Category: Argentina

We combined the art of dance and cooking into one tonight. The evening started with a tango lesson. Our instructor (Analia Vega) was incredible. We have taken dance lessons before, but in all the other classes, the instructors simply taught us steps to memorize. Here she engaged feelings and body agreement which with practice will allow us to sense and anticipate each other’s movements. Those of you who dance understand. Steps are easy, but being able to trust and make up steps with a partnership is key. We won’t be dancing in a milonga any time soon, but we all have to start somewhere.  

We ended the evening with a traditional Argentinian cooking class.   We made a three course meal of beef empanadas, Argentine ribeye with chimichurri and roasted rosemary potatoes and finished with a boozy dulce de leche ice cream. It was the best meal we’ve had so far in Argentina and now we know how to make it again once we get home. Anyone willing being our Guinea pig to practice on?

After spending time cooking with our host, we are looking forward to the comfort of our kitchen again. The apartment we are staying in has very limited resources for cooking and we’ve had to “McGuyver” a few meals since we’ve been here. We’ve done pretty well, but we’re looking forward to sharp knives again. 

Recipe: Easy boozy ice cream

• 1 part cold whipping cream
• 1 part dulce de leche
• 1/2 part Bacardi (Blanca or Silver) 
• Grated dark chocolate to top

Instructions

• Beat the cold cream to soft peaks
• Add dulce de leche and rum and beat back to soft peaks
• Pour into small glasses and freeze for at least 2 hours
• Top with grated chocolate and serve

If you try the recipe, please let us know what you thought of it.

Our stay in Argentina is coming to an end. We will be flying out on Wednesday. Stay tuned for where we’re heading next in a future post.

Happy New Year!

Iguazú Falls are located on the border of Argentina and Brazil on the Iguazú River. Together, they make up the largest waterfall system in the world. The falls divide the river into the upper and lower Iguazú. Over 500 species of butterflies and animals including capuchin monkeys and jaguars live in the Iguazú National Park. 

Iguazú Falls was incredible.  This has been on our list of places to visit for quite a while. Due to time constraints, we made this a day trip which forced us to wake up at 4am to get to the airport for our 2 hour flight to Iguazú. After meeting our private guide, we spent the rest of the day traversing the maze of walkways and bridges to various viewpoints within the park.

The water is actually low at this time of year, yet the roar of the falls was palpable. You could feel the power of the water as it rushed over the cliffs and the cooling mist was refreshing on such a hot day.  Our guide told us to visit in May to see the falls at their fullest. Since we were on a tight timeline to get back to the airport for our return flight, we were only able to walk a few of the trails within the park. We hope to return someday, preferably in the month of May, and explore the rest of the trails we missed in this beautiful National Park. 

At the end of our tour we cooled off at the Gran Meliá Hotel which has a gorgeous view of the falls and waited for our driver to take us back to the airport. This is the only hotel within the Iguazú National Park grounds and no further construction is allowed. This is intended to keep the falls and views as pristine as they are now and prevent high rise resorts and hotels from taking over like they’ve done at Niagara Falls. 

This was a beautiful stop on our journey. We hope to be back someday and may even look at staying at the Gran Meliá and possibly at the Belmont Hotel on the Brazilian side of the falls.