Salta, Argentina
We arrived late in the evening and went straight to the hostel. It was a beautiful 18th hundred building that looked too fancy to be a hostel. However, when we went further in, the doors were broken, only one blanket per bed, and the roof had several water damages. The nights were so cold!
Search of Food
The breakfast in Argentina is Dulce de Leche (caramel), bread, and cake; not filling, but not bad either. We strolled around the streets on the first day and enjoyed the city. Everything was closed, so finding a place to eat was hard. We succeeded at the bus station, a small café with some sandwiches. Yes! Most of the day was spent sitting in the park and looking at the fish jumping up from the water. When the evening arrived, everything was still closed, but our hope was the hostel we lived at. But no luck. They were having a party, but no food; they knew the Hotel next street over was open. There we were in luck! Another sandwich with avocado and salmon, and scrambled eggs, is what we could get. There we learned that it was the National Census of Population, Households Argentina, so everyone had to stay home to be counted, old bible style… And it was illegal to be open! I’m happy some chose to for the sake of the hungry tourist!
And so it Awakes
The following day we did not have to go to the train station again, the city had opened! So, lots of cars and People walking around, oh, the energy! So today, we did manage to find some Argentinian food! We had empanadas, Humita and Locro. Empanadas are whatever you can dream of, wrapped in bread, baked, or fried. We got the Empanadas with chicken, ham, cheese, and beef stew. Humita is corn leaves wrapped around a corn mash with chilies and herbs. Locro is a bean soup with chunks of pork and corn. We spent the rest of the day sightseeing in the city, getting a haircut, and paying too much.
Too Early
Salta has many mountains around it; one is called San Bernado, and you can take a Gondolier to the top. We would have taken the trip. However, we decided to go on to our next city since our living place was just too cold, and we didn’t get one night of decent sleep… So at 5.30 am, we woke up and found ourselves locked in, and no one around. One of the guys who had been partying with the host got up for the bathroom, so I accidentally got him in an awkward bathroom situation trying to get some info for a key to open the doors; a bit flustered, he led us to a bed, where we had to wake up the host to get out, so awkward. But we were free and off to Chile, to never sleep there again.
See you on the Bus to San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.
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I oplever da lidt hvert. 😊😍Knus herfra
Ja! Det er sådan et skønt eventyr og vi er slet ikke færdige. 😀
Dear Christina, what amazing adventure you are having. I’m feeling proud and happy that you could try Empanadas… I really miss them haha.
With Valentin we are following your trip and you bring us a lot of memories, flavours and is like feel our home near from us ❤️
I’m so happy you like it!! The empanadas were my absolute favorite! Yum!