Cuarenta Is Sixty Six: La Rioja – San Juan

That sounds like an extremely bad Spanish lesson, cuarenta means forty after all. But it’s not a language lesson, this is about culture. More on that later. First we go back to the events following my arrival in La Rioja. Tuesday 17 October The first few hours of Tuesday afternoon I spent in my air-conditioned… Continue reading Cuarenta Is Sixty Six: La Rioja – San Juan

Here Comes the Sun: S.M. de Tucumán – La Rioja

Friday 13 October Friday started at 10 after a very meager breakfast at the hostel, which is normal here. A cup of tea, a glass of carbonated water and a few small pieces of bread is usually all you get. It took about 20 km to get out of town with much stop and go… Continue reading Here Comes the Sun: S.M. de Tucumán – La Rioja