Córdoba

The last weekend of August four friends and I went to Córdoba. Corinna, Terese and my two roommates Karen and Edgard were the perfect travel companions for this trip! J

Córdoba

Thursday night we went to the bus station in Buenos Aires and took a sleeping bus to Córdoba. It took about 9 hours and was actually pretty comfortable just super cold that’s why still we didn’t sleep very much.

When we arrived in Córdoba on Friday morning we checked into our hostel, which we all enjoyed very much – the beds were comfortable, everything was so clean, the staff was amazing, and so was the breakfast.

Córdoba

After leaving our backpacks in the hostel we went to the city center, walked around for a while and then took a guided bus tour to some more places. Córdoba was wonderful! So much smaller and slower than Buenos Aires and the people were very friendly.

That night we were super tired but still stayed up late in our hostel room and enjoyed being on vacation.

Córdoba

Art in Córdoba

Light show at the Centro Cultural in Córdoba

Candonga

Saturday we got picked up at 9am to experience one of my favorite days in Argentina! We went all day out to a horse farm in Candonga in the Sierra del Córdoba. It was only us five on the farm that day so we got personal attention all day through. Before lunch we got to ride horses for a couple of hours through a beautiful landscape on wonderful horses. For lunch we had an Asado and after lunch we got to go horseback riding for another couple of hours. In between we had time to look around the farm – the vegetable and herb garden was amazing!

That night all of us were super sore – understandable. But everyone did great with the horses even though they haven’t been on horses in years or even only once or twice at all before. It was the perfect day! :)

Candonga

Candonga

Candonga

Candonga

Candonga

Candonga

Alta Gracia

On Sunday Karen and Terese decided to take it slow and stayed in the hostel while Corinna, Edgard and I went to Alta Gracia, a small town outside of Córdoba. There we visited Ernesto “Che” Guevara’s parents house, where he grew up. They made a museum out of that house that tells the story of how Che grew up. It was very interesting and great to see that people put a lot of effort into it.

Che Guevara Museum Alta Gracia

When we returned to Córdoba, we went to a small but nice art market at the canal that flows through Córdoba.

Afterwards we picked up our things at the hostel and went to the bus station to take another sleeping bus back to Buenos Aires. This time it wasn’t so cold so we got to sleep a little more.

The whole weekend we got really lucky with the weather: Córdoba is a very dry province in Argentina, especially in the winter months. The weekend we were there it was not only dry but also hot! Over 30°C! We got to wear shorts and didn’t need jackets. I know, that’s what all your August looked like, but here it was still winter so that was pretty amazing for us!

I would say, that Córdoba was one of my favorite weekends so far. 

But more trips are to come and I'm sure, they will all be special in their own way :) 

Thank you so much to Corinna, Karen, Terese and Edgard for that wonderful trip! 

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