Today we head north on our journey to Iruya, Leo's birthplace. Unlike Canada which goes East to West, Argentina goes North to South and it gets more tropical as you head north. We stopped in Rafella and Rosario in Santa Fe Province whre we visited the monument of the Nation's flag - "Cuna de la Badera" (cradle of the flag). We stopped at the most delightful cafe for coffee; one of several all throughout this journey.
The countryside was beautiful, palm trees .... legendary shade trees; Daphne will have to add the story of the shade tree for us; it is a beautiful story!
Lionel Messi, a golden boy of world soccer, is Rosario born and bred. Tell you more about the Argentine love of soccer later on. It is beyond belief. Even restaurants have television sets so that their patrons are able to watch the soccer matches!
Interestingly, Rosario's first European inhabitants settled here around 1720 without sanction from the Spanish crown.
Are your friends, Daphne and Leo from Canada? They look Canadian :-) So many people from other lands seem to move to Argentina. I've never been there myself. It sounds lovely.
ReplyDeleteDaphne was born in England. Leo in Argentina. They met and married while Leo was in the Submarine Navy and made their life in Argentina where they have raised their two children, Reuben and Romina.
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