Morocco

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Morocco is one of those places where I'd love to go for a number of reasons: the scenery, the architecture, the flavors, the culture, the scents. The ability of Moroccan people to create wonderful things amazes me. Here are a few things I'd love to have:

Marruecos es uno de esos lugares a los que me encantaría ir por todo: los paisajes, la arquitectura,  los sabores, la cultura, los perfumes. La capacidad de los marroquíes para crear cosas hermosas sorprende. Aquí algunas cosas que me gustaría tener:

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Now tell me: would you like to go to Morocco? Or have you ever been there?

Diganme: les gustaría ir a Marruecos? O estuvieron ahí alguna vez?

Cordoba

Last March we went on our first 2012 vacation. We decided to go to the Calamuchita region in Cordoba province. Nico had been to the Traslasierra area with some friends a few years ago, and I just knew the capital city.

We went by car and stayed in Villa General Belgrano, because it's close enough to the places we wanted to visit, and seemed like a pretty charming village.

We loved all the places we saw: the forests, the rivers, the hills. We concluded, as usual, that the beauty of nature never ceases to amaze us. 

En Marzo nos tomamos la primera semana de vacaciones de 2012. Nos decidimos a ir a la zona de Calamuchita en la provincia de Córdoba. Nico había ido a la zona de Traslasierra con amigos hace unos años, y yo no conocía más que la capital. 

Fuimos en auto e hicimos base en Villa General Belgrano, dado que está cerca de los lugares que queríamos visitar y parecía ser una ciudad muy pintoresca. 

Quedamos encantados con los lugares que vimos, los bosques, los ríos, las sierras. Llegamos como siempre a la misma conclusión: la belleza de la naturaleza no deja de maravillarnos. 

The view from our bungalow | La vista desde nuestra cabaña

 We trekked around the Peñon del Aguila Park | Recorrimos el Parque Peñón del Aguila 

 The river running through the Park | El río que corre a través del Parque

The colors of fall were starting to pop | Los colores del otoño empezando a surgir

 We tasted the wild raspberries (VERY sour) but not the mushrooms! | Probamos las frambuesas silvestres (MUY ácidas) pero los hongos no!

Waterfall in La Cumbrecita | Cascada de La Cumbrecita 

 On our way to the river in El Durazno | Camino al río en El Durazno

We even found our own private little beach! | Hasta encontramos nuestra propia playita privada!

 The beautiful river in El Durazno | El hermoso río en El Durazno

 The view in our way to Villa Alpina | La vista desde el camino a Villa Alpina

Frío/Calor

Traveling around the internet I found this two dream places. As I couldn't decide whether I wanted to go skiing or to the beach, I share both of them with you. Which one do you like the most? I still can't decide...

Viajando por internet, encontré estos lugares soñados. Como no podía decidirme entre ir a esquiar o a la playa, les comparto los dos. Cuál les gusta más? Yo sigo sin decidirme...

San Lorenzo Mountain Lodge.

This cabin in San Lorenzo di Sebato, Italy, can host up to 10 people, and it even includes a wine cellar and its own sommelier!

Esta cabaña en San Lorenzo di Sebato, Italia puede hospedar hasta 10 personas, y hasta incluye una cava de vinos con su propio sommelier!

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The coziness of the decor, the garden the views, I'm sure you get there and never want to leave.

Lo acogedor de la decoración, el jardín, las vistas, me parece que llegás y no querés irte más.

Villa Kampana

Another beautiful little house, this time in Santorini, Greece. With its typical Greek style, it had me at the blue doors. And in the kitchen, a blue niche for the sink!

Otra hermosa casita, esta vez en Santorini, Grecia. Con el típico estilo griego, me encantó enseguida con las puertitas azules. Y en la cocina, una hornacina azul para la pileta!

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And what about the little patio with those flowers and the hot tub?

Y qué me dicen del patiecito con las flores y el jacuzzi?

