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Villa Allende

03.01.2012

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Villa Allende Gabriel's hometown.

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Casa de Gabriel A view of Gabriel's house with a storm approaching.

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En la Pileta Us cooling down in Gabriel's pool.

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Yo Me by a clock statue commemorating something we've forgotten.

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La Iglesia Villa Allende's church.

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La Iglesia Tambien An up-close view of the church.

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El Arbol y Gabriel Gabriel hugging one of the many giant trees.

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El Arbol Peligroso The same tree Gabriel is hugging is full of giant spikes.

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La Casa Interesante A cool house in Villa Allende.

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La Casa Interesante Tambien Another view of the cool house.

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La Vereda con Los Arboles A typical sidewalk with its colorful trees.

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Cactus A giant cactus in someone's yard.

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El Castillo A little castle in Villa Allende. It's privately owned and run down - too bad!

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El Castillo Tambien Another view of the little castle.

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Cordoba City

03.01.2012

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La Iglesia Cordoba's main church, built in 1523. If you notice, the ground has a reflection of the church made with white stones.

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La Iglesia al Dentro The ceiling of the church.

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La Iglesia al Dentro Tambien The dome of the church.

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El Edificio Flaco While we were taking this picture, a man told us that its the skinniest building in South America.

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El Edificio Flaco Tambien Here's a view from the side!

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El Puerto Lindo A very ornate doorway.

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El Puerto y Yo Me with Perogy cat in the doorway.

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El Edificio de Governamente The government builing.

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La Iglesia Vieja One of the oldest churches in Cordoba, this is where Gabriel used to record many concerts.

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El Puerto de la Iglesia Vieja The door of the old church.

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La Universidad de Cordoba One of Cordoba's university buildings. Here you can see the stone reflection clearly (all the sidewalks have it).

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La Scala Pequeno Cordoba's opera house. It's an exact replica of La Scala done on a smaller scale.

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La Iglesia Franciscano One of Cordoba's Franciscan churches. I will return in the day to visit the Jesuit sector and view all the churches and crypts.

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El Arbol de Navidad Cordoba's giant Christmas tree. Notice the giant presents underneath.

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Camino a La Falda

Our drive through the mountains to the town of La Falda

03.01.2012

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La Vista de Cordoba A view from the mountains with Cordoba City in the distance.

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La Vista Another view of the mountains. I liked the old stone wall that ran through the countryside.

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La Iglesia de La Falda The church of La Falda.

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La Iglesia de La Falda Tambien A view of the church's clocktower.

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El Symbol de Argentina A cool old crest on the side of the church.

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Los Arboles Lindos Another sidewalk with pretty colorful trees.

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La Iglesia Bizarro On the drive back we encountered this strange church with a Virgin Mary shrine up in the mountains.

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La Iglesia Tambien The church upclose.

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Sculpturo del Priest A shrine of a priest by the church.

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La Vista de la Iglesia A view of the valley from the church.

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La Vista de la Virgin Mary A view of the church from the Virgin Mary shrine.

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La Media de Argentina On the way back we stopped at a monument commemorating the centre-point of Argentina

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