La Virgen de las Nieves

Or Nuestra Señora de las Nieves, Our Lady of the Snow. She is the patron saint of mountaineers in Argentina, possibly elsewhere too. We stumbled across this shrine in a grotto on the… Continue reading →

San Carlos de Bariloche

Lakes, forested hills, snow-topped mountains, alpine air, chocolate chocolate chocolate. We have escaped the hot humid city in the last remnants of summer to the cool, fresh air of Bariloche for the next… Continue reading →

La Plata

Gosh, this blog needs some new year oomph. Going back to early December, we zoomed to the small city of La Plata on the motorbike to spend a Sunday nosing around. Clinging onto… Continue reading →

Facultad de Ingeniería

…Faculty of Engineering at the University of Buenos Aires. We sped here last night on the Falcon motorbike, as JP is getting ready to graduate. It was my first time in the building, and… Continue reading →

Listo para navegar

Ready to navigate. La Falcon is adorned with a chatty GPS before she sets off north of the capital to Tigre, for Saturday’s getaway. Searing hot sun microwaves our heads inside black helmets but… Continue reading →

Saturday’s shawarma

Today we greeted the return of the Falcon. JP’s red motorbike has been off sick since the accident on 1st December. We missed her enormously. To celebrate, we took her over to Medio… Continue reading →