Parr Planet – Travels with Stephen & Kathleen
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Argentina – El Calafate April 9, 2014 We head back to El Calafate to see the big glacier, Pedro Moreno, before heading back to Buenos Aires. El Calafate is much bigger (not really saying much) and even more touristy than El Chalten and the main tourist street is about 10 blocks packed full of restaurants, …
Argentina – El Chalten April 4, 2014 We flew from Montevideo to Buenos Aires (this is a very short flight) and then got a transfer to El Calafate in Argentinian patagonia (About 2.5 hours). Although we plan to visit Buenos Aires, it was getting well on into autumn in the far south, and we wanted …
Uruguay – Montevideo April 2, 2014 The capital and major city in Uruguay, Montevideo is the bustling epicenter of the country. This town is on a peninsula like the other two we have visited in Uruguay, which is a challenge for the much greater amount of traffic. The streets are narrow and one-way and most …
Uruguay – Colonia March 30, 2014 Colonia del Sacramento is one of the oldest cities in Uruguay due to its strategic location on a peninsula jutting out into the Rio de la Plata (which opens up into the Atlantic Ocean) and protecting all of the settlements upstream. The old town area is very small and …
Hey all, I guess it is fair to say we had an unintended snafu in our travel plans and were forced to head back to the good old USA for some rest and recovery. Our origial plan is a bit torn to pieces, but that won’t stop us from continuing the adventure! We are …
Uruguay – Laguna Garzon March 27, 2014 After a fairly uneventful 8+ hour flight, we arrived in Montevideo, Uruguay. Wow! That sounds very exotic, doesn’t it? It definately feels like another country, but kind of like South America light. The popluation is small but contains a very mixed bag of European transplants, so we feel …
Wow! What an amazing city. It is so Western that you feel about as at home as you will anywhere in the world, yet so grand and European that it impresses on a whole different level. It is, as you can imagine, a very large city, but you feel like you can get around very …
Dresden, Germany August 18 and 19, 2013 Dresden has come a long, long, way since it was almost entirely destroyed in the war. This once glorious city has restored what one can only imagine is a great deal of the historical splendor. Ornate palaces, cathedrals and opera houses dominate the old part of the city …
Munich – August 16th and 17th, 2013 Munich is the Bavarian capital and main tourist stop-over in this part of Germany. It is bustling with life and beer gardens and pedestrian streets abound. It has a great little tram system to get you to various areas of town. We spent a whole day walking, exploring, …
Garmish-Partenkirchen August 14th and 15th, 2013. Yes, the name of this town really is Garmish-Partenkirchen. If you have been reading my Germany blogs already, you have probably guessed that there is a river here and the town on one side is called Garmish, while the other bank is Partenkirchen. Whew! What a mouthful! But an …