Gualeguay and Galarza in Entre Ríos

Entre Ríos is a provence in the north of Argentina, between the parna and paraguay rivers. We went to Entre Ríos one saturday morning, first we had to take a train to Martinez and from there we went by car. We drank mate in the train and also in the car. In Argentina they drink mate all day, everyday and everywhere!

First we went to Gualeguay and bought food for a picnic then drove to a farm close to the Gualeguay river. It took about one hour of walking through fields to get to the river then we stayed there for the afternoon in the sun. Walking, drinking, eating, swimming and drinking more mate and eating facturas.

Gualeguay River

Afterwards we went to Galarza, a small town near Gualeguay. On the way we stopped in a guacho bar but there weren’t any gauchos there at that time of day. We had a beer and bought beef for the asado. The bar was also a shop and a butcher, for some reason it reminded me of the shop in Father Ted.

Bar, shop, cafe, butcher etc.

Then we went to Tommys family farm. We had an asado that night and after went to the local disco. They played cumbia and reggaeaton all night! We decided to leave early, around 5am, early for Argentina but late if you were in Ireland. As we got close to Tommy's house we realised that it wasn't possible to go further in the car. It had been raining all night so we had to abandon the car because it wasn't going to make it up the hill. We took off our shoes and socks in the car and then walked/ran in the rain for about 2 km to Tommy's house.

It was after 7am by the time we got home so we didn't get up until about 2pm the next day. We had lunch outside in the farm. I noticed that they had a motorbike on the farm. Tommy said I could use it if I wanted so I rode around the farm for about an hour or more. I took a lot of photos as it was a sunny day and the landscape looked great in the sun. Thanks to Tommy, Ariel, Seline and Andrea for a great weekend.

Mate for breakfast.

A long lunch on the farm.

A sunny day in Entre Rios