20 Mei, Argentina ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
This evening we headed 15 minutes north to Estadio Gigante de Arroyito, home of Central Rosario. We'd coincidentally timed our arrival perfectly to make this game, although a 9:15pm kick off wasBaca lagi
ArgentinaSanta Fe ProvinceRosario DepartmentLiniersTerminal de Omnibus Rosario32°56’23” S 60°40’19” W
23 Mei, Argentina ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
It's official, we survived South America's second most dangerous city (outside of Brazil). Despite all of the warnings we'd had about Rosario we didn't really see what all the hysteria was about. WeBaca lagi
Pengembara Is that a blood stain on the roof of the bus, where you sure it was to be a safe journey? 🤔
ArgentinaSanta Fe ProvinceRosario DepartmentLiniersPatio De La Madera32°56’22” S 60°40’24” W
20 Mei, Argentina ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
We arrived into Rosario right on time and jumped into an Uber to our apartment. And once again we've played a blinder! For just £8 a night each we have our 9th story city centre corner apartment withBaca lagi
ArgentinaSanta Fe ProvinceRosario DepartmentMatheu32°59’30” S 60°38’27” W
22 Mei, Argentina ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
After the museum we took a stroll 5 minutes around the block to Messi's childhood home. The area was filled with murals (see next post) and the colours of the Argentinian flag.
There was also aBaca lagi
Pengembara Not Liverpool, Wallasey or even Wirral at a push, I'm happy and proud to be a "woolly back", ha! 👍😆
ArgentinaSanta Fe ProvinceRosario DepartmentSaladillo32°59’30” S 60°38’24” W
22 Mei, Argentina ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Barrio La Bajada is the name of the small neighbourhood where Messi grew up. The residents gave taken it upon themselves to create 34 murals and cover as many of the surfaces as possible in blue andBaca lagi
ArgentinaSanta Fe ProvinceRosario32°56’21” S 60°38’11” W
21 Mei, Argentina ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
After a late night getting back from the football neither of us ended up waking up until just after 10am! We had 'eggy bread' for breakfast as despite our apartment being wonderful, it doesn't have aBaca lagi
ArgentinaSanta Fe ProvinceRosario DepartmentMatheu32°59’36” S 60°38’43” W
22 Mei, Argentina ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Our final stop on the Messi tour was to his first school. Across the road from the school is the 'out of this world' mural towering over the school block. This mural reads, like many others in theBaca lagi
ArgentinaSanta Fe ProvinceRosario DepartmentLiniers32°56’56” S 60°39’32” W
22 Mei, Argentina ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
After arriving back from Messi world we had some pastries from the local bakery, collected our laundry and headed out to watch the Europa League final. On the way home we picked up the ingredientsBaca lagi
Pengembara Just read A year on the farm Diddley Squat, he can be an acqired taste but really funny writer
ArgentinaSanta Fe ProvinceRosario DepartmentBella VistaNewells old Boys Stadium32°57’30” S 60°39’26” W
20 Mei, Argentina ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
From the stadium we headed down the main street of Av. Pellegrini towards the front. The street is lined with stars of all those from Rosario to win Olympic gold medals, which of course includes LeoBaca lagi
ArgentinaSanta Fe ProvinceRosario32°57’19” S 60°39’8” W
21 Mei, Argentina ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
This evening we headed out for some food and a few drinks, starting at the Simpzone Bar!
We then headed for an Italian and to another bar for a few drinks whilst watching Newell's Old Boys lose 1-0Baca lagi
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Pengembara The fans weren't happy, neither was I, I had them as home win in my 5 game accumulator, the result let me down, I'm not joking, what a coincidence, ha! 👎⚽️
Pengembara 😆😆 well they were lucky to get a draw to be honest Dave! There's always next time...
Pengembara Is it still cold there, my thoughts of South America being a warm continent has been changed with some of the photos on display, brrrr! 😆