Bird'sNest: January 2009

We expected us (like everyone else visiting a super hot country) too loose some weight during our stay becouse all the sweating and wine drinking we would do, so that we could come home fresh and whippediwhoo-light-bouncing like ping pong balls. We were so wrong... We could not resist the never ending, so good tasting and so moist stakes... Briefly, Argentina is the place for meat and wine lovers, so this was core in our trip. But oh, we did so much more! The Andes! Mountain horses! Mendoza! Wineyards! Super luxurious estancia! Tango! Buenos Aries! Buenos Aires! Buenos Aires! When we were in Buenos Aires it did not appear to us that we were in south America, it felt like Brussels, or Paris or, Rom, but huger! (is that a word? = more huge) Our favourite were palermo (where we lived) and palermo parks, and ofcourse celibrating christmas at the Robles house. At christmas eve we had our third (?) asado at th Robles, Julietas father was the chef, and it was soooo good! Asado is... giant meat sausage meat sausage meat barbeque, did I mention meat?
Ja ja, enogh talking, there is too much to say about what we fancy with argentina that it's impossible for it to fit here. So here's some pictures instead.

Relaxation in Mendoza, hostel with pool :)

Mendoza street

maaaaalbec

maaalbec

Mendoza, bike and wine trip :)

Los Andes

Cowboy taking care of the food. Los Andes

Me taking care of the cowboy cars. Or practising Lassooo

Los Andes

After practising Lasso, hunting horse youngsters and eating a great asado, and wine, and opera. The Andes (IN SUMMERTIME!!!) is now our favourite place on earth.

On the way back to Mendoza..

0,5 kg each, not uncommon at all. Magnus finnished his..(shame on him)

Estancia Haras san blas outside of San Antonio de Areco. At the estancia we had a very simple bedroom for two... .bedroom, livingroom, horse magazine room and 2 gigantic balconys. one with a view over the race track and one with a view over the stallion stalls (only 200). The kitchen? did not see one, but we were served breakfast, snack, lunch, snack and dinner at the dining room (in the (not small, gigantic!) garden/park) we had all to our selves. And if we wanted more wine we just called our personal butler.

Julieta is checking out our appartment

Did I tell you we had a pool?

Owners residence..

Asado in diningroom

Two happy gentlemens

love?

Buenos Aires. pink house (government building)

BA. Dada bar

BA. Palermo parks

BA. Outside a convent. A convent in the busy cetrum district, can you imagine what a relief going in there :)

inside convent

BA. Casa de la cultura

BA. Christmas eve

Someone's ready for departure.. (party)

Pappa Robles, Glögg 08, pepparkakor and mögelost!

BA. Santiago Calatravas bridge in puerto Madero. (Turning torso, HELLO!)

BA. me infront of mini bigben

BA. One of the state university buildings and Recoleta on the left

BA. Palermo

BA. Palermo. this is the only picture we have from the hostel. But it was a good hostel. And this night they served us christmas dinner. Mange and Julieta.