Cordoba

In mid August, I had a long weekend from school. I went to Cordoba with my housemate, Rachel, and some friends. The bus ride was 10 hours. We took an overnight bus and got into Cordoba around 10 am. We took a bus to tour the countryside. The mountains must have been beautiful in the summer but in the winter everthing was brown so it wasn't as pretty.

On the way we visited the resort town of Carlos Paz. In the summer it is very popular with Argentines. It was still cute in the winter with a big lake. We went to a factory that makes alfajores, which are an amazing Argentine cookie. They have two cookies with dolce de leche (its like caramel) in the middle. We also saw the town from the mountain. Carlos Paz is touristy enough to have ski lifts even though it doesn't snow, for summer tourists to "climb" the mountain. At the top there is a cafe and everything.

Below is a picture of the street of Cordoba. It is university city, with lots of students.

The next day we went to Alto Garcia. The boyhood home of Che Gueverra is there, along with a 17th century Jesuit estancia. The estancia was restored as a museum and was very well done. Estancias are similiar to ranches or plantationa. Below is La Poderosa, the motorcycle used in the Motorcycle Diaries.