Arrival

This time I was quite lucky with my flights. Went for the (unexpectedly inexpensive) Lufthansa flight, which took me from FRA directly to EZE and further on to COR. Usually getting here takes three legs and you are leaving Europe from London, Amsterdam, Madrid or Rome. And usually you arrive in BsAs Ezeiza (the international airport), have to pick up your luggage, go on a ride through the city to continue your journey from BsAs Aeroparque (the domestic airport). So the last time it took me about 46hrs to get here. This time it took me only about 20hrs.

The intercontinental flight was quite nice. I even had about 8hrs of sleep. When we landed I figured out, that it was a bad idea to be seated somewhere in the back of the plane though. It took me a long while to get out of the plane, pick up my luggage and when I came to customs there was a queue, which was about a mile long. Lots of people everywhere. Generally not a problem, but as I had to check in for my connecting flight to COR from Terminal C (arrival from FRA was at Terminal A) waiting for half an hour in the customs queue was kinda nerve wrecking. In the end I made it just in time to my flight.

Buenos Aires

<smart alec mode>advice to young parents: your babies and toddlers are not able to control middle ear pressure normalization. You are able to yawn, to swallow or to deliberately force pressure equalization with the help of your pharynx and soft palate. You can even do a valsalva maneuver. Your kid cannot. And as your kid is not able to do that, its Eustachian tubes might be closed, its middle ears blocked. Hence your baby will be in pain during the descend of the plane due to the change in air pressure. Sometimes it is even painful during the ascend of the plane. You can take care of that by letting your baby drink something (swallow). If the baby has a cold, apply decongestant nasal spray suitable for babies or rather do not fly at all.</smart alec mode>

On my way from EZE to COR there was a young family sitting in the row behind me. They had a baby boy with them, who apparently had a cold. He started to cry during ascend of the plane. It was quite alright during cruise flight, but during the descend he cried even harder. He apparently was in constant pain. Parents did not do anything about it, although I tried to tell them, that it might help him to drink something. Long and slow torture. In the end it was a mere whimpering. Not very nice. Poor baby...

As I was arriving in Córdoba it rained cats and dogs. Never experienced such a strong rainfall there.

Slept like a baby all afternoon, went for a little stroll in the evening and had proper Argentine dinner before going to bed again.

Proper Argentine Dinner #1

Proper Argentine Dinner #2