorned with the omnipresent, bright-yellow Scotch Broom interspersed with [...]
At the end of December 2007, Luis and me went to Villa General Belgrano. Villa general Belgrano, , a small mountain village of 6,260 inhabitants, is located about 800 km from Buenos Aires (8 hours by bus or by car), 87 km away from the Provincial Capital City (Córdoba city) and 110 km away from [...]
Since I have made a post about Bartolo, the school´s cat, he became quite popular among the students. Unfortunately, he is not that social. After his breakfast at 7 or 7:30 pm, he uses to leaving the school to visit his friends in the neighbourhood and comes back in the evening for supper. Or he [...]
In December 25 th, Laura, one of our teachers, left Buenos Aires to move to Amsterdam. The weekend before we organized a bye bye party in my apartment. Many of the students and teachers joined the party and was good fun. Â And I went to visit Laura at her house the day before her departure. [...]
Greetings, Â Â Â I'm enjoying another beautiful day here in Bariloche. I caught the bus headed out on the Circuito Chico, and got off 17km. from town at Cerro Campanario, where they have a lift to the top and what National Geographic deemed one of the top ten views in the world. (At least according to [...]
  ... I recommend you "El Horno de Medio Oriente". It is a restaurant located in 2501 Garay Av. (in the corner of Garay Av. and Alberti st.), just one and half block away the school. Students and teachers use to lunch there twice or three times a week because the food is very tasty and [...]
On Saturday 18 th we went to La Plata by bus. La Plata is the capital city of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is situated on the right bank of the Rio de la Plata, about 60 km. (35 miles) south-east of the city of Buenos Aires. The city was planned to serve [...]
Howdy everyone, Â Â Â Well, Bariloche is treating me very well. My friend Matt arranged a house for us to stay in. Some Kiwi friends of his rented the place for five months, and just took off traveling until Christmas. Hence, we have a two story, three bedroom house just up the hill from downtown to [...]
…and, there are the animals; those that are cared for by other people and those that are hanging out in the streets and have to find their own food. Like in NYC, BA has dog walkers and many of them have up to 10 dogs to walk. During the week it is quite normal to [...]