Month: October 2019

On our last day in Ushuaia we checked out of our hotel at ten and stored our bags. Around two we checked in for our cruise.

The rest of the day we spent wandering around Ushuaia. We checked out the museums.

Duke got a haircut. While he was getting his haircut I hung out in a nearby coffee shop. Argentine Spanish takes some getting used to. I asked for a bottle of water. Bottle is Botella pronounced bote-ay-ya in most of the Spanish speaking world. In Argentina it is a bote-ay-cha. I have to pause and think whenever someone says something to me that has that cha sound for the letters ll.

At six we got on the Ventus Australis. We have a wonderful room with a big 5 ft by 5 ft window. We had dinner on the ship and went to sleep watching the spectacular snow capped mountains slide by our window.

I’m posting this at the end of our cruise now that I have internet again. Here is a link to the video I made for day one and day two of our Ventus Australis cruise.

Today we rented a car and explored around Ushuaia. First we went out to Tierra Del Fuego National Park. We hiked along the shore of Acigami lake.

We drove to the end of the road.

We saw several of this unusual bird. I think they are kelp geese.

After we left the park we drove up and then hiked to see the glacier above Ushuaia.

Finally we drove north east out of town. The mountains and valleys around Ushuaia are just gorgeous.

This morning we took a three and a half hour flight south from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia at the southern tip of South America. We are now at fifty five degrees south.

After checking into our hotel we walked around a bit and explored.

We had a great dinner at a restaurant called Maria Lola on top of a hill overlooking the town.

Here is a link to the video I made for today.

Today is Mother’s Day in Argentina. I guess Mother’s Day has to be in Spring wherever you are. The occasion made it hard to get a taxi and all the restaurants seemed full.

Yesterday we bought tickets for a 1:45 tour of Teatro de Colon today.

The tour was fabulous. The opera house is considered to have the best acoustics for opera of any opera house in the world and it is exquisitely beautiful.

One of the interesting things we learned is that there is a small balcony above the chandelier for a choir of fifteen who can provide a heavenly chorus.

Tomorrow we fly to Patagonia.

Today we took the Subte (subway) into central Buenos Aires.

We saw the Casa Rosada, the office and house of the President of Argentina.

We stopped for coffee.

We checked out the exhibits in the former central post office which is now an art museum.

Meals here in Argentina have been super cheap. Tonight we ate at a restaurant called Voro Carnes. Our steaks with two sides and a bottle of wine cost $47. The beef has been the most tender and tasty that I have had in a long time.

Here is a link to the video I made today.