Well ... to say the least, it has been quite a while since our trip to South America in November. After returning to the states we have been super busy with Christmas, work, a trip back to NH and playing when we can up in the mountains here in Colorado. We were finally able to sort through the 1,400+ photos we took and the following posts are a little snapshot of our amazing trip.
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After two flights and more than 15 hours, we landed in Buenos Aires, Argentina to start our two week adventure. It proved to be a trip of a lifetime!
During our first stay in Buenos Aires, we enjoyed the following activities:
- sightseeing downtown along Avenida 9 de Julio (the widest Avenue in the world with up to seven lanes in each direction and flanked on either side by parallel streets of two lanes each)
- walking around the Boca (home to the Boca Juniors where Diego Maradona once played) and San Telmo neighborhoods
- stopping by The Pink Palace (Argentina's "White House")
- checking out the shops on Florida Street
- enjoying a huge Argentinian wine and steak dinner
- watched a crazy soccer match at River Plate against the Argentinos Juniors (0-0 tie), stadium seats 65,645
Unfortunately there were major city transportation strikes planned for the day we were to fly out to San Carlos de Bariloche and our flight was canceled. We decided to take a 20hr bus ride across the country instead of waiting three days for the next flight. At the sketchy bus station, Melissa's purse was stolen. The camera with most of the photos from the first few days, including almost all of the soccer game, was with the purse.
This interruption and theft caused us some delays, extra travel and a sooner return to Buenos Aires than originally planned in order to get a replacement passport for Melissa so that we could continue our trip in Chile. Overall we had some headaches and a lost a day or so in Bariloche, but we were able to reschedule flights, accommodations and activities to keep our trip on track.
To view photos from Buenos Aires - Stay 1,
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