Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Boca vs. Once Caldas
We visited another football match. This time a game of the famous Boca Juniors team in the legendary stadium where Maradona learned to play. The socio's of Boca are (in)famous too. They definitely know how to have a good time too.
The played for the Recopa Sudamérica against the colombian team of Once Caldas. The first half was very interesting because Boca was playing very strong and scored 3 times within 20 minutes. The second half was not very good from either side and Once managed to score a goal to save face.
The played for the Recopa Sudamérica against the colombian team of Once Caldas. The first half was very interesting because Boca was playing very strong and scored 3 times within 20 minutes. The second half was not very good from either side and Once managed to score a goal to save face.
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
Weather
All week it was cold and snowing except of course on the day we left.
Maxima in Patagonia
Our most beloved princess in the beautiful country of Holland is Maxima. Maxima was born in Argentina but now she is more dutch than our queen Beatrix (which could make sense as Beatrix's father was german. Actually for our crown prince Willem-Alexander the situation is worse: his father was german and his mother is half german which makes him ¾ german and only ¼ dutch) according to some people.
Anyway back to Patagonia. Maxima's brother liven in Patagonia and has a restaurant there. My cousin Hans told me where it was so we thought it would be good idea to drive up to Villa de Angostura and have dinner there. So we did. And it was good.
Anyway back to Patagonia. Maxima's brother liven in Patagonia and has a restaurant there. My cousin Hans told me where it was so we thought it would be good idea to drive up to Villa de Angostura and have dinner there. So we did. And it was good.
Food in Bariloche
Not all bad though: It made me think of Switzerland :-) Apparently there are many swiss immigrants in Patagonia. They even have a little swiss colony.
also a nice house with the flags of all the kantons :-)
Of course we needed to go and try out the local swiss cuisine especially for our swiss friend Köbi. So that meant 2 nights of cheesy meals: fondue and raclette...(and check out the cheesy smiles)
More healthy food: Wurst und Sauerkraut.
also a nice house with the flags of all the kantons :-)
Of course we needed to go and try out the local swiss cuisine especially for our swiss friend Köbi. So that meant 2 nights of cheesy meals: fondue and raclette...(and check out the cheesy smiles)
More healthy food: Wurst und Sauerkraut.
Bariloche
Came back from Bariloche. I went with Sam -an american lass- and Köbi -a swiss lad- to the mountains for some skiing. We had a week of snow and cloudy conditions so the skiing was not optimal, but we had fun anyway.
Because I did't bring any ski gear to Argentina I was thinking of renting everything: ski's, boots, clothes. I thought I might have trouble renting clothes in my size so I bought some in Buenos Aires....lucky me. This is a selection of what was offered:
Brendan: if we ever want to import cheesy one-pieces for après ski action Bariloche is the place. They have loads of them.
Because I did't bring any ski gear to Argentina I was thinking of renting everything: ski's, boots, clothes. I thought I might have trouble renting clothes in my size so I bought some in Buenos Aires....lucky me. This is a selection of what was offered:
Brendan: if we ever want to import cheesy one-pieces for après ski action Bariloche is the place. They have loads of them.
