(Here we are waiting ever so patiently for the trolley-bus)
We went to Villa Carloz Paz yesterday- it's about an hour bus ride from Cordoba. We wanted to go swimming. After asking a bunch of people at the bus terminal in Carloz Paz which bus to take, and then taking the bus to find out 15 minutes later we were going the wrong direction, getting off and back tracking, then asking the tourist office where to go, we found:
A Cabalango.
A lot of people go to this river to swim and soak up the sun.
So the bathing suit styles are a bit different- I guess it's better than the no- top-at-all swim suit style the European travelers in Phuket modeled. I'm also glad to report that there were no speedos (my high school in Malaysia was on the beach and next to a hotel- I have terrible memories of walking to art class and seeing fat (I'm talking really fat) British men in speedos through the gate).
It took us forever to get there but once we did it was wonderful. The water was refreshing and it felt good to lounge about.
We left for Cordoba around 7:30 or 8:00.
We originally had plans to go bungee jumping with Daniel and Carlos (friends from church) but that didn't pan out (long story, but we might go next weekend). Daniel (in the car with Carlos and their friend Melisa) got a hold of us when we got back into town and invited us to a coche corre- an auto race of some sort. He picked us up (literally we got off the bus and into the car) and headed towards the airport because the stadium was supposed to be nearby. As we got closer we stopped and asked numerous people for directions- we soon found out that the races are on Fridays, not Saturdays.
Plan B was to go get a Coke or something and walk around a park. When Daniel, Carlos, and Melisa found out that Amanda and I had never tried choripan, we headed towards Parque Sarmiento and "the best choripan in Cordoba."
Chorizo (type of sausage-not the same as Mexican chorizo) + pan (bread) = choripan.
It was hot off the grill and full of flavor...
Not exactly a bratwurst, but it was similar. There were all kinds of toppings- lettuce, tomato, onions, pickled onions, mayo, hot sauce, other pickled veggies and so on. The bread was toasted on the grill... I snarfed the whole thing.
We had a great time! It felt so nice to have friends call us and invite us to go out with them. We still aren't understanding everything so communicating is kind of hard- people are really patient though.
The church is the same anywhere you go. It's wonderful because you immediately find people your age that have the same beliefs and same things in common.
that choripan looke delicioso!
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