

Taxi
to the train station at 7:00 and at the airport in Copenhagen at 11:00.
We had time to play at the play area in the airport. 13:30 British
Airways (BA) to London Heathrow T5. We were on time and had time to
take the underground to Kensington South (45 minutes). The weather was
fine and no snow (in Denmark lots of snow). At the Museum of Natural
History – free and very well made. We saw the dinosaur and 'earth'
exhibitions and had time for coffee and cake. At 18:00 we went back to
T5, and 21:30 departure on time. Taxi
to Plaza del Congresso (12$). Beautiful square. We walked towards the
Obelisco, and passed many hotels and cafes. Took the Subte
(underground) a few blocks, just to try. We went to an office to pay
for the forthcoming Iberá trip. The lodges at Iberá are
so far away from anything that most uses agents in Buenos Aires. 'Our'
was an enthusiastic young entrepreneurship man who had a small office
with (presumably) a handful of places to administer. Coffee and cake at
McCafé at the corner of the Obelisco followed by a walk in the
area. Subte towards the North West and taxi to the Paseo Alcorta – a
mall in Recoleta. There were activities for children and many good
lunch options. We walked (hot!) to the 3. Junio park, but it was not
very good. Hardly opened for visitors except a micro playground in one
corner. Taxi all the way back to San Telmo (28A$), swimming pool (daddy
finally got into the cold water). A good talk with a retired couple
from Iowa. Taxi
to the Colonia Express
docs (8A$). A good thing we were in good time,
since there was a line both for the check-in, baggage scan and
immigration. Had expected to pay departure tax, but there wasn't.
Totally full, but it was expected since all Uruguay was 'sold out'. I
had from home tried many, many options to book a hotel for this
weekend, but most I did not hear from, and all others were full. The
reason was carnival week – at least most homepages had special prices
(read 'double prices') for this week. Travel time from 08:00-10:15 (one
hour time difference). Changed a little money at the terminal in
Colonia (there is a money changer), and then did something stupid. We
had a booking for a car with Thrifty,
and
according
to
my
map it was
somewhere in town. So we took a taxi – which drove us 20 meters to the
other side of the street. Sigh. Had to pay 20UR$ and had red ears. We
got the car, but it was somewhat difficult to get the GPS to work – but
finally did. The drive east to Montevideo was good, fast and easy, but
in Montevideo, it would have been impossible without the GPS to find
our hotel- Armon Suites.
The
hotel
had
a
garage and the room was
wonderful – huge. The indoor swimming pool was great – the children
loved it. All
of Uruguay was going to the beach today. Delays several places going
east. Into Piriápolis (a beach city close to Punta del Este) to
buy beach gear and have lunch. The beach is crowded and has
Mediterranean vacation style vibe. We drive 10 km west to empty beaches
(well, all is a beach here), where we swam and relaxed for several
hours. And we got terrible sunburned. I had now been in Uruguay for 24
hours, so a small celebration - I have now been in all South American
countries for at least a day. Back in Piriápolis, we got
a coke and an ice cream at the base of the teleferico (chairlift) – and
next to the top of the 'mountain' Cerro San Antonio with good views.
Just down, it started raining – with thunder and lightning. At one
point, I and all other cars had to stop, it was so intense. Could not
see 5 meters in front of me. Waking
up
looking
out
on
the
'prairie'.
In
Mercedes
7:15
and
were picked up by
our driver. Had time to look up the schedule for Corrientes. After
2½ hours – 40 km of bad road and 80 km of OK gravel road. It
seemed that you could see hundreds of kilometers away. Lots of birds
all the way. At the Ñande
Retá resort at 10:00 and warmly
welcomed. 370A$ for the transfer. 2220A$ for 3 days / 2 nights – all
included. Most resorts have great web-pages to check out, but we chose
this since the children were half price – and most others didn't. We
got two rooms so plenty of space. 3 courses lunch. Relaxed at the pool
and the hammocks. At 17:00 we were picked up by our guide/boatman.
2½ hours of boat trip around the Iberá lake. There were
floating 'islands'. And animals! All over the place. Black caimans and
2 other species, capybaras (saw around 15), 2 deer. Maybe about 100
caimans – one was 2½-3 meters. We always sailed right up the
animals, and the hardly noticed. Lots of birds, some as big as turkeys.
At this time the sky was almost clear, so a super nice sunset light.
The landing spot in Pellegrini had many mosquitoes, but it was about
the only place. Saw
several rice fields along the say. Didn't know that they were found
here in South America – that it was a kind of Asian thing. The
difference is they have machinery here. Pellegrini has 700 inhabitants,
hospital, law, primary and secondary school. They said they could keep
the hospital because of the tourists, the guide told us. A
