The group decided that Friday morning
we would meet for breakfast at 9:30, after that we would pack and plan to leave
the hotel between11-12:00. We planned
accordingly, such as sleeping-in (!), and taking our time to get ready in the
morning. Our daughter Cherie wanted to SKYPE sometime
so we emailed her Thursday night to say that tomorrow morning would be a great
time to chat. Argentina is 2 hours ahead
of the Central Time Zone and so we are closed to Cherie’s time zone than being
at home.
It was approximately 12:00 when we left the lovely
Howard Johnson hotel for the drive to Corrientes, Argentina. It was a drive of over 2 hours. Again the topography was table top flat, with
grazing and wetlands. There are small
settlements along the way but they are not towns. It was approximately 4:00 when we arrived at
Nenu’s home in Corrientes. Nenu planned
for Cal and me to stay with her in her home that had been a family home for
over 200 years. It really is a typical
Argentine home with a large veranda/galleria (porch) off a patio/courtyard area. The rooms of the home surround the
galleria. Nenu has not been to the house
since November, so she was opening the house up as we arrived.
They are as careful about locking their homes and cars in Argentina as they are in South Africa.
Around 8:00 we went for a walk downtown. This was Friday evening so the town was full of people, and all of the stores were open. We found a nice ice cream shop for our evening snack, before returning to the house.
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| Another General San Martin Statue in Formosa |
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| The Formosa Central Park |
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| Paraguay River Front in Formosa |
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| The Paraguay River |
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| Formosa Street Art |
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| The Flat Argentine Countryside |
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| Palm Groves along the Highway |
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| Sunset over the Parana River - Corrientes |
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| Group Photo in the Corrientes Casino |
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| Motorcycle parking downtown Corrientes |
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| A little girl with her ice cream at the Ice Cream Shop |
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