Time flies

Wow! I can't believe I haven't written for almost a month!  Time seems to have sped up now I have a job.  

My job is really turning out to be cool!  I'm kind of working for two companies.  One is Gray Line Argentina and the other is Expedia.  They have both partnered to start a new program-a calling program.  Last year Expedia sold (I think) about 30,000 tickets from the US to Buenos Aires.  Reasonably thinking, a lot of those people want to do city tours, see tango shows, etc etc.  So the position was created for me to be their contact.  I think at the beginning of December I'll start to be trained on calling.  As I understand it, i'll be helping them make travel plans and tour plans.  I'm pretty excited about it!

In the meantime I've been able to write a mini guide of things to do and see in the city.  It's an awesome way to learn about the city and the 139+ museums that I haven't seen!

Additionally, I've had the opportunity to go on all the tours that Expedia and Gray Line offer to get a "first hand" experience.  I've had so much fun getting to see a new side of Buenos Aires.

One of the tours I got to do was a "Gaucho Tour."  Since the majority of Argentina is indeed just like Kansas and full of farms and ranches, a tour that travelers can take is to go to a farm outside the city.

I honestly expected it to be really silly but it turned out pretty cool.  It was so nice to get outside the city for a day and see some green and not hear the noise of traffic and people.

We were served a great lunch of a typical Argentine asado which was grilled over the fire.  Argentina is famous for their meat and for good reason!



The picture below shows chicken, beef and sausage on the grill.  Hard to see, but included in the grill is blood sausage.  John and I were daring enough (once) to try blood sausage and it's certainly not something I think we'll try again!

 The Gauchos showed off their skills and did lots of pretty cool and impressive horse tricks!

 I also had the opportunity to go outside Buenos Aires to a city called Tigre.  Tigre is on the Parana River and about an hour outside the city.

It's a really interesting place.  The people honestly live on the water.  All the houses are built on the water and rather than cars, they use motorboats.

This is someones house.  I guess a lot of people live in the houses year round.  Some, however, have them as weekend or vacation homes.  I think the more wealthy of Buenos Aires get out of the city and come to their homes here.

Because they actually live on the river they have market boats that bring them their goods.  This boat, for example, carries produce, meats and dairy, charcoal, wood, shampoo-etc.  They just buy directly from the boat.  How crazy!