last outing at 8 (well, the guide showed up at 8:30). Again to the head
quarter of the park and walked some paths made through the woods and
swamps. If you do the arranging yourself, you can just do this tour
here alone and then buy the boat outings. Clear skies so it was HOT and
the children were not in the best of mood for walking. Didn't
sleep
too
well,
since
we
only
had
a
double
room
with a matrimonial bed.
Had a blanket on the floor with a sheet, but it illustrates the problem
being more than 2 persons – it is often somewhat difficult. So got up
before the others and read the newspaper and mail at the hotel
computers. Picked
up
the
car
(2500A$
for
5
days).
A
Fiat
Sienna.
We went south of Salta
and after turning west to the mountains, it doesn’t take long before it
is very scenic. Up, up, up until about 3100 meters. Next it was like a
high altitude plateau with giant cacti. Reminded us very much of
Tucson, Arizona. Then a bit down before reaching Cachi in 2200 meters.
It was a 3½ hour drive. The ACA hotel was a great place to stay
with a nice pool. Late lunch at the square where we saw the beautiful
church. Could see mountain tops with snow. OK dinner, bad wine (but it
was my selection) Practicalities.
Breakfast
at
a
bakery.
Withdrawal
of
money
(easy
from
an
ATM at the
square). To El Esteco winery
for a tour at 11:00 – in English and cost
20A$. Nice tour, but El Esteco is a big producer and I didn't really
like their wines. Here we only could taste their cheapest white and red
wine, so that was a bit disappointing. But the view from the tower was
great and the place is beautiful in a good location between the
mountains. Quiet
day.
Fine
breakfast
and
it
got
a
little
late
before
we got going. 45
minutes to Humahuaca. Just missed the 12 o'clock San Pedro bell tower
call. VERY highlandish and I would almost say Bolivian – many Bolivian
artesenia and coca-tea sellers. Did think it would be somewhat wrong
and strange to buy ponchos and Bolivian art here. While I was in the
bank (took a long time), Anders accidently dropped a pendant on the
ground from a street seller, and a small chip broke off. The seller was
mad at Anders and Birgitte so he followed them for a long time, but
since she didn’t carry any money, she could not pay him, and he didn't
understand why. We gave him 10A$ - it wasn't worth more, but he
insisted it cost 20 and a tourist police man was involved. The seller
could obviously say ten times as much as I in Spanish, but the police
wouldn't really take side and say what the pendant was worth. Left
at 7:30 and in Salta 10:15. Checked into Hotel del Antiguo Convento
(360A$, I think – for two connected rooms). They had several computers
for guests and a pool (but too cold today). And close to the centre.
Went to the City Bar to have late breakfast. Saw the cathedral at the
plaza; nice and Bolivia/Peru style. We just had time to see Iglesia San
Francisco before noon where it closed for siesta. Not so richly
decorated inside, but it was from the outside. It had some things that
the pope had blessed on a recent visit. Took the teleferico to the
hilltop (20A$/adult). The children loved the ride. Had lunch with view
of the city (1.3 million inhabitants). Now here north, lemonade is on
the menu again, and Johanne really liked it. Enjoyed the view and a
small water fall. After returning down, some time at the play ground.
At the hotel, we looked for a place to stay in Buenos Aires. At the
play hall with the children until dinner – 20:20 at a good parilla –
Caseros between Lema and Catamarca. 500g Chorizo de bife (40A$), Also a
great red wine, which we didn't leave much off. Slept
long.
At
the
historic
museum
at
the
square
(10A$).
Kind
of interesting,
but we didn't have many plans for the day. At noon we took a taxi to
the airport (25A$). And then just after checking in to our flight: an
EARTHQUARE – we were just up the escalator when the building started
shaking A LOT - and I knew exactly what it was. We grabbed the children
and hurried down the stairs and out. People started following, but it
took time, and it seemed most had difficulties understanding what had
happened. We were all out for 45 minutes before life returned to
normal. We could see in the news that it had been 6.3 (Richter scale)
at 13:00. It was the day after the Chile quake, but it was not
connected. The plane left 14:35 only half an hour late. Up
late (again?) and great breakfast – the children really liked the
scrambled eggs and sausages. The hotel as such was so-so – Birgitte
thought the room wasn't so clean. Taxi to Plaza Italia from where the
bus leaves to the Escobar suburb – and the Temaiken zoo. Take bus 60,
and at a small stall, you can buy both bus and entrance direct. 56A$
adult, 43A$ child (the bus is 6½A$). It took one hour. Nice and
popular zoo with focus on Argentinian animals, a big bird section, and
the enclosures were quite big. We
took a taxi to the airport – 90A$ - and the return flight was
eventless, besides we had to entertain the children all day (night
flights are a good thing sometimes).
Tuesday 9. February, travel day.

