ArgentiniëSanta Fe ProvinceRosario DepartmentMatheu32°59’30” S 60°38’27” W
22 mei, Argentinië ⋅ ☁️ 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 aMeer informatie
20 mei, Argentinië ⋅ ☁️ 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 wasMeer informatie
Reiziger 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! 👎⚽️
Reiziger 😆😆 well they were lucky to get a draw to be honest Dave! There's always next time...
Reiziger 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! 😆
23 mei, Argentinië ⋅ ☁️ 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. WeMeer informatie
20 mei, Argentinië ⋅ ☁️ 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 withMeer informatie
ArgentiniëSanta Fe ProvinceRosario DepartmentMatheu32°59’36” S 60°38’43” W
22 mei, Argentinië ⋅ ☁️ 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 theMeer informatie
ArgentiniëSanta Fe ProvinceRosario DepartmentSaladillo32°59’30” S 60°38’24” W
22 mei, Argentinië ⋅ ☁️ 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 andMeer informatie
ArgentiniëSanta Fe ProvinceRosario DepartmentLiniers32°56’56” S 60°39’32” W
22 mei, Argentinië ⋅ ☁️ 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 ingredientsMeer informatie
20 mei, Argentinië ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Just a five minute walk from our apartment is Estadio Marcelo Bielsa, home of Newell's Old Boys. Named after their former manager who won the league in 1991 and 1992. The club was also home to DiegoMeer informatie
ArgentiniëSanta Fe ProvinceRosario32°56’21” S 60°38’11” W
21 mei, Argentinië ⋅ ☁️ 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 aMeer informatie
20 mei, Argentinië ⋅ ☁️ 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 LeoMeer informatie
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Reiziger I wonder how this compares to his current crib. 🤔
Reiziger Not Liverpool, Wallasey or even Wirral at a push, I'm happy and proud to be a "woolly back", ha! 👍😆