Road trip to Entre Ríos!

So this post is SUPER delayed several weeks ago Pam, Charlie, Gonzalo, and me visited Pam's family in Entre Ríos.  Charlie and Gonzalo kept making fun of me because I kept saying "ROAD TRIP!" like we do in the United States when we drive long distances, and then like 5 minutes later I would fall asleep.  Obviously I am a very fun person to Road trip with!!!  I have learned this summer that I have the ability to sleep fall asleep anywhere at anytime.  It may have to do with the fact that I sleep very little here, but my friends keep telling me that I can sleep when I'm back in the United States. And I guess that is just what I'm going to have to do! In the meantime i will just keep falling asleep anywhere and anytime to get in what little time for sleeping I have.

So the first night in Entre Ríos, we stayed at Pam's house in Paraná because it was too far to drive all of the way to Basavilbaso.  I took this picture from the balcony of her house the morning after.  Such a great view!

The next day we drove a couple more hours to Basavilbaso, where Pam's family lives on the weekends.    It is a very small town but her grandparents live there and her entire extended family was visiting when we were there.  We were able to visit the old train station and take a couple of good pictures. :)

The next day we went to Palacio San José.  The palace is where Justo José de Urquiza, Argentine general, politician, and president of the Argentine Confederation once lived.  Urquiza was actually murdered in the palace and there was still blood on the wall next to where he was shot.  Pretty gruesome!  After exploring the palace a little bit, we rode a carriage to the lake that Urquiza had dug for him.  I didn't actually drive the carriage but the driver insisted that I take a picture driving it so I hopped on over.

Inside the patio of the Palace

That day I also I tried my first ever Torta Frita.  It is basically just fried dough with nothing on it, but it was delicious.  You can see how happy I was to be eating it...

Torta Frita

Also during the weekend in Entre Ríos I tried my first ever Argentine asado! Asado basically means Barbecue in English.  However, Argentinians do not just grill up some brats, hot dogs, and hamburgers like we do in the United States.  They basically cook an entire cow (and sometimes an entire pig and chicken), including the organs.  I was brave and tried almost every part of the cow but Gonzalo would tell me which body part it was before I ate it and that was all I could think about when I was eating it!  But hey, not everyone can say that they have eaten kidneys and glands before, right?  I can! I also had mondóngo this same weekend, which is cow stomach.  I have never tasted anything like it before and I can't say that I would ever try to cook it on my own hahaha. 

Gonzalo and Pam's sister with the raw meat

Pam's uncle grilling

Overall a great weekend in Entre Ríos!