Category: Travel
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Punta Arenas
On the 4th of January we arrived in Punta Arenas. This city is different from everything we have seen before. Houses are old en simple. Some are made of wood, some of sheel metal. In the gardens you can find beautiful flowers and rotten cars. Here at the very south the sky looks somehow different-…
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Santiago
The flight over the Andes was beautiful – and not turbulent. Santiago is huge. We walked through the nice colourful neighbourhood of Bellavista. Cafés at every street corner, jazz music, empanadas, pisco sour and big smiles are some of the nice things you can expect from Santiago…
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Los Molinos
Hi there! Just a small post from Santiago before we leave for Patagonia. On the 2nd January we had a long walk to the lake of Los Molinos. It was hot but totally worth it. The colours are stunning, and the smartphone photos we’re putting in this blog just don’t make justice of the place.…
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Córdoba
Happy new year! On the 31st we took our flight to Córdoba. It was turbulent. So turbulent that Teresa is thinking about continuing the trip by car… From the airport of Córdoba we drove around 100 km southwest to Los Reartes to visit our friend and best man Alessandro and his family. In the evening…
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Second day in BA
Teresa doesn’t write much, I guess I’ll have to make up for her 😉 Yesterday was great, we walked a lot to see the nicest neighbourhoods: Puerto Madero, San Telmo, Palermo… We had a very good dinner in an Uruguayan restaurant, where an old waiter convinced me to drink a fantastic Cabernet Sauvignon from Argentina…
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First day in BA
Today we walked, ate, walked, ate,… Very friendly people, very good beef.
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Buenos Aires
After a 14 hour flight trying to keep busy with movies and books and a crazy taxi driver, here we are in Buenos Aires! The city is huge and active, we have a lot to see. For tonight, we managed to have a nice walk in Puerto Madero. Tomorrow we’ll do more and report back!
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Honeymoon
Dear friends, dear family, we are ready to go! Tomorrow, we will leave for South America for our honeymoon. Of course we take things literally here, so a “moon” is 29 days… For the curious, this is our planned flight route: Amsterdam Buenos Aires Cordoba Santiago Punta Arenas Puerto Montt Santiago Buenos Aires Amsterdam Chilean Patagonia is…