Mendoza for New Years Eve

Hey everyone,

just to let you know...I have packed my bags and I will leave Cordoba this evening with my friends Charlotte and Andreas to celebrate New Years Eve in Mendoza. This town is famous for its wine and of course its beautiful scenery. It is on the other side if the Andes, same hight as Santiago de Chile. I hope I will find a place to go finally go horseback riding and do some other fun sports as white water rafting, etc.

Antother thing I am truely looking forward to is the fact that I will meet Nina there. I met her at the beginning of the Spanish course and we lived together in one family for 2 weeks. And since she is a horse freak like me and wants to go to Santiago soon, maybe she will be my travel companion for a while.

Well, I am definately looking forward to this trip and hope that the start into the new year will be just as thrilling and exciting as the months I have spent here up to now.

I will let you know what I will be doing next and hopefully there will be some more pics on soon.

I hope you have enjoyed the Christmas days and have awsome plans for New Years Eve.

Keep on rockin`, Lisa ;-)

Hola mis amores,

I hope all of you are enjoying Christmas eve and are able to celebrate it with those people you love!

No matter where you are on the world...I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Take care everyone,

my best wishes from Cordoba,

Beso grandisimo, Lisa

Diversity of Buenos Aires

Can you find the owner of this shop?

He sells acient posters, postcards, comics, newspapers, articles...everything you can imagine.

This stuff is old, precious, he sells it for nothign but for some this would be worth a LOT of money

San Telmo- every Sunday evening there is a street market in San Telmo.

Here are some musicians playing bongos and singing to it cheerfully!







Plaza de Mayo- these white headscarfs are circular positioned around a monument of the Plaza-

they symbolise the mothers and granmothers of the disappeared men in the dark period.

Since they were not allowed to demonstrate loudly and women would not be arrested as easily, the women decided to walk around the plaza silently to prosted against the political regime.

Up to today, every thursday at 3pm the women still come to the plaza to remind the people of the still unfound men.

Puerto Madero- this modern port has only been constructed. Therefore it is very exclusive and a fancy place to be.

Once I came here on a Sunday afternoon to do my homework- its perfect to watch people, enjoy an ice cream in the sunshine and of course to focus on your Spanish homework ;-)










Casa Rosado a Plaza de Mayo











Plaza de Mayo- a political demonstration.

Since it seemed pretty afressive I kept in distance...

This is in Park San Matin- there is a heart exibition.

Nac, Samira and me connecting two hearts ;-)













The typical painting and writing of Buenos Aires- no matter if its a street sign, Kiosko, or a theatre entry... this is the style




















"El corazón del mundo"




















This is in parc San Matin- I often come here to picknick, chill, write my diary and watch people...

It gives you a little brake from the rush from downtown!








This is the Obelist on the main 9 de Julio

The Tango flair catches you everywhere

*It takes twoto Tango*

I took this picture while srolling through the street market in San Telmo- on this little plaza called Bathlem Plaza Tango music is played and people can just join in and dance...

















This is in the main shopping street Florida.

They create a little dancing area in the middle of the street, start the music and off they go.

Dance, entertain and feel- and all of this with fervour











This is Cafè Tortoni- people say that if you want to see and authentic and non touristy tango show... then this is the place to go.

The show was breathtaking and a lot of fun to watch.

The way they move with passion and tell a story by dancing so emotionally- amazing to watch!























This is Nac (Turkey), me and Samira (Brasil)- although we all speak different languages, come from different cultures and ages differ widely- we had a great time!!!












This pictue is also in a park of Recoletta- the cementary in the background.

This elderly gentleman is a fanous Tango dancer and singer from the past. I am very

sorry but I forgot his name. As soon as I looked it up at home, I will let you know who I met;-)

Anyways, now he is wandering through BsAs, singing and dancing on the street, in parks and at markets, to somehow to not fall into oblivion... and as you can see form the smile- he WAS a show man!

I LOVE BUENOS AIRES !!!

RECOLETTA CEMETARY

If you enter the cementary of Recoletta it seems as if you are walking though a spooky ghost town. It is not like a normal cementary with the graves and little flower beds in the front...

