Author: marionvermazen

I am a traveler, hiker, avid reader, Sun alumnus, computer geek, Spanish and French language student, knitter and genealogist. I am retired after working for almost 30 years in the Computer Industry. I live in Reno, Nevada with my husband Duke.

Córdoba day 2

Our goal today was to explore a bit of Córdoba, the second most populous city in Argentina. We started the day in the central square, Plaza San Martin. The Cathedrol and original government building are on the square. José San Martin was an Argentine general who led the Argentinians to gain their freedom from Spain.

The statue of José San Martin in Plaza San Martin.
Cordoba Cathedral
A picture of the Cathedral before and after it was cleaned.
Inside the cathedral

From Plaza San Martin we walked to Parque Sarmiento. We explored a bit then took a break for coffee.

Duke and I in the 1952 ring in the bicentennial memorial
Coffee break
I had a cold coffee and tonic. I liked it.

Ordering of a restaurant menu in a new area is always a bit of a challenge.

Duke and I shared a pepperoni and pickle pizza
Brian had an egg on his beef cutlet.

Rosario to Córdoba

Today we drove 250 miles north and west across countryside that looks a lot like the Great Plains of the United States. We made one stop at a rest stop to stretch but other than that we drove straight through. It took us about 4 hours.

Córdoba is the second largest city in Argentina. When we got here we went grocery shopping then played cards.

On our way to Córdoba.
Rest stop
Playing cards

In Córdoba we had dinner at an excellent restaurant called

Standard 69.

Duke’s steak
Jo Ann’s sweet potato

Rosario Day 2

Today Duke had arranged a guide to show us the area around Rosario and also for us to visit a farm and the farmer. Our guide was Elizabeth Fregoni. She was an excellent guide

Corn is coming up in this field
Here we are learning about the soil and about the wheat growing here.
Here are the four of us and the farmers showing us around.
This chinche verde or stink bug is very destructive to soy beans

Next we drove across the Parana River and its flood plain to the town of Victoria where we had lunch.

Lunch at Parrilla Comedor in Victoria
Parrilla Comedor

This evening we had a great dinner in Rosario at a grill overlooking the river, Parrilla Don Ferro.

The mixed grill Duke and I shared
Parrilla Don Ferro

Buenos Aires to Rosario

This morning after breakfast we walked to the rental car office and picked up the car we will be driving for the next 5 weeks.

Picking up our rental car

Then we drove north and west from Buenos Aires along the Paraná River to the town of Rosario. We had a bit of trouble finding our hotel. (We had to go around the block at least four times.) When we finally got checked in we immediately walked to the Rosario Board of Trade which is the Argentinian equivalent of the Chicago Board of Trade. We had a tour scheduled at 1:00. The tour was really interesting.

Outside the Rosario Board of Trade Buolding.
Inside the Board of Trade Building.
The original trading floor.

After our tour we went back to the hotel and played cards for the first time on this trip.

Playing cards

Buenos Aires Day 3

This morning we took an Uber to the airport to meet our travelling partners Brian and Jo Ann.

We arrived with time to spare so we had coffee while we waited.

After we met them we all took another Uber back to our hotel. Brian and Jo Ann checked in, and we all went to Petit Colón where we had breakfast yesterday so we could have some lunch.

Brian and Jo Ann had a three o’clock tour of the Buenos Aires Opera House. Duke and I have done that tour twice before so they went on their own. Duke and I went and changed some more cash.

The Opera House
Brian and Jo Ann waiting for their tour
One of Jo Ann’s pictures taken inside the opera house.
On Florida Street this time Duke changed money at a liquor store.

In the evening we went to the tango show and dinner on the ground floor of our hotel. It was wonderful!

Dinner before the Tango show
The tango show