Rosario... the birth place of Ernesto Che Guevara... was a natural stopover to get to Buenos Aires from Cordoba. After our previous 2 excessively long bus journeys, we wisely decided to split our 16 hour road trip to the capital. Having spent only 1 full day in Rosario (mainly because of our eagerness 
to get to Buenos Aires) it was difficult to acquire a complete picture of what the city could offer... albeit that our initial impressions were that it didn´t quite share the same charisma as our other Argentinian visits. In that single day, we created our very own walking tour around the perfectly 
grid-shaped avenues. Heading several blocks eastwards from our hostel we arrived at a promenade where the river-view benches were filled with canoodling couples... the Argentinians were affectionate people and they obviously not shy to show this... we (unintentionally ;-) witnessed a huge array of erotic postions during our brief coffee break there. Following our criss-crossed street map southwards brought us to the apartment at 480 Entre 
Rios, where in 1929 Che Guevara was born... unfortunately the building had been closed to all but people of importance, meaning that our memory of this site was closed shutters and a board bearing the face of Che. We completed our circuit at night passing the colossal ´Monument to the Flag´lit up in patriotic colours and home to the first risen flag of Rosario... before being spoilt for dining choices at the endless Ave Pelligrin. Next stop... Buenos Aires. 
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