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eric + leandra travel around the globe

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Iguazu Falls: Port Iguazú

Iguazu Falls: Port Iguazú

Given our flight schedules we didn't have that much time in Port Iguazú, but there isn't that much to see or do besides the falls. On our arrival evening we trekked over to Supermercado Capicua for...

Iguazu Falls: Iguaçu National Park, Brazil

Iguazu Falls: Iguaçu National Park, Brazil

On this day we started with Patricia (our driver from the previous day) picking us at 10am. Getting across the border was very straightforward on the Argentina side and a bit more tedious on the...

Iguazu Falls: Iguazú National Park, Argentina

Iguazu Falls: Iguazú National Park, Argentina

Instead of taking the the bus we decided to hire a driver, so we were picked at 7:30am in front of our apartment by Patricia and reached the falls just before 8am. I had bought tickets online...

Iguazu Falls: TaxiTour Iguazú

Iguazu Falls: TaxiTour Iguazú

We wound up using TaxiTour Iguazú (Facebook link) for all of our trips in and around the Iguazú falls area during our two-night stay and they were fantastic! On time and friendly, we would...

Villa la Angostura: Route 64 + Lago Traful

Villa la Angostura: Route 64 + Lago Traful

Our plan was to work our way to Bariloche via the Circuito Grande (Rt 65 / 237), a 60k route that was mostly dirt/gravel with a few unexpected paved areas. Before setting off we wanted to fill our...

Villa la Angostura: in town + nearby sites

Villa la Angostura: in town + nearby sites

Best laid plans don’t always work out, even when you are a planner! We started the day thinking we would visit a few waterfalls along Rt 231, close to the Chilean border. Turns out that about 13km...

Buenos Aires: Palermo

Buenos Aires: Palermo

During our first few days in Argentina we stayed in the Palermo neighborhood of Buenos Aires. Most of the streets were lined with trees, and the murals and street art were abundant. Things we love!...

Buenos Aires: Pacha Mama cooking class

Buenos Aires: Pacha Mama cooking class

I had good luck in Bari with an airbnb cooking class so I decided to take a chance on this highly rated class in Buenos Aires. I arrived a few minutes early and was the only person present for...

Buenos Aires: food + drink

Buenos Aires: food + drink

Wednesday, Feb 12 After wandering around the streets of Palermo on our first afternoon in town we stopped for a glass of wine at Bird. Eric tried the Le Petit Voyage Torrontės and I had a glass of...

Argentina: where we stayed

Argentina: where we stayed

Casa Joseph (Palermo, Buenos Aires) We arrived around 1:15pm and our room was ready, yeah! The host checking us in was very friendly and sent us a huge list of local recommendations via Whatsapp....

Argentina: flights + rental car

Argentina: flights + rental car

RDU > JFK (AA) Weather in Raleigh was terrible all day and we kept getting notices about changing our flights if we wanted to. Eric called AA but we couldn't get seats next to each other through...

Argentina: trip overview

Argentina: trip overview

We've been interested in visiting Argentina for a number of years -- in fact, we intended to go in 2012, but award flights weren't available so we went to Chile instead. For various reasons we...

2024 Year in Review

2024 Year in Review

Previous years-in-review – 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 In 2024 all our international travel took place via four trips to Europe. And on...

UK Dec 2024: Liverpool daytrip

UK Dec 2024: Liverpool daytrip

Martha and I decided to head to Liverpool for the day. Easy enough to catch a train from Manchester Oxford Road station direct to Liverpool Lime Street. Immediately after exiting the station we saw...

UK Dec 2024: Manchester food & drink

UK Dec 2024: Manchester food & drink

Turtle Bay A chain restaurant in the UK with a Caribbean theme, we were intrigued by their 2-for-1 happy hour before 6:30p. The 'One Love' with passion fruit was nice, as was the combo of a...

UK Dec 2024: Manchester sights

UK Dec 2024: Manchester sights

Manchester is a bustling city with converted old brick warehouses and gleaming steel and glass towers on the same street. Over several days we explored its markets, historic landmarks, and street...

Our Itinerary

2025 Trips

Tampa Bay, FL (Jan)
Buenos Aires, Argentina (Feb)
Villa la Angostura, Argentina (Feb)
Bariloche, Argentina (Feb)
Iguazu Falls, Argentina + Brazil (Feb)
Miami, FL (Feb)
Richmond, VA (Mar)
Boston, MA (Apr)
Kathmandu, Nepal (May)
Bhutan (May)
Slovenia (Sep)
Treviso, Italy (Sep)
Bologna, Italy (Sep)
Turin, Italy (Oct)