Wednesday, 10. February. Buenos Aires, 28
degrees, partly cloudy.
Via São Paulo, arrival at 10:00 in Buenos Aires.
We changed money (right outside at Banco Nacional – better rates that
at the baggage belt). We made a mistake with the Taxi's. Should have
taken the 'blue' taxi stand, but got confused when we got out a
different door. There was a taxi stand all right, for yellow/black
taxis, but they tried anyway after getting us into a taxi to pay 240A$.
We got away with 140 (going back, it cost 90). It took ½ hour to
Ribera Sur
hotel in the San Telmo neighborhood. Since it was around
noon, and all hotels have check in after 14:00, we took a walk in Sal
Telmo in the area around Plaza Dorrego (watched Tango performance, and
Anders did a replay) and had lunch at Bar El Federal (a long wait, but
a cozy place). Relax at the hotel pool and an afternoon nap. Taxi to
Plaza de Mayo (12A$), and walked around. 'Islas Malvinas son
Argentinos' – banners set up by the war veterans at the plaza. Somewhat
like New York style buildings in the Microcentro business district.
Walked east to the new city area of Puerto Madero. All along the
north/south road there are red pack house type buildings with
restaurants. We took a look at the recommended Las Lilas restaurant,
but it was somewhat expensive. But it was almost full at 19:00 which
was surprising. We ate at La
Caballeriza. Well, they used to be, but
they got excluded from the chain, but seem to
still use the name.
Anyway, the 500g Ojo de bife filled the plate and in spite of being 5
cm thick, it was perfect grilled. The children ate a lot and behaved –
good to experience that they now are easier to bring to restaurants
(they are 4 and 6). The grill was powered by firewood. With a good
reserve, it cost 250A$. Only thing to mention was that the wine was too
warm and they didn't really have all the wines listed on the wine card
(not my first two choices anyway); at other places we later learned
that you can ask for a cooler with ice. There were few people when we
came at 20:15, but other did not start to arrive until after 22:00 when
we went.
Thursday 11. February. Buenos Aires. 32 degrees.
Dinner at an Italian inspired restaurant. Nachos, gnocchi and good
pasta dishes in large portions. A bottle of red wine, white to the lady
– 190A$. It is simply good value.
Friday 12. February. Uruguay. 30 degrees, sunny.
Taxi into Plaza Independencia and walked east to Plaza Cagancha.
Beautiful buildings – again like old New York. Hung out for some time
and ended up eating at Ruffino – it was a great place with fantastic
pizza and children's menu. Cozy and good atmosphere. Totally 600 UR$ -
the prices in general were 50% higher than Buenos Aires. Going back, I
had a good talk with the taxi driver – a young guy who also had worked
in Spain and hoped the national soccer team would get revenge in South
Africa. To which my friend Torben commented later that he hoped so,
because that would mean both Denmark and Uruguay would have reached the
semi finals.



Saturday 13. February, Piriápolis,
Uruguay. 32 degrees sunny.
The hotel, Armon Suites,
is
really
good
with
King size bed, sofa for
the children, Jacuzzi in the bathroom, swimming pool (perfect for the
kids), garage for the car.
Dinner: Fantastic! I had used Google maps on my smart phone, and there
were several good restaurants near the hotel. 'Da
Pantella' is an
Italian restaurant at the corner of Lois de la Torre/Fco. Rias.
Somewhat away from the main road, but a great experience. Anders was
quite tired, but the waiter helped a lot – good explaining and
recommendation. The red wine was chilled – a wine from Uruguay. Asked
where they could grow wine and it turned out that Uruguay had vineyards
around Salto. Big selection of wine, the menu was mostly pasta/gnocchi
dishes. Around 330UR$ for a main course.