Jericoacoara

Last October we went to Brazil. We started  planning our vacation with two simple premises in mind: to relax in a beautiful place. There are lots of beautiful places in Argentina where you can relax, but we wanted to go a bit further and make our first trip ever to Brazil. The most difficult decision to make was where to go, so I just typed "Brazil's most beautiful beach" in Google (true story), and we got a recurrent result: Jericoacoara. The photos we saw on the internet convinced us that it was the place we were looking for. So, we went along with planning our trip to Jericoacoara, a small fishers' village in the North East of Brazil. After two flights, a one day stay in Fortaleza, 5 hours on a bus and one hour on a jardineira, we finally saw white sand dunes and turquoise waters. We spent our week eating great seafood -and drinking caipirinhas, of course!-, meeting great people, riding buggies through the dunes and swimming in beautiful lagoons. Jeri is definitely the place to go if you love adventurous but laid back trips. Staying less than three days would not be enough.
Oh! you can get more info about Jeri here
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En Octubre fuimos a Brasil. Empezamos planeando nuestras vacaciones con dos simples premisas en mente: relajarnos en un lugar hermoso. Hay muchos lugares hermosos en Argentina donde relajarse, pero queríamos ir un poco más allá y hacer nuestro primer viaje a Brasil. La decisión más difícil de tomar era adónde ir, así que simplemente escribí "lugares más lindos de Brasil" en Google (en serio), y obtuvimos un resultado que se repetía: Jericoacoara. las fotos que vimos en internet nos convencieron de que ése era el lugar que estabamos buscando. Así que empezamos a planear nuestro viaje a Jericoacoara, un pueblito de pescadores en el Nordeste de Brasil. Después de dos vuelos, un día de estadía en Fortaleza, 5 horas en un colectivo, y una hora en una jardineira, finalmente vimos las dunas de arenas blancas y el agua turquesa. Pasamos nuestra semana comiendo pescados y frutos de mar increíbles -y tomando caipirinhas, por supuesto!-, conociendo gente divina, andando en buggies por entre las dunas y nadando en lagunas hermosas. Jeri es, definitivamente, el lugar adonde ir si te gustan los viajes con un poco de aventura y a la vez relajados. Quedarse menos de tres días no sería suficiente.

Ah! acá podés encontrar más info de Jerí. 

The village seen from the road to Pedra Furada / El pueblo visto desde el camino a la Pedra Furada

Fishermen at sunset /Pescadores al atardecer 

 Swimming in Lagoa do Paraiso / Nadando en la Lagoa do Paraiso

Watching the sunset on top of the Duna do Pôr do Sol / Mirando el atardecer en la cima de la Duna do Pôr do Sol 

Dunes and palm trees near Tatajuba / Dunas y palmeras cerca de Tatajuba

Na Casa Dela, one of our favorite restaurants / Na Casa Dela, uno de nuestros restaurantes preferidos (via)

* Pics taken by me, unless otherwise stated.

Back to work...

... And back to study and all that stuff. Since we came back from our beach vacation, life hasn't stopped. It’s incredible how days go by in a glimpse, right?

Thankfully the week we spent in Mar de las Pampas didn’t go so fast, and we were able to go to the beach every day, watch movies, and grill fish with friends. Everything was simple and beautiful.

I was so relaxed that I didn’t even take a lot of photos, but here are some of my favorites.

Besos!

Vacation and changes

Pic taken by me.

We've had a difficult couple of weeks at home lately, that's why I wasn't posting. We have an offer to change our lives completely: which means moving to another city (a seaside town) and start our own business, just the two of us. We've always thought of getting out of Buenos Aires before we have kids, but this opportunity caught us with a low guard, totally unexpected. We haven't made a decision yet, we're just so scared, weighing up the pros and cons.
Thankfully tomorrow we're going on vacation. A week by the sea will help us think clearly, I hope.
Definitely the sea is in our future: the near future for sure, and probably our distant future as well.
Besos!!

Argentina: Places

I've been planning some posts to show you my country. It's so big, I've only visited a few places yet, but I'd love to know the whole country one day.
I'll start showing you a few pictures of a region I adore, it's in the North West of Argentina, and I'll show a few pictures of three of the provinces in the region, from north to south: Jujuy, Salta and Tucumán. I specially love this region because my eldest sisters and their families live there (in Jujuy and Tucumán), so I go there quite often.



 

 These are the Salinas Grandes (Grand Saltmines), in Jujuy province, they're close to the north eastern border of Chile.

 

This is the route that takes you to Salinas Grandes, it's more than 4000 metres above sea level 

This is the town of Purmamarca and its Seven Colors Hill (Jujuy province)

Yeap, that's me  in the Quebrada de las Conchas, Salta province. 

 As you go south, everything gets greener. That's Tafí del Valle in Tucumán province.

 And it's so green it looks like a jungle! On the way back from Tafí del Valle.

* All pics taken by me

Next time I'll show you the other end of the country: the shouthernmost city in the world!

Besos!

P.S.: I've just realised that my lovely hummingbird template doesn't work properly with Firefox, does anyone know how to fix it? Can't find the answer in Blogger's Help. For those of you using Firefox, sorry for the blinding colors, they're not suposed to be THAT bright.