Buenos Aires & Montevideo

Hallo,

The last week/days we have been in Buenos Aires. It´s a bustling city and we enjoyed our stay very much. On the last day there was public holiday for political reasons and there was a big demonstration of all political parties in the streets of the center of B.A. It was a big spectacle with thousands of people, music, dancing, flags etc... it was interesting to watch.
We also spent one evening in a nice artist cafe to watch "the argentinian tango" being danced by professionals. That was great as well although we decided to stay with salsa :-).
After that we went by bus overnight to Montevideo in Uruguay. We arrived on sunday and the city was nearly "lifeless". Cafes and restaurants as well as all shops were closed down, nobody and no car, nearly nothing in the streets.. it was kind of earty for a capital.. we were also a bit disappointed by the architecture. There were some old colonial buildings - although nearly ruinous - but most of the buildings were unsighty buildings from recent years.
On monday the life was back again in the city ... we felt a bit more comfortable, but still I am disappointed... then we went back to Argentinia via the small town "Colonia" in Uruguay which was very nice but by that the unstoppable rain has already started and since the day before yesterday it hasn´t stopped raining once.

We are now back in Argentinia, in Rosario, but it is still raining which seems to be the best breeding and living conditions for thousands of mosquitos lurking in hotelrooms and in the streets ... :-(
They say "it never rained so much in the last years like now" and the fields and rivers are flooded .. great! :-( ... so we try to keep up the good mood and will continue to travel northward to the "Iguacu waterfalls".

Best regards to all of you! We haven´t heard a lot of you lately - (have you forgotten about us already?) - so tell us how you are at home!
Renate & Mirko