Neighbors, New friends and Beautiful Places.....

In the last (almost 2 weeks) since my last posting, a lot has happened to Katrine and I. We have basically been sick for the last week and that is the main reason for the lack of blogging. We spent the last weekend in the apartment in a dream world of lack of sleep and malnutrition! Such is life though.... I am here to say however, that we are back up and feeling good (well Kien not so much 100% but I am feeling close to that!). We actually both missed school on Monday due to our short-term illness. uff og uff... :( We fortunately we able to make it to the rest of classes for the week.

Pretty much each day after classes we have been joined by our only other classmate to get a bite to eat. His name is Mike and is originally from Australia but has made his home the last few years in England. Very nice guy that both Katrine and I have grown to like quite a lot. Another bonus about Mike is that he will be in Ba As as long as we will be. (we just hope he likes us too ;))



It must be said for the foodies out there that read my blog, there are endless wonderful places to try for not a lot of money. We try to eat different places everyday but it is hard after you fall in love with new places everyday. Empanadas, tamales, pizza, beer, wine, steak, burritos and Chinese food, all have a special place in my heart! And if you come for a visit... you will for sure find room in your heart for the same!

So tonight was a very good night. Our neighbors from back home at Moholt are actually in Ba As for the weekend. Kari from Norway and her husband Cristián from Chile are here and we went out for lunch to our favorite restaurant Cumana earlier in the day. Katrine and I went home and took a little siesta and got rested up for the evening. We met them at Siga la Vaca. (follow the cow). We waited in a huge line for the better part of an hour to get a table, but I assure you that it was worth the wait! For 59 pesos or 100 NOK or about 19.50USD you got all you can eat steak and grill meat ( parilla), salad bar, one bottle of wine (per person), and desert! Definitely good value for your money! It was way good and we all gorged ourselves to excess. The only part I wasn't the hugest fan of was, was the grilled beef intestines I was coerced into eating. Think grizzly fat and then have it squirt something nasty into your mouth as you chew it. Suffice it to say, I almost lost the rest of my meal on that one bite! But hey, at least some people like it!!!!

After our dinner at Siga la Vaca, we went to the San Telmo neighborhood looked for a bar. San Telmo is an old neighborhood that has cobblestone streets and cool old architecture. We found a cool little bar that played live music and made good drinks! As we sipped out strawberry daiquiris and mojitos respectively we listened to old American blues tunes such as Johnny be good and My blue suede shoes. The place was hoppin`! It for sure wont be our last trip to San Telmo.

We love Ba As and Ba As loves us.....(at least we think so). She has at least treated us very well thus far. Porteños also have been nothing but kind and helpful to us. (Bad drivers though.....got into an accident in the taxi this morning..... Don't worry though.... no paper work was exchanged!) I love this crazy place!




Ps. Thanks to everyone that has bothered to leave a message! Even though this is technically my blog (and Katrine refers everyone here), we both very much appreciate everyones wonderful comments! We love you all too!


Much love,
Seany