Back in Buenos Aires, Round 2
Time to tour
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La Ruta de los Siete Lagos (Route of the Seven Lakes)
San Carlos de Bariloche, Villa La Angostura, and San Martin de los Andes
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Ushuaia
The City at the End of the World
Ushuaia is the southernmost city in Argentina. It’s surprisingly bigger than we expected- about 100,000 people call the city home. Also surprisingly, it is a major manufacturing and shipping hub of the country. There is definitely a strong industrial vibe outside of the touristy center. It is cool being in a city while seeing and feeling these tremendous mountains all around; it truly feels like the end of the world!
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Tierra del Fuego
Land of Fire
In the house I grew up, we had a big world map hanging up in the hallway upstairs. Twice a day when I would brush my teeth and was otherwise unoccupied for two minutes, I would study this map. One place always drew my attention: Tierra del Fuego. Land of Fire. Doesn’t that name make your imagination run wild? What must the land look like to inspire such a name?
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El Calafate and El Chalten
The end of the world
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Ushuaia
The end of the world
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First week in Buenos Aires
Our first stop
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First Impressions of Buenos Aires
I have been enjoying my first few days in Buenos Aires immensely. We’ve been doing a fair bit of walking around the local neighborhood (Belgrano), mostly to coffee shops. We did spend one day in the car with Ryan’s aunt in San Isidro and one day by car in Palmero, Recoleta, and Almagro.
I will get better pictures later but here are a few to whet your appetite:
Palace of the Argentine National Congress
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Dulce de Leche
...on everything
I had heard tons about dulce de leche before ever making it to Argentina because of Ryan and his obsession with all things sweet. It was still severely underrated.
For those of you who have never been lucky enough to try Argentine dulce de leche, it’s similar to caramel but 1000x better. Take sweetened milk, heat slowly, and voila! (via the Maillard reaction) you get this delicious, creamy, thick condiment to put on toast, cookies, fruit, or to have in lattes, ice cream, etc.
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