Córdoba - Argentina

Cultural, studenty and mojitos.

Coming from Buenos Aires, Córdoba is definitely a step down size wise. Although still large (we walked 10 miles on the Thursday) it’s not the biggest of city centres and seemed to us quite spread out. We took a tour of the historical center beginning at San Martín square - one very similar to the San Martín square we saw in Buenos Aires. Our guide told us if were ever lost in Argentina, Chile or Peru ask for directions to San Martín square as there’s guaranteed to be one in the big cities, due to his importance in those countries independence. We heard more about Argentina’s last dictatorship, and saw Cordobas contribution to the remembrance of “the missing people”. We were shown many buildings built by the Jesuits. We ended up having lunch with a couple from Santa Fe who were also on the tour. Admittedly this turned out to be a little awkward as only the women spoke a little English and as you know our Spanish is certainly not great - but a nice experience.
The following day we wandered to some of the places we visited in the previous day, and took a tour of the more 'bohemian' side of the city. This was full of museums and cultural centres, as well as being home to a very large student population (there are 7 universities here) meaning lots of bars. The old galerías, which were communal living house's with large courtyards have now all been made into bars and shops. These were really cool and fairly cheap as they are designed for students. We ended up getting dinner with the other 3 people on the tour who also happened to be staying at the same hostel. We had several moijitos and even tried Fernet Branca and coke the drink of Cordoba (neither of us will be having it again) - it would've been rude not to during the happy hour.
Our final day was full of admin sorting out more of our trip, so nothing fun to report before getting an overnight bus to Mendoza. Bring on the vineyards.