Weekend in the Mountains

Drinking Andes beer in the Andes mountains

Andes mountains and wine...perfect combination 

At a winery, overlooking the Andes

Almost taller than the mountains

At the table, doing some wine tasting...the one on the left was the favorite

Stealing a few more sips of the Malbec

In a village near Mendoza, after horseback riding

Lovin Mendoza...the gnome found a new home 

Ready to endure the 16 hour bus ride back to Buenos Aires, but sad to leave Mendoza

Gnomie Goes to Cordoba

At the church in Cordoba's main plaza

After seeing the Sitio de memoria, one of the sites where thousands of people were tortured during la Guerra Sucia

Inside the church on the main plaza

At the cabildo (town hall), one of the last Spanish-colonial style buildings left in Argentina

Looking at an overhead view of the city

Chillin on a balcony at the university in downtown Cordoba

At the courthouse in court-oba

Watching the Independence Day parade on July 9. This is the country's biggest independence day parade and  the route runs down a busy street through downtown Cordoba

Grabbing a quick bite to eat at the chocolate festival in Villa General Belgrano.

Rollin with the gnomies: Hanging out with some of her other gnome friends

Found a few more friends...

...found the bathroom

Heading back to Cordoba after the day trip to Villa General Belgrano

~Uruguay~

Ordering milanesa napolitano at the Radisson Hotel casino restaurant

Having some fun with rum!

The view from the hotel room, overlooking the city and the port

Watching the sunset over the water

...after

Not the only gnome in Montevideo!

The ice bar in our hotel...I'll take a whisky on the rocks

The soccer stadium in Montevideo

Just kickin it at the soccer museum

Recoleta Cemetery

At the cemetery in Recoleta near one of the hundreds of mausoleums

At the Duarte family tomb, where Evita Peron is buried

After the cemetery at the best ice

                                                                    cream shop in Buenos Aires...Freddo! 

On the train to El Tigre

Ridin in style through the river town

Standing by the scenic river

Drinking some mate at a market

Checking out the river on a cloudy day

Me and My Gnomie

This summer is different from any other summer I've experienced. For the first time, Lexie and I are not together....in fact, we're not even in the same country, or even the same continent.  She is in London for the summer, while I'm in Buenos Aires. Since we are so far away from each other, we decided to do something to help lessen the distance.  We each have a little garden gnome, like the one from the Travelocity commercials, and we put a picture of the other one's face on the gnome.  We are taking pictures of the gnomes when we travel, so it feels like we're traveling together.  Even though Lexie is in Europe for the summer, the gnome I have with her picture on it is traveling through South America.  To track 'Lexie's' travels this summer, check out the photos posted here!

At the waterfall in the Tropical exhibit at the Buenos Aires Zoo.

Hangin out on the bridge at the zoo's waterfall.

On the rocks with the seals

Riding a camel in the Buenos Aires Zoo

Livin large at the zoo