Hello Prague!
Saturday we had the alarm set for 4:30 AM so that we could get to the airport for an 8:30 flight. DiDi woke me up at 2:20 so I let her out and noticed that there was a message on … Continue reading →
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Homeward Bound (March 8-9)
Fortunately, we had the use of the hotel room until 6 PM before leaving for the airport and our 10:50 PM flight home. It was a very rainy day, so we just lazed around all day, eating at the hotel. … Continue reading →
Culinary Backstreets Tour (March 7)
Today was our culinary backstreets tour and neither of us was willing to miss it despite our colds. We took a cab to the bar I had found on Monday for our 1:30 meeting with Juarez Becoza, our guide. Juarez … Continue reading →
Sick Day (March 6)
We did nothing. Hung out at the hotel and rested. Dinner at the Italian Restaurant at the hotel. As usual, we ordered too much food and left a lot of it. … Continue reading →
A Walk in Copacabana (March 5)
BJ was down with a cold, so Alan took the hotel shuttle to Copacabana beach along with several others from our trip who were staying an extra day. Many of the group were departing today. The shuttle dropped us off … Continue reading →
A Tour of Rio (March 4)
Another buffet for breakfast, and then a bus tour of Rio with multiple stops. First, we drove around the southern part of the city, passing the headquarters and soccer field for Flamengo, one of the biggest teams in Rio. Then … Continue reading →
Last Day at Iguazu Falls (March 3)
We had a somewhat later wake-up call so that we could get breakfast and still get to the trail to the Brazilian side of the falls before the park opened at 9:30. The trail was mostly a gentle downslope with … Continue reading →
The Argentina side of Iguazu Falls and rafting under Iguazu Falls (March 2)
After a nice buffet breakfast by the pool with birds and small rodents which our guide called paca, but which may have been an agouti, we boarded the buses, crossed back into Argentina and went to the Argentine side of … Continue reading →
Travel Day and Our First Look at Iguazu Falls (March 1)
After a good breakfast at the hotel in Buenos Aires, we sat around in the hotel lobby until it was time to leave for the Airport. Daniel and Eli helped us through the process of check-in (in fact did it … Continue reading →
Tour of Buenos Aires and Tango Dinner (February 28)
We disembarked this morning and those of us taking the land extension got on the bus and headed out for a driving tour of Buenos Aires. It is a beautiful city with lots of modern sky scrapers and other areas that … Continue reading →