Our desired trip to Sierra de la Ventana, Buenos Aires.

The province of Buenos Aires has a really extensive territory compared to the other provinces of the country. With more than 185 square miles, this province has many towns and places to visit. However, the largest number of people are concentrated in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, the most important urban center in the country. As we live in this province, perhaps we do not consider it to "go on a trip", with the exception of the coast with a beach in the summer, but lately I started to investigate what interesting destinations there are around here and I found Sierra de la Ventana ❤️.

Despite being so large, the province of Buenos Aires is mainly flat, with only two somewhat mountainous sites: Tandil, which I told you about in my first travel post here in Hive, and Sierra de La Ventana. I always like to discover new destinations, so last month I got the idea that I should go to these mountains to see what they were like .

I had told my friend Sofia that it would be a great idea to go and explore unfamiliar territory, and as always, she joined the plan. In the first place we had planned to get there by train, but then my cousin suggested that he wanted to go somewhere so we merged ideas and ended up all of us riding in his truck with two more aunts. This was great since a private vehicle was very comfortable and we were able to make several stops before reaching our main destination in the mountains .

In total, it took us almost 12 hours to get from home to Sierra de la Ventana. In between we made stops at Laguna de San Miguel del Monte and in the city of Azul to see the cemetery with the sculpture of Salamone and the Cathedral of Nuestra Señora del Rosario . We arrived somewhat exhausted, so that day we rested in the accommodation we rented and the next day early we went to tour the place.

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Luckily the day was beautiful. We took the opportunity to go for a few laps and we visited the train station. Unfortunately, this service is not currently available, so my friend and I were going to go on the train to a previous town 38 miles away and then take a bus. Luckily none of that happened and we were able to get more comfortable by car .

It is tradition to go to the train station and take pictures of yourself on the tracks. As the train does not run, you can go with complete peace of mind, just being careful not to trip over the rails .

Passing through the tracks there is a really picturesque iron tunnel. I think that with the rust produced by the passage of time, it ended up blending in with the surrounding landscape ❤️.

Crossing the tunnel you can already see the mountains in the distance. These are low rock formations compared to those that can be seen in other really mountainous provinces such as Córdoba, but the fact that they are in this province makes them really special ❤️.

Around the train station, the whole area is made of trees and there is a small river with stones where you can sit for the day or have a lunch. There are also some shops, but the largest concentration of them is a few blocks away.

Can you see that little man in the middle of the photo? Well, he is a complete stranger who when he saw that I was taking photos he beckoned me to take one of him. I went on my way and he went back to doing what he was doing, so he could never see this picture of him. Surely he will not even imagine that it now appears on my international blog .

Taking this trip was something wonderful: seeing my wish materialized is something that filled me with joy. Much of all that was possible to Hive and the freedom it gives me to take my work anywhere. I'm very grateful for that and for everyone who supports my posts on a daily basis. I'm happy ❤️.

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