[BMW F22]

Merry Christmas everyone!!

Made it Buenos Aires. Some delays and flight cancellations due to winter storms. Ended up going from Dallas to Miami to here. Crazy cheap here.

[floridaorange]

Great photos already - feel free to keep'm coming - international travel photos are the best.

[gary_william]

How's your Spanish?

[BMW F22]

Originally Posted by gary_william

How's your Spanish?

Very, very elementary. Took 2 years in high school but that was a loooong time ago and I don’t remember much.

[dradernh]

Originally Posted by gary_william

How's your Spanish?

Originally Posted by BMW F22

Very, very elementary. Took 2 years in high school but that was a loooong time ago and I don’t remember much.

Does Argentinian Spanish sound like any Spanish you've heard before - say, for example, Mexican, or maybe Colombian or Venezuelan? I learned the language in Venezuela and find Argentina's Spanish to sound almost like a different language.

[BMW F22]

Originally Posted by dradernh

Does Argentinian Spanish sound like any Spanish you've heard before - say, for example, Mexican, or maybe Colombian or Venezuelan? I learned the language in Venezuela and find Argentina's Spanish to sound almost like a different language.

It is a bit different. It’s not like what one would hear in Mexico, for example. I can’t quite put my finger on it or really know why or what the difference is. My brother who speaks better Spanish than me seems to understand and be able to communicate with the locals well.

[BMW F22]

Some more pix. San Telmo has got this Parisian kind of feel to it.

[BMW F22]

To answer my own prior question about buses from Colonia to Montevideo and other destinations: yes, these are nice coaches with toilets onboard, not a local bus. It’s about $13-15 USD from Colonia to Montevideo. Trip takes about 4 hours one way.