Cordoba to Rosario, 280 miles
It was hard to leave our really comfy hotel room in Cordoba. The A/C kept us at a really nice temperature and also kept the mosquitoes away. The sheets were, for the first time in a while, real thick cotton. I woke up in the morning not even knowing if I was at home or still on the trip…it gave us some much needed rest and relaxation.
As soon as we pulled out of the hotel, we could finally see what Cordoba is like on a normal day, people everywhere filling the streets. It is a really nice city.
The road from Cordoba to Rosario was pretty much big freeways, nothing too interesting to look at other than the often spotted tractor or suave men on a tiny scooters. I started to take pictures of the people on the little scoters as it is quite a site from home. Miles and miles of fields, farms and farming equipment. For the first time that I can remember, Mike actually started to feel like he was going to fall asleep…I blame it on the straight and uninteresting roads as well as the giant lunch we got to enjoy. Yes, we finally stopped and had a real lunch at lunchtime. Another thank you to Argentina for providing an abundance of good restaurants. We stopped and enjoyed some Milanese de Beef. Beef, of course, what else in Argentina!
The miles went by fast as the roads are straight and well paved. Before we knew it, we entered Rosario. A big city, which always makes for finding a decent place to stay and park the bike difficult. After continuing to look in Cordoba until we found a good place, it encouraged us to keep looking beyond the first hotel that would allow the bike. Our perseverance paid off, we found a decent place for less than $30 (yeah, hotels are more expensive than we expected in Argentina). Clean and with A/C which became much appreciated later in the night when we realized we were being swarmed with mosquitoes! Yes, literally swarmed to a point when they are bouncing off our bodies. Either that is Rosario for you, or in particular our hotel. The tent came in handy!
It was still early in the afternoon so we set out to see the town! We walked around the blocks with all the shops. They were full of the after Christmas shoppers, tons of people and a lot of fun. I found a little shirt, but in general the styles here aren’t really my type or I don’t think would fly at home as well…but window shopping was fun. Indoor and outdoor stores for blocks and blocks, all interlaced with bars, sidewalk cafes and heladeria (ice cream stores) all surrounded by beautiful old buildings. Argentina supposedly has the best ice cream in South America, and I look forward to finding out myself. We had a great time being tourists around town and people watching. For all our single friends out there, take a trip to Rosario as there are a lot of great looking men and woman there!
Our evening ended in a steak house, late for us, early for the Argentineans. We were the first people there at 8:30. Great steak as usual, but the massive amount of mosquitoes got us eating and out of there before long. No matter how hard you try to go to bed at a decent hour in Argentina, you can never seem to do so before 11pm.
As soon as we pulled out of the hotel, we could finally see what Cordoba is like on a normal day, people everywhere filling the streets. It is a really nice city.
The road from Cordoba to Rosario was pretty much big freeways, nothing too interesting to look at other than the often spotted tractor or suave men on a tiny scooters. I started to take pictures of the people on the little scoters as it is quite a site from home. Miles and miles of fields, farms and farming equipment. For the first time that I can remember, Mike actually started to feel like he was going to fall asleep…I blame it on the straight and uninteresting roads as well as the giant lunch we got to enjoy. Yes, we finally stopped and had a real lunch at lunchtime. Another thank you to Argentina for providing an abundance of good restaurants. We stopped and enjoyed some Milanese de Beef. Beef, of course, what else in Argentina!
The miles went by fast as the roads are straight and well paved. Before we knew it, we entered Rosario. A big city, which always makes for finding a decent place to stay and park the bike difficult. After continuing to look in Cordoba until we found a good place, it encouraged us to keep looking beyond the first hotel that would allow the bike. Our perseverance paid off, we found a decent place for less than $30 (yeah, hotels are more expensive than we expected in Argentina). Clean and with A/C which became much appreciated later in the night when we realized we were being swarmed with mosquitoes! Yes, literally swarmed to a point when they are bouncing off our bodies. Either that is Rosario for you, or in particular our hotel. The tent came in handy!
It was still early in the afternoon so we set out to see the town! We walked around the blocks with all the shops. They were full of the after Christmas shoppers, tons of people and a lot of fun. I found a little shirt, but in general the styles here aren’t really my type or I don’t think would fly at home as well…but window shopping was fun. Indoor and outdoor stores for blocks and blocks, all interlaced with bars, sidewalk cafes and heladeria (ice cream stores) all surrounded by beautiful old buildings. Argentina supposedly has the best ice cream in South America, and I look forward to finding out myself. We had a great time being tourists around town and people watching. For all our single friends out there, take a trip to Rosario as there are a lot of great looking men and woman there!
Our evening ended in a steak house, late for us, early for the Argentineans. We were the first people there at 8:30. Great steak as usual, but the massive amount of mosquitoes got us eating and out of there before long. No matter how hard you try to go to bed at a decent hour in Argentina, you can never seem to do so before 11pm.
Packin' up
Sweet ride
I especially like this one because of the basket (which matches nicely with the rims)
I need to get one of these to take my girlfriends out for a ride when I get home!
This dog couldn't get enough attention
Shopping maddness!
Enjoying being tourists over a cold cerveza
Amie at her finest (ice cream and shopping)
This restaurant is not for vegetarians!
posted by Pedro and Maria at 7:24 AM
3 Comments:
Really glad to hear that your able to have a bit of enjoyment from this trip. I like what you said about making up Christmas next year. Looking forward seeing you both.
Happy Holidays, ride safe, and see you in August!
Love the Holle family
Good to hear from you guys again. If you think the fireworks were out of control during Christams, get some flak jackets for new years! The spinning wheel of fireworks was always my favorite!
Diego
Today I saw a pack up Che guevara cigarrettes, I couldnt believe it. ap
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