About two hours north of Buenos Aires and close to the historic town of San Antonio de Areco, sits Los Girasoles de San Gara, a traditional Argentine estancia. Last weekend through work, I helped arrange a day visit there for 20 French exchange students who are spending a semester studying and working in Buenos Aires. What an adventure!
Upon arriving in San Antonio, it started raining. After watching Germany win the futbol match, we had a quick walking tour of the town and hopped back in the bus for what should have been a quick drive to the estancia. That wasn't the case. The estancia is situated well off the main road and to get there, we had to take an unpaved road, which was nothing more than mud. Needless to say, the bus got stuck and we spent an hour waiting for help before we started to walk through the mud to get to the estancia. Halfway there, a 4x4 picked us up and brought us to the place.
Once there, things were great. We were treated to empanadas, followed by a traditional Argentina asado (BBQ) with wine. The lunch took place during the Argentina match so all of us were constantly updating our iPhones and Blackberries to get the latest scores about the match, since there was no TV there (but free Wi-Fi, go figure).
The drive home turned out to be just as adventurous as the journey there, and the bus got stuck in a ditch and almost fell on its side. We waited another hour for a truck to come and tow it out before arriving safely back in Buenos Aires two hours late.
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