Wandering South: On the road to Cordoba

I arrived in Buenos Aires early Thursday morning and Julie and I set out to walk around the city. We took the Subte (Subway) downtown to Palermo and walked around the botanical gardens and through the neighborhoods. Our walk didn´t last long though because it started to pour. Well it started to trickle, then spray, then POUR! We were absolutely soaked, it was pretty funny. So we headed back to the hostel, showered and hung out until dinner which in BsAs is anywhere from 9:00 - 11:00. You cannot get dinner any earlier. Needless to say, everything runs later here. We met up with some friends that Julie met in her previous hostel at Des Nivel, a parilla or steakhouse. The wine was flowing and after dinner we made our way to another bar, and a discoteque. When we left the disco it was 7am. I walked out of the door and was in shock to see daylight. So, the next day when we decided to take the bus to Cordoba, which is a town Northwest of Buenos Aires, I was not feeling so hot.....

Dinner at Des Nivel. I did not order the bife de
lomo but I tried a bite of Jules´ - not bad.

Julie, our Colombian friend David and I arrived at Cordoba at 2am after a few mishaps - the bus ran into a fallen power line and was delayed 45 minutes. The bus also broke down for another 40 minutes, not sure why. Not the most reliable form of transportation, but cheap and surprisingly comfortable. We had a late dinner around 4:30am at a little cafe and went to bed around 6:30 am. Day two of seeing the sunrise....still not used to this.

We asked the girl at our hostel for a cool place to visit and she recommended a nearby town called Carlos Paz. It was a really nice little town on the river. We didn´t do much. Had some lunch, walked along the river, had a few beers. It was a nice, relaxing day.