Express booking

June is flying by with the South Africa 2010 World Cup, and one would think everyone is in the Dark Continent enjoying the beautiful game. That might be true, and certainly many of us would like to be able to get on a plane and follow the national team in every match.

While eating, drinking, dreaming and breathing “futbol”, we were in Cordoba running some errands on the weekend of June 19^th. Around midday, we checked our email and we found a last minute booking for… June 19^th!!

Fast as we could, we had to gather some vital provisions and fly, not to South Africa, but to Villa del Dique, to get everything ready to receive our coming guests. We were not sure what time they would be arriving, or if they knew how to get to our B&B.

As fast as the traffic, and the speed limit allowed, we arrived and started to work on every item in the list. Ready the bed, turn on the heaters, the lights and the water heater, bake some bread and a special pudding, a little touch here and there and by 7 in the afternoon everything was ready.

Not 10 minutes after that, the phone rang, and a nice english accent made us realize our guests were here. They rented and car and came all the way from Rosario to our B&B. Amazing! We went to look for them and they followed us back home.

Russell and Lida, from the UK and Holland, were our wonderful guests. They had come to Argentina to enjoy the Youth Rugby Tournament, and since they wanted to know more of Argentina’s countryside, they decided to stay a night with us. We had some nice talks about bed and breakfasts and tourism, and just before they left back to Rosario, we packed them some lunch to go for they long ride. It was an honour they chose us, and we were happy to know they had a very pleasant stay.

Not everyone was in South Africa.

That same night, we received a booking request for the last days of July, and so we are looking forward to that. In the meantime, we still keep an eye on the Dark Continent, since a white and light blue flag is still waving in that faraway land.