Sunday 14. February, Minas, Uruguay. 26 degrees,
sunny.
Got
up 'late' and could see that the breakfast restaurant was well full.
Could read in the newspaper that from Saturday to Sunday (front page
news) that there had been 100% occupancy in Rocas and Piriápolis
– and the big scoop was that Punta 'only' had 90%. Drove into the city
to the must see 'Mercato del Puerto', and it was also nice. Had not
quite understood that it was a big area with restaurants, but it did
look like a good place to have dinner. At 11 they were just warming up
the coal for the lunch tourists.
Went east/north east on a good road to Minas. It took 2 hours. Had read
that the caves had tours at 14 and 16, so went direct to Parque
Arequita since the time was 13:30. It turned out to be 15:30, but
it
was a nice place to eat – the barbeque fire was lit and it was quite
cozy. You could see that he 'host' was very athletic looking, though he
was probably 70 – the room was full of medals and he had been
participant in the Olympics, World championships and member of the
Uruguay Olympic committee. He also remembered Mexico '86 and I
understood that he also was there. Met a woman who could hear that we
spoke Danish. Her father was a Danish sailor and had been interned
during 2. World war in Uruguay and had then stayed. The cave was
uninteresting, but grand daddy told an hour about the area, the geology
and fauna. So the tour took about half an hour afterwards. The cave is
just one room, and Anders could not understand why he couldn't use the
torch. The children slept on the way back. Took photos of a cemetery
with old American cars. All in all there are many old American cars
like Cadillac and Buicks in Uruguay.




Back in Montevideo, we went to the pool and next to a Tivoli at Parque
Radó. If the children weren't with us, we would probably have
visited the 'carnival' juegos, where was a kind of battle between
carnival groups. At the same location. But the Tivoli was great – the
things to try was meant for the same age as our children. Anders was
asked his age at a place where they could drive electric motor-bikes,
and he was quite proud that since he had just turned 6, he could go.
We ate late – around 22:00 at Pizza della mundo. Birgitte thought it
was the worst place and happened to order a 'disgusting plate' (all
cheese). But they had a children's playground and it was fast.
Monday 15. February, Colonia – Buenos Aires
In
Colonia by 11:30 and had the suite cases stored at the bus station
(right next to the ferry – 200UR$). Bought tickets for the 16:00
Buquebus ferry – the Colonia
Express at 17:00 was sold out. The tickets
were expensive – 3900UR$ total.
Colonia is a beautiful Portuguese town and we had a relaxed lunch at
the square. Walked around a bit, but had to be at the terminal at
15:00. Problems at immigration since we didn't have the immigration
papers we received arriving in Uruguay. Had to return and get to my
backpack (which was checked in) and did find it. The departure was
delayed (not because of us, though) so we didn’t leave until 16:45.
Walked 200 m out of the terminal, ignoring all touts and a taxi to the
Retiro bus station.
The departures are only announced 10-15 minutes before departures, so
you have to be awake and pay attention. Great bus – 3 chairs per row
and could almost recline completely. Got a lunch bag and went to sleep.
It rained a lot and we were more than an hour late since a 10 lane
highway was under water and only one lane in each direction was open.
Tuesday 16. February, Colonia de Carlos
Pellegrini – Iberá
There are not many other tourists at this time. We saw only one other
boat this evening.
Dinner was pie, pasta and chocolate flan – and good bottle of red wine.
Nice.






Wednesday 17. February, Iberá
The first outing today was at 8:00 – again a boat trip, this time on
another part of the lake. Saw two other boats and our guide said there
maybe were 15 tourists in town at the moment (which is nothing). 90%
are foreigners who come. Lots of capybaras today – maybe 30 – and 100
Caimans (all 3 species). At one place a caiman was staking out for a
capybara child and the parents looking out. More birds today, didn't
concentrate to learn their Spanish names. One of them was a huge brown
eagle with white head, birds with red heads, herons, kingfishers,
flocks of buzzards, southern screamers (the big turkey size ones).
Saw orange colored marsh deer from 2 meters away.
Lunch, relaxing and swimming pool. The second outing was to find the
howler monkeys. Right before the bridge to Pellegrini, where the park
HQ is, they have made a small path into the forest. The howler monkeys
are quite territorial and probably explains why there only is 400m of
path and visitors often find them. And we did too. We followed the
group of 5 for 20 minutes. No howling, though. The sky was clear at
this time, so good we went on the lake in the morning where it was more
clouded.




