Thursday, January 29, 2009

wine horses tango mountains meat. meat.


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

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.

BA. Evita (Peron) lives here now. Cemetery.

BA. Subwaytrain + Mange
BA. Boca turist district
BA. Boca fottball stadium. This visit made Magnus day allthough we put ourselves in danger... we made a misstake, ok...
BA. Boca Turist district
Final night. meat wine tango


Tuesday, December 09, 2008

nostalgia

I found some diapositives from the 80's. wiii
5 generations in espe tie.



Highlights 2008

I will complete this sweet but rough year in loveley Argentina. Before that I feel that I will have to do my own country good by showing the definite highlights of the second half of the year. Don't get me wrong, The Nordh's getting married was definitly THE greatest thing and me becoming an aunt next year will be even greater!

The series is not chronological

it is always a great pleasure to go with the metro in copenhagen. It has no driver!!!!!!!! Anna & Matilda.

Christiana in november sunset

first visit to Arena! in front of Hyllie vattentorn. Carry, Carreras and Malmö symfoniorkester gave us some opera moments.

Carry P Carry P Carry P & Malmö orkestern

VIP people own backstage!

Pappa and his shuffle ipod. He had a hard time accepting that the music actually came from the player.

Gåsamidda på espe tie

Outside Sensation white entrence, super expensive warderobe.Hoho.

Inside

Inside. do I have to say it was cool? (27 000 ypungsters screaming for more MORE MOOOOOOOORE)

Värmlänningarna visited for a kräftskiva. And guess who is invited to a marriage in the USA! Yes, me. (o magnus)



Ciccis o Roberts marriage. SOFIERO SLOTT :)

wonder woman
Emma & Martin
2008-08-30
(o pappa o mamma)
Chrsitel Emma Pappa. woho
Ha.
Framor Gunnel & Jennie owns the dancefloor


Nona & Mamma, Idala gård, great place, but not 100 percent Italian if nona had the word.
Great wines though :)

The deign class in copenhagen tought me alot. How to combine a water boiler wirh a penguin. In all seriousness and fairness the course gave me alot, i'm thankful for it.

Best part of Copenhagen in sumemrtime, Christiania.

yearly visit to Göteborg.

Scared to death

The greatest looooooove of all....!

Emma on her bachelorette party playing a "guess from who and where" game..

On the bachelorette day, outside the underwear photographer..:)

Yearly New Orleans consert. Not as good as last year.

Lotta & Mange in Hällevik. Pizza, Kebabrulle and red wine on the beach

wonderwoman, Hällevik beach.

Sweet reuinion with the b and the o and the b.

Stubniz in copenhagen, I was there

Inside Stubniz. jazz and techno party at the same time.

price for most exquisite food 2008 goes to house of Soul, Vesterbrogade Copenhagen

red wine lovers in a park celebrating
:)
Next stop: Buenos Aires