I was so happy that my brother, Mark, came to visit me in Argentina. We had such a great time exploring the city of Buenos Aires, we traveled to Colonia and Montevideo, Uruguay, and even spent a day in the Argentine countryside riding horses and having a traditional Argentine barbeque. This is going to be a bit of a long post because I'm putting up highlights from the entire two weeks he was here. To see our entire photo album, please click here:
So our first stop when Munchie got here was to walk around Recoleta, see the cemetery and spend some time at the artisan fair.
We also stumbled across a group doing traditional dancing in the plaza, which was quite cool.
Then, like the good sister that I am, I forced Mark to have some mate, which is the national tea of Argentina. Needless to say, he didn't love it :)
Then we went on a walking tour of San Telmo
And visited the Casa Rosada
And the Obelisk on the widest avenue in Buenos Aires, 9 de julio.
Next, we went talking through the Buenos Aires Nature Reserve and wandered into Puerto Madero. Mark took an awesome shot of the "Bridge of the Woman." I have absolutely no idea why this bridge is named that.
The next day, we jumped on the Buquebus ferry to Colonia, Uruguay. Our seats didn't have any windows :)
Us at the entrance to the old part of the city.
It was veeeery cold along the Rio Plata.
Us out on the pier.
There's a tree growing out of that car!
Next, we traveled to Montevideo, which somehow seemed even colder than Colonia.
Statue in the Plaza Independencia.
Soooo cold.
Mark took this awesome shot near the Plaza Independencia.
Us out on Las Ramblas.
When we got back from Montevideo, we continued to make our way around Buenos Aires. We headed to the Buenos Aires Botanical Gardens first. For one reason or another, this garden is FULL of cats.
This is what Oscar would look like if we put him on a diet :)
Next we went to the Buenos Aires hippodrome to see the horse races.
***I'll put up a video of that soon****
Then, we were off to the Argentine countryside for a day of typical gaucho activities.
Here's us in the empty bus, haha :)
Horseback riding.
Beautiful Argentine countryside.
This is where we had the Argentine asado.
Mark being forced to dance-- haha!
Oh but then it was my turn.....
Here is the video of my dancing with a hilarious guy from Spain. I couldn't rotate the video, so you'll have to turn your head :)
This is a short video of the Argentine dancers' performance:
After lunch, we headed outside to see some traditional gaucho contests.
This is an awesome video here of this game where gauchos (Argentine cowboys) suspend a small ring from a string on a post. The gaucho then charges full speed ahead on his horse and has to effectively skewer the ring on a stick as he rides under the post. Traditionally, single women would give gauchos their rings to suspend on the post. If the gaucho go grab the woman's ring, then they were allowed to get married.
So there you have it! Munchie and I had a fantastic time while he was down here. I wish he'd come back so we could go see more stuff!
So our first stop when Munchie got here was to walk around Recoleta, see the cemetery and spend some time at the artisan fair.
We also stumbled across a group doing traditional dancing in the plaza, which was quite cool.
Then, like the good sister that I am, I forced Mark to have some mate, which is the national tea of Argentina. Needless to say, he didn't love it :)
Then we went on a walking tour of San Telmo
And visited the Casa Rosada
And the Obelisk on the widest avenue in Buenos Aires, 9 de julio.
Next, we went talking through the Buenos Aires Nature Reserve and wandered into Puerto Madero. Mark took an awesome shot of the "Bridge of the Woman." I have absolutely no idea why this bridge is named that.
The next day, we jumped on the Buquebus ferry to Colonia, Uruguay. Our seats didn't have any windows :)
Us at the entrance to the old part of the city.
It was veeeery cold along the Rio Plata.
Us out on the pier.
There's a tree growing out of that car!
Next, we traveled to Montevideo, which somehow seemed even colder than Colonia.
Statue in the Plaza Independencia.
Soooo cold.
Mark took this awesome shot near the Plaza Independencia.
Us out on Las Ramblas.
When we got back from Montevideo, we continued to make our way around Buenos Aires. We headed to the Buenos Aires Botanical Gardens first. For one reason or another, this garden is FULL of cats.
This is what Oscar would look like if we put him on a diet :)
Next we went to the Buenos Aires hippodrome to see the horse races.
***I'll put up a video of that soon****
Then, we were off to the Argentine countryside for a day of typical gaucho activities.
Here's us in the empty bus, haha :)
Horseback riding.
Beautiful Argentine countryside.
This is where we had the Argentine asado.
Mark being forced to dance-- haha!
Oh but then it was my turn.....
Here is the video of my dancing with a hilarious guy from Spain. I couldn't rotate the video, so you'll have to turn your head :)
This is a short video of the Argentine dancers' performance:
After lunch, we headed outside to see some traditional gaucho contests.
This is an awesome video here of this game where gauchos (Argentine cowboys) suspend a small ring from a string on a post. The gaucho then charges full speed ahead on his horse and has to effectively skewer the ring on a stick as he rides under the post. Traditionally, single women would give gauchos their rings to suspend on the post. If the gaucho go grab the woman's ring, then they were allowed to get married.
So there you have it! Munchie and I had a fantastic time while he was down here. I wish he'd come back so we could go see more stuff!
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