onze ´barrio´

birthday in buenos aires

for lennie´s birthday we went to buenos aires
after checking in at the hotel
we went for a walk and strolled over Florida,
a shoppingstreet (no cars allowed),
with streetartists and people dancing tango.

that evening we had a drink in cafe tortoni
a 150year old cafe (in comparison: La Plata,
the city where we´re living now, is only 126years old)

a real chiq place,
if you´re lucky you don´t have to wait for a table
and can enjoy the nice atmosfere
and tango music playing on the background


gonz really happy at lennies birthday
waiting for his biertje...




birthday girl smiling for the camera
if you watch closely you can see some new wrinkles ;)




the stairs weren´t as chiq as the rest
neither the toilets

we went to see a tangoshow there











thats the man who sang tango to us all night long

next day we went to an amusementpark

thats my latin lover riding a mechanic bull


he was thrown to the ground lots of times :P


and we also did a bumpercartjes deathmatch!!
(i still have all my teeth mom, dont worry) ;)

and that evening we returned to la plata
we had another birthday party
tarta's one, a friend of gonzalo

´n soort van polonaise, ´treintje´ noemen ze dat hier..


en toen begonnen ze de jarige job te slaan..
gelukkig niet met mijn verjaardag,
dat is alleen gebruikelijk bij jongens.... don´t ask me why!


trying to dance at the party...


tired of dancing...

Torneo del pipaclub

8th pipe tournament in Buenos Aires
the challange is to keep smoking the pipe as long as possible

it starts with the preparation of putting the tabacco into the pipe
and lighting the pipe within a few minutes
all fifty participants at the same time of course





the bar get´s filled with smoke


and when finally lightened,
it´s time to wait until pipe´s go out..




gonzalo´s father participates too






after one hour and 8 minutes there is a winnar..
the only woman who participated! hehe

an interesting sign in the Uruguayan bar where the contest was helt:

Wat is globalisering?
Het beste voorbeeld hiervan is het geval van prinses Diana.
Het gaat om een Britse prinses met een vriend uit Egypte, die een Zweedse mobiele telefoon gebruikte, die een ongeval hadden in een Franse tunnel in een Duitse auto, met een Nederlandse motor en die bestuurd werd door een chauffeur uit Belgie die te veel Schotse whiskey had gedronken...
Ze werden gevolgd door Italiaanse paparazzi op een Japanse motor. De prinses werd geholpen door een Russische arts met een Filipijnse assistent..
Dit artikel werd door een Ecuadoriaan uit het Engels vertaald en op dit moment wordt het gelezen door een Argentijn, in een Uruguayse bar, die zich verveeld en naar Spanje wil migreren.

En dit werd weer door een Nederlandse vertaald vanuit het Spaans om op de blog van haar en haar Argentijnse vriend te zetten, zodat de hele wereld het kan lezen.

First weeks together

the first weeks together have been pretty amazing.

finally being able to do things together again

like taking pictures of eachother...

my gonzje :)

my lennie :)

and cooking together...

mmm.....bife de chorizo....



and eating together..

monstruo de pollo, mmmmm


sharing alfajores, a delicious chocolate cake


lots of tacos! (theyre also eaten here in argentina =P )

argentinian muesli in argentinian ´yoghurt´which is as liquid as dutch milk

on the new scarf len weaved


argentinian empanadas, you can see whats in them by the way they are folded, see the paper
like meat, ham&cheese, etc.


mani, picadas, they already start eating little things like this before the huge meat is served, im wondering what the normal size of an argentine stomach is...

the one and only...

monstruo de lomo!!

a huge mouth is needed too

mmm

and living together..
the appartment is really great and has amazing views

frontside view


backside view





and we also have great sunrises


another great view from the department.. ;)


we also traveled a little, and visited gonzje's father in Azul


he took us to a monestery


which has beautiful surroundings





no wonder their meet is that big..

such a quiet and peaceful place


and Ariel tought me to make ñocchis

let´s say i need a little more practice for them to turn out the way they should..


and made some aperitiefje already before dinner, which of course didnt start until past 22 o'clock

mmm...those ñocchis were yummy...


chilling together in the bus, enjoying the argentinian landscapes,
heading back to La Plata

where spring has just started


a lovestory to be continued...