This cementary is where the rich people from Buenos Aires are burried; such as Evita Péron. For this reason the graves are like little houses.

They have more than one floor so there is enough room the entire family. Sometimes, when you look into the "door" you can actually see the corphin.

Many people think it isnt right to leave the corphin at sight, but others say that this way the family members can be closer to their relatives or friends.

At first, when I didnt have an impression yet, I thought I could not find myself sitting next to the corphin, being able to sit so close to the dead. But when I was there, looking at the graves and seeing how nice they were made up, I now think it is a very nice way of keeping the dead.

Here are a few pictures so you can get an impression of this strange, creepy but still so beautiful place!

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This is in Barrio Recoletta-the Barrio of the rich.

What a tree, ey?

This is Nac and me in a park in Recoletta

RODIN, René Auguste

"Le baiser"

This sculpture is presented in the

Museu National de Bellas Artes

FrançoiLEFEBVRE, Jules Joseph "Pandoras"

Seeing this picture in the museum...WOW...

I dont knoiw why but I think it is just very impressive!

Whalewatching in Puerto Madryn

Yesterday I went on a trip to the half island Valdès close to Puerto Madryn. On this island you can go on a whalewatching tour. Four other people from the hostel and me rented a car and left to discover the whales. It was such a great day with so many beautiful animals-whales, see lions, pinguins and Guanacas.

But of course, seeing the whales strolling around in the water and having fun splashing arround was just amazing.

On the first picture we are just getting started to search the whales in the open water.

Starting on the left we have Jaque (Belgium), me, Anna (Holland), Susannah (Germany) and France from France ;-)

The whole day was just so much fun and watching the whales was such a great experience, so I hope you can enjoy my pictures and take part in my experience!

Disfruta !!!

This deer looking like animal is a special type of a Lama, called Guanacas (I am not sure about the spelling)












Here you can see some see lions enjoying the sun !!!

And isnt this cute little pinguin just sooo sweet!!!

Good Old Cordoba

This is my Host family, Magret on the left and in the front Solè, my host sister. Gracias para todo!!!















Isn`t this a great sun set...


This was on our way to Santa Rosa











This crazy picture was taken during our small road trip to Santa Rosa, a small town in the mountains Cordobas`. Charlotte on the left and Andreas on the right. We had a great time. Although it ended a little dangerous since I fell from a Gaucho- horse. Luckily nothing extremely bad happened- some prised rips and a bad back for 2 weeks ;-) Gees, was I lucky!!!











This was my teacher Raul. I think he sometimes had a hard time with us crazy chics...but I still think he did a great job.

Muchisima Gracias, Raul !!!













This is Leandro. He is the cook in our favorite restaurant "Estacion". No matter what time of the day...we were there ;-) Thanks for the great meals...mmmh...

















This is the main church in Cordoba, directly at the big Plaza San Matin.

This was at an Italian restaurant. On the left side are my auwsome room mates. Thanks girls for the fun time we had in this crazy family;-) and also for the great parties. On the left side is Linda-she became a great friend and I am already looking forward to seeing her in January in Santiago de Chile
We actually told the waiter that it was my birthday...that way we got a free dessert and they played "Cumpleaños Feliz" for me...What a fun evening!!!






This is in one of the numerous parks in Cordoba where a group of people are performing a Capuera-dance! WOW...what a show!

This was in a bar in Nuevo Cordoba. As you can see...the wall is full of names which have been scratched into the wall with all kinds of materials...well, I cant miss this tradition...so, now my name is part of this great peace of art;-)



















Here is a funny picture from a Lama...although it isnt the best picture...I just love the look on its face ;-)

This was the "great" trip to Carlos Paz. I think the town actually has something to offer, but since we went with a tourist organisation is was a very disappointing trip. Instead visiting the beautiful lake you can see in the background, wen went to a "Dulce de leche"-entreprise...WOW;-)...
At least we could enjoy the nice view from the mountain for a few minutes.

This is a picture from the San Matin Theatre in Cordoba. They often have concerts of all kinds...But it is definately worth going. The entry is very cheap and the inside is stunning- original Barock-style! I went twice, once to a PIano-Violine concert of two French women and the second time to a concert of "Swing 69". Great music!!!