Tigre and Rosario

Club de Regatas La Marina

The past 2 weekends that I've lived in Argentina, we've taken excursions to the prettiest places. First, ISA took us to Tigre in the Buenos Aires province.

Tigre is a typical weekend destination for locals and tourists alike. It only took us about a 30 min train ride to reach the town. Tigre is a perfect place to visit when the weather is nice, warm and sunny. As you can see by the picture on my left..our day wasn't such a case. But, I enjoyed taking photographs nonetheless. We took a smooth boat ride through the entire delta.

Tiffany and group while entering Puerto de Frutos

Afterwards, we visited Puerto de Frutos de Tigre, a huge open market filled with vendors selling just about everything!..trinkets and souvenirs, clothes, candles, plants, mate gourds, etc. Mate [mah-tay]: what a typical porteño drinks daily. Porteño: local from the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Mate is a delicious tea whose herb, yerba mate, is placed into a special cup/gourd and drank with a special bombilla (straw). It's just special haha! And particular to Argentina..which is why every visitor should try it. Drinking mate here is like a social activity. A group of friends will get together, talk and pass mate around the table. I've left my apartment here many times and seen couples downstairs on their stoop, passing their mate gourd back and forth. I still haven't bought one for myself. They're sold at almost every street market, as well as every store. But, I haven't seen one that's jumped out at me..that's unique.

Walking to the Civic Courtyard- National Flag Memorial
Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina

The following weekend, ISA took a very large group of us to Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. Rosario is the 3rd largest city in Argentina by population and we traveled only about 4 hours to reach it. The city's most notable attraction is the National Flag Memorial. General Manuel Belgrano, the man who created the Argentine flag (and whom my town and school are named after..as well as almost 400 streets in Argentina) died on June 20, 1820. This flag memorial was constructed in his honor on June 20, 1957 to honor the anniversary of his death. El Monumento Nacional a la Bandera is a huge complex with 3 different parts: the Tower, the Civic Courtyard and the Triumphal Propylaeum. Unfortunately, my camera died while traveling on the bus. Sad day. So, I wasn't able to take any photos until our second day in Rosario, when our entire group bathed under the sun at a nearby beach. Don't worry, I've taken the liberty of borrowing a friend's photos (thanks Tiffany!)

Our next day in Rosario was magnificent. We spent over 5 hours at la Playa La Florida (Florida Beach). The beach is located on the Paraná River and was the perfect spot for relaxing for the day. All of my photos from the past two excursions with ISA can be seen by clicking the Shutterfly link to the right of this blog. Hope you enjoy!