I spent today looking around Córdoba. There are a lot of historic buildings to look at, including the Iglesia Catedral (below) and the Parroquia Sagrado Corazón de Jesús de los Capuchinos with its missing steeple. I also had a look around the Palacio Ferrerya art museum.
I think my Spanish is gradually improving. I'm having to use it quite a lot, and I'm OK with saying simple phrases, but the difficult thing is understanding what they say back to you. I managed to have a conversation of sorts with the friendly Argentinian man sitting next to me on the bus from Buenos Aires yesterday - when I told him I was travelling around South America for six months, he asked me if I was a missionary, which I thought was a surprising thing to ask.
By the way, I've created a Google map to show the route I'm taking. To see it, just follow the link on the right hand side of the main blog page. I'll try to mark every hostel I stay at.
Looks like you're having a great trip so far!
ReplyDeleteDon't completely dismiss the possibility of a career as a missionary. In fact, based on the amount of facial hair in your photos between Cardiff and Buenos Aires, you may as well consider one of a hermit :-)
I might be grateful for any kind of career by the time I get home.
ReplyDeleteCould have been a misunderstanding there. Did he ask if you held a position as a missionary?
ReplyDeleteAnyway, the map's really cool. Can you get a line to go between the points?
Jamie, are you being rude? As for the map, I've added some lines, so let me know if you're happy now! I've made the lines snap to roads because otherwise the map looks a bit wrong, but those aren't necessarily the roads the bus went along.
ReplyDelete