Rosetta Stoned

"Bueno"



"Bueno"



"Bueno"

Yes...Everything will be just fine if I just repeat Bueno for the next 7 months....

(...sometimes if I say it well enough I get food at the end of it)


So I leave Malbec country with (i´d like to think) a few useful Spanish words under my belt
(...underneth the belt underneath is my rather groovy tan coloured el banco).

After cycling around some vinyards pretending to know my shit (by the 4th and final stop that day I proclaimed I could smell neuances of Garlic...)
nuances of garlic...I decided to stop pissing around.

Yes, it was time for this Gringo to go back to school.

Mendoza seemed like the perfect place to do it...
...not much in the way of distractions, you could walk around the centre within a matter of minutes (or if you´d like get lost in its ginormous park).

Found me a teacher,
Got me a homestay

...which (I imagine) is like paying a visit to the priory...you do it because you know its good for you.

Anyway I knuckled down that week...you should of seen it!
...If learning could wear a sweatband and have a soundtrack then I´d be a Montauge.




ALAS... you cant learn a new language in a week.
(as I intially thought)

...I had a bloody good crack mind.

Embracing learning and shunning hostel life for my 62 year old homekeeper (who tried....bless her...to put as much meat on these bones as possible) - I desired the company of some young people (if they were girls then even better)...

Couchsurfing (...everyones talking about it)
...A community of strangers...just waiting to be your friend


I decided to investigate...

I spent an entire afternoon filling out a profile talking about how great I was and sent out some requests ("coffees?").

The result... (can only appear on the surface to be) a couple of dates. but in reality a couple of entertaining evenings with (some very open minded) locals.

...probably get stuck into a bit more of this
(Couchsurfing...a great way to meet the "common people")

Anyway must dash, we´re quickly approaching Chile and I´ve got to discard of these pips

ROCK N ROLL!