Yesterday started a new aventura, ie a road trip with Cecilia and Venetia! This time we’re venturing into the Province of Cordoba, an 8-9 hour drive north of Buenos Aires.

All three of us went to a party on Friday night at the home of our friends Rob and Alex. Who goes to a party before an early morning departure on a road trip? Well, we do! It was a fun night and I’m glad we didn’t miss it.

We stayed overnight at Cecilia’s place so that we could get an early start on Saturday morning, and we duly left at 7 am. (Venetia isn’t really aware that there is such a time as 7 am, especially on the weekend, but we rolled her out into to car anyway.)

We took the scenic route as Cecilia was keen for us to see how beautiful Cordoba Province is — and it is. It did, however, add an hour or so to our time, and we arrived around 6 pm at our Air BnB in a lovely little town called Villa General Belgrano. Right in the midst of the mountains of Cordoba, Argentina is a little piece of Germany! Instead of trying to describe what I mean, here are some photos taken on the main street.

The two main commodities here seem to be beer and chocolate. Since I’m not a fan of beer but definitely a fan of chocolate, that’s what I’m concentrating on. But there are so many chocolate shops that we can’t decide where to buy. So we are systematically trying them all, and we’ll choose where to buy before we leave on Tuesday morning!

Today, Cecilia and her cousin Elvirita, who lives up here, took us up into the mountains to let us see some more spectacular scenery. I have some photos and I also did a sketch, but it’s pretty late now so I think I’ll wait till tomorrow to post those photos.

Definitelt loving Cordoba!