Pequeño update 2

It's been a little over a week that Hubby and I crossed the Atlantic and the Equator and the sun is still scorching hot, the food still incredibly delicious and the sights still amazing.

Did I mention we've been to two other countries in the past couple of days?? Oh yeah, baby!!! My passport is starting to look like a stamp collector's booklet.

First there was Brazil. Last time I posted we were way up north of the country checking out the Iguazu falls. We'd heard there was more to see from the Brazilian side and so we decided to check it out. A quick trip to the Brazilian consulate for the Mexican passport (btw, Lula, what's up with that? we Mexicans are a peaceful people, us no need no visas, in my humble opinion) and three pesero buses later, Hubby and I had crossed the natural border that is the Iguazu river and were changing our pesos for reales.









The trip was so worth it. Not only were the waterfalls truly amazing, but also we got to experiment a Brazilian all-you-can-eat BBQ asado, which from what we could gather from our very poor grasp of the language, consists of an incredibly stocked up salad bar and waiters that bring to your table (sometimes two or three at a time!!) the flaming hot bbq spikes and slice off the meat directly on to your plate in such huge quantities and with such frequency that by round two Hubby and I were stuffed. It was absolutely delicious and I was so impressed by it all that I accidentally (I suck at math) on purpose (service was impeccable) left a 27% tip!!!

By the end of the week we were back in Buenos Aires visiting some awesome museums and strolling in the beautiful leafy neighborhoods that is the Palermo area. And lets not forget the highlight of Saturday night. Nope, not a tango show.... I'm talking about watching El Super Clasico of course!! A futbol match between the Boca Juniors and the River Plate teams is to the people in this country what the Chivas taking on el America is to Mexicans, the PSG Saint-Germain going up against the Olympique de Marseille is for the french and Michael Jordan's Bulls playing against Kobe Bryant's LA Lakers (if such a thing ever happened)....... basically..... take that sport passion madness and raise it up a 200% notch and you can guess how it felt to be watching this game in a bar called "Locos x el Futbol" filled with red & white and gold & navy-blue claded super fans. Awesome doesn't even begin to describe it.





Boca won, by the way.




This morning was time for some more passport stamping. Hubby and I hoped on the ferry across the Rio de la Plata to visit the lovely little town that is Colonia del Sacramento on the Uruguayan coast. Colonia once belonged to the Portuguese colonies, then at some point was turned over to the Spaniards for a while before they became independent and a part of Uruguay. And so, as you walk along the cobbled streets lined with rows and rows of high leafy trees providing blessed shadow and coolness to the small colonial-style houses below, you really get the feeling that time stopped there. It is truly beautiful and worth the three hour ferry trip each way.










Tomorrow we add a new means of transportation to this trip: the autobus semi-camas. Can't wait to see how that goes.

Saludos a todos,
Fned.