So on Friday I set off for our amazing weekend in Cordoba. Our bus didn’t leave until around 10:00 at night, but I was determined not to take a nap because I knew I wouldn’t be able to sleep on the bus otherwise. I did sleep o.k. on the bus, but for some reason this bus service didn’t include a blanket or a pillow which was really awful; because it was chilly. I had the small blanket I had brought but it wasn’t enough. We arrived in Cordoba at about 7:40 in the morning and headed towards our hostel. We checked in showered, had breakfast, and thought we were ready to go hang gliding. However, we had the schedule wrong and while we were waiting to hear if the weather was nice enough to go hang gliding someone from the ranch we were visiting showed up to pick us up. So, we left to go spend our day on the ‘estancia.’ We rode in this really beat up old car covered in graffiti to the ranch. There we went horseback riding for about 3 and ½ hours with a pretty large group. I was a lot more comfortable on the horse this time around, which was good because the riding was a lot more intense. I think at one point when we were going up a hill we actually hit a full gallop for about 2 seconds. I wouldn’t have wanted it to last any longer than that, but at the time it was an adrenaline rush! After horseback riding we enjoyed a huge Argentine asado that put any Fourth of July BBQ to shame. Following the asado we took a cab back to the hostel. After a relaxing nap Jess and I got ready to hit the town to see what it was like at night and to maybe have a drink outside in the gorgeous weather. It felt like a summer night in South Dakota. We walked about 30 blocks total and saw most of the sites in the city by accident. This is a fun way to explore because you never know what is around the next corner and you don’t really have expectations that won’t be met. The city has many beautiful plazas and several long pedestrian streets that made the walk very pleasant. We came back to the hostel early and were asleep by 2:00. On Saturday we thought we were going to be going hang gliding but found out at about 11:00 that the weather just wasn’t going to permit it. We were disappointed but decided to spend the day seeing the sights within the city. On our way out of the hostel we met up with two other American girls and went with them for lunch. In true Argentine style we spent about 3 hours at the café drinking coffee and chatting. The first two hours we were there by our choice; the last hour we spent waiting for the bill. We didn’t complain because it was another beautiful day and we were sitting outside. We spent the rest of the day wandering the city and hanging out in some of the beautiful plazas. That night we headed out to an all-you-can-eat restaurant that was quite the experience. The place was huge and hade a river running down the middle complete with a waterfall. The food was also really good; and we all ate more than we should have. After supper we headed back to the hostel and kicked back on a coach and chatted with some of the porteñas who were also visiting Cordoba for the weekend. The city has a really laid back and relaxed feel so the whole day was very relaxing.
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August 3, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Tahnks for posting