Butterflies and Waterfalls

So, it's been a while since my last post....sounds kind of like a confession. But I am happy to announce that I now have something interesting to post! I am in Buenos Aires, Argentina at the moment and enjoying every minute. The first day I arrived, I had a meal of the most delicious steak I have had in a long time. The Argentinians are known for their steak. They have endless flat lands where the cows munch on grass and live a happy life...until they end up on my plate, of course. And I have had my fair share of cow here in Argentina, let me tell you!

Buenos Aires is a beautiful city, with European-style architecture, friendly people and amazing restaurants. In the first couple of days, we saw where Evita is buried in the national cemetery, green parks spread throughout the city and the beautiful plazas where people sit and enjoy the sunshine.

The third day of my trip, we took off on a road trip headed towards Iguazu Falls. This is normally an 18-hour bus ride. We figured we could drive it a bit quicker by renting a car and driving ourselves.

That would have been the case if we didn't have a broken-down car 3 hours outside of Buenos Aires. So, the first night we stopped in Concordia, a small quaint town. We had dinner at a parilla (pronounced "pair-ee-zha" in Argentina). This is their barbecue/steak house. The boys enjoyed a bit of a mixed grill, which consisted of various barbecued animal parts (kidney, intestines, blood sausage, etc.). I tried a few and surprisingly it was pretty good.

We continued on towards Iguazu Falls the next day -- got into Puerto Iguazu that night and had dinner at a local fish house. I had a meal of suburi, a fish caught in the river between Brazil and Argentina.

The next day, we set out for the park. We spent about 6 hours walking around the park, which wanders around the 275 falls. There are walkways skirting the falls and ones that are set almost immediately on top of the falls. It's very hard to describe such an amazing place in words, but I really believe these falls should be one of the great wonders of the world. Being in a rain forest, there was some beautiful wildlife between the falls....and the butterflies were everywhere!

Straight after seeing the falls, we headed out on the road again for our 15-hour journey back to Buenos Aires. We ended up driving through the night so that we arrived back in the city around 7:00 in the morning. More to come about the driving here in Argentina.....