Ali, me, and our beautiful egg
So. We're back in Argentina after a very brief visit to Paraguay. We crossed the border and headed straight to the nearest city. Corrientes. Small but it seems much livelier and more populated than any city in Paraguay. Today is Easter Sunday. I'm not religious but embrace any opportunity that encourages extreme consumption of chocolate. Easter just wouldn't be Easter without devouring at least one giant chocolate egg. Ali shared my enthusiasm and helped me purchase the nicest egg we could find.
Ali is obviously eggcited
Our egg was quite special. It came from a patisserie in the town center and was hand made with iced decorations. Inside the egg were an assortment of chocolates and jelly sweets. Both the chocolate and sweets inside were good. There was however something quite unsettling about where we were eating it. Our hotel.
We arrived late last night and after consulting the guide book we choose this hotel due to its convenient location and affordable price. What the guide book failed to mention about Hotel Sudamericano is the fact that it is not so pleasantly located inside what seems to be...a car park. A walled compound with a motel on one side and a parking garage on the other. At around 7:30 this morning the noisy cars that where parked just meters from our door started the painful process of reversing back out onto the street. Exhaust fumes and noise filled our room.
And as for Corrientes...Lacks charm. Quite dull. Almost depressing.
