After a nice breakfast buffet at our hotel, we went to the airport. When we arrived we found out that our flight was 4 hours delayed and not confirmed to depart. We were given the option to take the next scheduled flight instead of waiting at the airport indefinitely.
The best part of the 2 hour flight was flying over the Andes Mountains.
Our bags were checked into the original flight. They were suppossed to be moved into the flight that we took, but it never happened. We asked LAN personnel to confirm that they would arrive. However, they will always tell you what you want to hear. We were not surprised when we arrived to Buenos Aires we had to stay at the airport waiting for our bags since our original flight was close. The ride from EZE airport to the City is about one hour without traffic. We arrived at 6:00 PM: peak hour traffic. It took us a at least 2 hours to get to our friend's house.
Two of my childhood friends, Andrea and Natalia, hosted us in Buenos Aires. They are graduate students and roommates. I've known them all of my life, we grew up together in Colombia. We went to the same school. Since kindergarden with Andrea and 5th grade with Natalia until we graduated from high school. They met Andre previously and I am happy to say that he now loves them too. They were great with us! I miss them terribly. Most of my best friends live in another Country or City. I'm used to "long distance friendships", but I really wanted to bring them home with me.
After we dropped our bags and rested for a few minutes, we went to a restaurant close to their apartment. We walked a few blocks to Casas Viejas, a steak house that they usually visit. I had bife the chorizo only because they didn't have my favorite cut of meat, lomo (tenderloin). My steak was not great, but the chorizos, and the melted provoleta (provolone) cheese were amazing! After a nice walk we were ready for dessert. We had ice cream from a place just across the street from their house. It was the best passion fruit ice cream that I've had. We definitely ate too much that night! But that's what you do on vacation, right?
After we dropped our bags and rested for a few minutes, we went to a restaurant close to their apartment. We walked a few blocks to Casas Viejas, a steak house that they usually visit. I had bife the chorizo only because they didn't have my favorite cut of meat, lomo (tenderloin). My steak was not great, but the chorizos, and the melted provoleta (provolone) cheese were amazing! After a nice walk we were ready for dessert. We had ice cream from a place just across the street from their house. It was the best passion fruit ice cream that I've had. We definitely ate too much that night! But that's what you do on vacation, right?
The photos over the Andes are incredible! And the steak sounds awesome... we never got to eat at a steakhouse in Ecuador, but I've heard so many stories of the amazing meat you can eat in South America. Guess we'll have to try it when we go to Colombia on our girls' trip... haha!
ReplyDeleteSteak in argentina is amazing!! Not even close to the steak you eat in Colombia and Ecuador. It is better than in the US for sure! I will give u lots of yummy food in Colombia. Andre said that he likes Colombian food more than ecuadorian. He might deny it now but it is true!! Haha
DeleteThose photos of the Andes took my breath away! Did you know that they were named after me??? ;-)
ReplyDeleteThe view was unexpected as we were flying out of Chile and of course they deserve a great name like urs!
ReplyDeleteEspectaculaes las fotos de Los Andes. No parecen reales
ReplyDeletefue increible ver las montanas!!!! :)
DeleteSucks to hear about the flight delays, def the pleasure of traveling stops at the airport! Thank God traveling makes everything just better! I love the first pict with the sign " su propia responsabilidad" haha. I can see how impressive flying over the mountains is! too bad that when I went to Argentina it was a red eye flight, probably it was day light at some point but I was numbed! mmm and now chorizos with melted provolone...to die for!
ReplyDeleteI don't think that you see the mountains coming from the US. I'm not sure but you will see them when you go to chile or the Patagonia. I kept thinking about the movie "viven" remember?
DeleteI liked the city better than the provinces. My favourite activity was the stroll down calle Florida. It is not the best shopping and you’re likely to be hounded by touts trying to sell you leather jackets or other overpriced goods but the pedestrian street still has an energetic appeal to it. There are some great buildings in the area. An easy one to explore, since it’s a shopping mall, is Galería Pacifico; the top floor is a cultural center that usually has very good exhibitions. I had a Buenos Aires rent near it, and it was awesome!
ReplyDeleteCalle Florida is great! I loved Galeria Pacifico!
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