Thermal Baths

Our chariot for this wonderful whirlwind exploration of Argentina was Leo's car which I even got to drive on occassion so it is one of my fondest icons of our journeys.

Our travelling music was enjoyable Argentine folk music and sometimes a North American rock and roll cd would slide into the player, lol. 

Our chariot also doubled as a most effective coffee house and we stopped and enjoyed Daphne's coffee on the road several times through out our trip.  I loved this ... possibly even prefered these coffee breaks to the ones we had in any restaurant in the land.  Several relaxing moments were spent around Daphne's thoughtful thermos of hot coffee.

We spent the evening of September 30th in an area internationally famous for its thermal waters -- Termas de Rio Hondo and had the luxury of relaxation in a hot mineral bath which have a claim to fame of having curative properties for high blood pressure and rheumatism, neither of which I have, but I would hightly recommend everyone putting something like this on their list of things to do!

Termas de Rio Hondo has two unusual features: it has a triangular Plaza San Martín as well as one of the country’s few public monuments to Juan and Evita Perón, two Argentineans whose notorious political lives thrust them squarely into the international spotlight, were both loved and hated by different groups for their brand of political thought and have left behind a nationwide political movement, Peronism.

I wished then that I had the opportunity to see the hit musical based on the life of Evita Durante, a B-picture Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president Juan Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.  Did any of you see it.  Would be a nice DVD to add to my collection.  I think Madonna starred in this movie.