Castles, Futbol, and Asado!

Hello Everyone!

This past weekend was absolutely amazing! On Saturday we went to the Basilica in Argentina and a museum that displayed modes of transportation used previously in Argentina.  The Basilica was quite beautiful and very large.

The picture does not do a great job of portraying the size of it.

The museum held various modes of transportation from lavish carriages and airplanes to steam engines and mourner carriages.

After our adventure, we visited a castle that has been in Tomas Videla Dorna´s family for over 100 years and the property itself for about 200 years! 

The castle was absolutely amazing! Despite it being built in the 19th century, it had a very medieval appearance, with knights in armor, stained glass windows, priceless artifacts, etc.  I can safely say that the first fifteen minutes of the trip were spent in pure awe marveling at the sheer size and elaborate style of the castle.

 After taking a tour of the castle, we sat down together and had a wonderful lunch of traditional Argentine Asado (BBQ). The Argentine grill would put almost any proud dad to shame.  It was a brick oven in a sense, like the kind you see at Bertucci´s Pizzeria, but altered specifically for asado. 

There was grilled beef, chorizo, peppers, and a few other delicacies that you would not find in the U.S.  In most cases, you would put a slice of meat in between two slices of bread and eat, hence the choripan ("chorizo" = meat, “pan” = bread).  The food was to die for, and I would say everyone had at least four sandwiches some of us pushing seven or eight =). After all was said and done, all of us joined together in a friendly game of soccer. 

It was a nice bonding experience. There were a lot of laughs, some tears of joy and laughter, and good company.

                                                                                Anthony Norman