studiodio: Rosario and back to BA.....

Paula and I took a bus down from Colon and met up with Dave in Rosario. We were jazzed to see Luis Salinas preform and had got tickets two months in advance...we were also jazzed to stay at Palermo Art Hostel in the old part of town. The hostel had great art throughout the old place....but that first night, kids playing what sounded like trash cans and drums kept us awake till 5 a.m. , so we moved down the street to an old nice hotel that was far quieter.....then got all dressed up for our big concert, only to find that the show had been cancelled! Dave and I have visited Rosario three other times, and always thought that it might be a city we would move to with Buenos Aires got to hectic.....but this time, it didn't look so great.....The thing that Paula disliked most was all the stray dogs slinking around looking ill. The thing that bugged me the most was that none of the side streets had traffic or pedestrian lights, so it was a nervy crap shoot to decide when it was ok to cross any street....

this is one of Dave's favorite buildings, right downtown on the promenade along the river...its the school of engineering, with a stairway going over the whole thing.

and here is Paula's favorite place!

Unlike Buenos Aires, where there is little public access to the dirty ole river La Plata, Rosarians use their river alot...canoes/kayaks/ rowing sculls....lots of restaurants and play areas are all up and down the shore...

if you look behind these handsome guys, you will see the giant freighter going past...

We found the Museo de Arte Decorativo by accident, housed in a great old mansion...

there is nothing like having out of town guests to get you off your rear and see stuff you always meant to go to but never did....the Japanese gardens in Buenos are few blocks away form us, but we just never got around to seeing them til Paula came to town ....