As soon as we arrived in this European feeling city we knew we were home. It's streets, cafes, architecture and layout reminded us enormously of Barcelona, with the main difference being that the inhabitants here seem to greet each other more warmly than in Barcelona or Dublin. Kisses here don't seem to be limited to only greeting women!

Once we found a hotel, our next mission was to get in touch with Kev's dad (Michael) and his friends Vivian and Nick , who as luck would have it happened to be in to be in town for a few days. We went out to a restaurant well known for it's meat and it was... Mmmm... lipsmackingly good! All the good things we'd heard about the steaks in Argentina were no exageration! We had two very nice meals with them during the time they were about. While it was strange meeting a familiar face, at the same time it was great.

The following day we got in touch with the Argentinians we met on our way to Machu Pichu (Mari Rosa, Elfrida and Alcira). We met them for a meal and enjoyed seeing them again. We briefly met Mari Rosa's son and were also introduced to Alcira's daughter (Virgina), who we met various times later. It was nice having an other family far from home. Or as Alcira would put it, "aunts and cousins". Mari Rosa and Virgina passed on some invaluable advice to us about the routes we should take to see all the things we wanted to in Argentina and they recommended which bus companies we should try to strick to. On our last day in BsAs we met up to have something to eat and they surprised us by filling our hands with lots of typical local snacks so that we could last the journey.

It was strange, after not seeing anyone we knew for such a long time that we got to catch up with lots of people again in B.A. Included in this was Yago, a guy from Madrid who worked with Nate in Ireland (how small is the world getting?). It was a pity that it wasn't possible to meet up more than one night. In the end though it'll always be possible to meet up in Madrid. Or at least we hope.

After this marathon of catching up with people we even met more! There was pretty much zero buzz in our hotel so we made the wise decision to find a hostel which would have a bit more going on. We were in luck to find a cool hostel called Milhouse, and was on the street behind our orginal hotel. This place had a really good vibe, dedicated staff and all the conveniences we needed such as laundry, free internet, pool tables and more. Up to now, this is probably one of the best hostels we've encountered.

Day by day, the guys at the hostel wrote out a big list of things to do. There was never time to do everything but some of the things we did find time for were taking up their offer of a salsa lesson (which took place inside the hostel itself), going for a walk around San Telmo with the sweet Florencia as our guide, going to some free museums and going on an excursion to see the local football club (Boca Juniors) beat a rival club (Hurucan) 2-1. This city is the kind of place that you could spend months in and still not have seen it all.

On top of all these activities, we also got to know some interesting people who we spent a good bit of our time with in Buenos Aires. We had long chats and some good nights out with an English girl (Lynne), two Israeli guys (Ariel and David) and a fellow Irishman (Paddy).

To mix things up a bit and also get some sun and relaxation into us, our next plan was to head up to Iguazu Falls. This will be followed by a huge journey down to the southern part of this country to see Patagonia.