Thursday 18. February, Iberá (Pellegrini)
– Corrientes
Lunch and transfer back to Mercedes where Beto, the driver, jokingly
asked – you weren't so lucky to see a capybara, were you?? In Mercedes
at 16:00 and a bus was about to leave. 3 (long) hours to Corrientes
(37A$/Person). Taxi to Hotel
Corrientes
Plaza at the main square.
Boring rooms but the hotel was fine. Dinner at Enófilos. And
what a place. Got the best Argentinean red wine. A Benegas
blend
from
Finca
Libertad. 100A$. The best steaks, children's menu – and we
were
the only guests until 22:30. Superb. 190A$ for everything – including
the wine and coffee. This place cannot be recommended highly enough.


Friday 19. February, Corrientes – 40-42 degrees
"De donde son Ustedes?" – where are you from? – is often asked by
curious locals. The hotel had a great swimming pool which we enjoyed
until check out at noon. It was hot! More than 40 degrees, and it was
almost too much to move around. We dragged ourselves to an artesenia
(Museo de artesanias Tradicionales folcloricas) during the siesta – not
so much to see, but we got a talk with the shop keeper. Down by the
river. Murales, the monastery (didn't open up at 17 as stated). Coffee
and then went to the bus station. The taxi's are always so super cheap
that I always pays somewhat more (4-6A$). Didn't see any of the
'carnival' in spite it should have been this weekend somewhere. We only
had 3 seats on the bus (up to 4 years can come for free, but with no
seat). It was not so good for a 13 hours trip. Luckily there were two
persons who didn't turn up, so we got the extra seat and had a nice
trip. Finished my 'New Moon' book.
Saturday 20. February. Salta
At
the Salta station, unfortunately 'Hostal Zabala' had us
convinced we
should stay with them. They had a swimming pool and only cost 105A$.
But it was quite dirty and we should have gone to the hotel we had
decided beforehand (Antiguo Convento – we stayed there later). The
children really liked the bunk beds though. Well, taxi to the square 9.
Julio. Checked out a couple of car rental offices and reserved a car
for tomorrow. Good lunch at the recommended New time Café (huge
menu). Returned to the hotel and went in the 'pool'. Thunder and rain,
and returned to the central square to visit MAAM and the exiting
exhibition with the 3 sacrificed children who were found on the top of
the Llullaillaco volcano. At the moment it was the boy on display.
Quick visit to the cathedral and hanging out for a while.
Dinner at La
Leñita – again just too good and too much food and
wine. Can see it is no.1 at the Tripadvisor list. We were the first at
21:00 but it quickly filled up. A huge
one-room restaurant with the ceiling high above.


Sunday 21. February. Cachi 2200 m



Monday 22. February. Cafayate. Sunny 28 degrees.
And finally we
found a lama - the ACA hotel had a small zoo - and also with lamas. The
children (and us) had been looking for them a long time, but they are
not really around in the mountains, as e.g. in Bolivia and Peru. Drive
from
Cachi
to Cafayate. The first 20 km was very tough, lots of turns,
ripples in the gravel road. More red-rock and nice rock formations.
Lunch in Angastaco – a quite special place which kind of reminded us of
a Flintstones town. The road got wider and from San Carlos it was paved
the last 20 km to Cafayate. Right after San Carlos was the Nanni
winery, which makes decent wines. It became our 'house wine' (about
30-35A$).
The hotel we had decided for, Tinkunaku, only had apartments available,
so it became a bit expensive when we were not in the mood for looking
at other places. They had a nice swimming pool and after some time
there, we drove to the Quebrada de Cafayate for sunset. The valley was
red rock country and we went as far as 'the Toad', about km 30. Before
we got back, we stopped at the dunes outside Cafayate where the
children could play. Dinner (great pizzas) and 'house wine' at Baco,
Right across the hotel.
Talked some with an Australian from Perth (knew the CCI newspaper
software from Denmark, several friends have worked with it) – he had
the frustration experience that all Argentinean switched to English
when he addressed them in Spanish. It had only happened to me once, so
I was a bit proud about my Spanish, which is not that good, but I enjoy
trying.


