Che’s birthplace
Day 108, Fri Dec 17 Cordoba/ Rosario
Rosario is a lovely small town, north west of Buenos Aires, on the river Parana. It is famous for beautiful women, for being the town where the flag was conceived and for being the birthplace of Ernesto “Che” Guevara and a certain Lionel Messi.
The weather forecast for both Cordoba and Rosario was in the upper 30s! I was almost glad to have been in the bus that long.
Headed to the river and walked along the river for a bit. Then heeaded into town – Monumento a los Banderas, Catedral, Plaza San Martin (the man square).
There was a big crowd surrounding a stage at the main square. The Memorial Museum was being inaugurated. Memorial museum deals with the people who disappeared during the military regime from 1970s to early 1989s, till the Falkland war lead to the military being overthrown. There were a few speeches and some music. Speech from the founder of Madres y abuelas de Plaza de Mayo drew a lot of applause. It was a moving speech from her.
Day 109, Sat Dec 18 Rosario
Woke up to pouring rain! Went for a walk all the way down to Parque de la Independencia and then to the Plaza de Che Guevara to see the memorial to Che. Walked then to the other end of town to see the Che mural. I was extremely hungry by the time I got back to the hostel.
I decided that I had enough of the rain and ended up at the cinema to watch the movie “Devil”. It was pretty awful! The weather forecast for the next day had more rain listed for the next day. Decided that I was better off in Buenos Aires than in rainy Rosario.
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