Tuesday 23. February. Cafayate – Salta –
Thunderstorms


We went north through the Quebrada de Cafayate again, this time we
stopped at two beautiful places – the Amphitheatre and 'Garganta del
Diablo' (Devil's throat). There were just a few people around the
places, also sellers. At the Garganta, a family had set up a stall with
cheese and chorizos and we had a great sandwich with Lomo de llama and
cheese. We stopped to fill the tank, and watched the amazing blue and
black clouds to the north. And then it started to rain. A lot. At one
place there was a spring flood – huge flood. We waited a couple of
hours and watched big trees flow by and the road start to break up.
Then the first cars started to cross. Hmm, thought it quite scary.
Following was 30 cm of water much of the way and flooded villages. We
reached Salta at 17:30 and the city was literally under water. Very
slowly and traffic congestion. We checked Bloomers (under water,
so had
to wade a couple of blocks barefooted). It was full, so I checked
across the street at the 4 star Almeria. Very fancy, but
not too
expensive. Got a nice matrimonial with an extra bed (450A$). Enjoyed
their wellness centre with a big spa – just our family – and a good
dinner at the restaurant.



Wednesday 24. February. Salinas Grandes –
Tilcara – Clouded
All
water
was
gone
from
the
streets,
like
it
didn't even rain yesterday.
Drove north out of town and quickly out of populated areas and no cars.
We then figured out that it probably not was the fastest way to Jujuy
even though it on the map looked the shortest. But a beautiful forested
mountain area – and many turns. 1:40 hours to Jujuy. Then it was
'highway' to Purmamarca (one hour further on). Multicolored rocks.
Lunch and next west to Salinas Grande – an amazing road – the most
spectacular on this trip. Turn, turn, up, turn. From 2500 m to 4170 m
pass. No cars from the opposite direction. Almost up at the pass, we
saw why – a mudslide had blocked the road, but a bulldozer had just
reached the spot and made a track through the mud. A truck was stuck
one meter above the road in the parallel track. Across the pass and
down a little bit – now at the Puna. I love this kind of mountain
scenery. And even more beautiful at the Salinas (salt pans). The
children found it very exiting and 'weird' to dig in the salt. We
stayed for 1½-2 hours before returning. Would have loved to
continue to the west (towards the Llullaillaco volcano) – another time.
The trip back was not equally exciting since it was cloudy at the pass
and the clouds had some rain. Continued north to Tilcara, where luckily
there was a room at the recommended Posada de luz. And what a
nice
place – well positioned and build. They did not have a restaurant, but
three places with 10% discount. We went to a place with a parilla, even
though their mixed grill was not that good, we also had grilled llama
which was fine. Anders fancied the 'pig stomach' (the rest of us left
out that part).




Thursday 25. February. Humahuaca – Tilcara.
Cloudy and 20 degrees.
Relax in the afternoon at the great Hotel da Luz. Sandwich and coffee
at the terrace of our room. Swimming pool (cold). In the evening (early
as usual at 20:00) we were the first guests at the Rincon. But it was
somewhat dirty, so we went to a place opposite where I had good pasta
and Birgitte had a pie. The children had soup. Including wine it was
100A$
Friday 26. February. Salta – Cloudy and 20
degrees.



Saturday 27. February. Salta – sunny 24 degrees.
At the Aeroparque Jorge Newbery airport in Buenos Aires, we had the
luggage put up in storage at the parking lot and took a taxi to
Tierra
Santa. Entry was 25A$/Adult and 10A$/children. The only 'religious
theme park in the world'. Obviously it was mostly Christian themes from
Jerusalem which was recreated, but also sections with other religions
of the world. The first show was the birth of Jesus and then the
creation of the world. It was light and sound shows and different
figures that appeared and were lit up. The Creation included laser show
and many animals. There was a dance show at the temple of Herod in the
square and we had shawarma and humus at the Armenian Café – not
the typical dish of Argentina. Watched a couple of other shows and saw
some of the artesenia work shops, like creating clay work. Of course it
was somewhat 'kitsch', but it was a good atmosphere and rather well
thought through. We had good talks with our children about the themes.
When leaving, Anders went to one of the Roman guards and gave him (to
his surprise) a big hug.
Taxi to the Best
Western
hotel in Recoleta, passing the airport to pick
up the bags. The driver was fluent in English, and wouldn't let me
speak Spanish .


Sunday 28. February, Buenos Aires. Partly
cloudy, 28 degrees.
It was hot today so we took it slowly. The 3D show was very good.
Returned at 17:30 which coincidede with a bus. Dinner at Chiquilin,
five
blocks
from
the
hotel.
A real BA restaurant as you would expect
with elderly distinguished waiters. Great chorizo de bife, chrozo
sausages for the children and Syrah wine – so everybody was happy.
200A$ all in all.
Back at the hotel, we were scolded by the maid for not putting up the
'please clean the room' sign. So the room was not cleaned.
Monday 1. March.
Tuesday 2. March.
London. Copenhagen. Train to Århus. End of trip.
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