Julio para recordar!

Llego el frio, y llegaron muchas reservas muy lindas en un mes repleto de emociones! El aroma de los hogares encendidos, y las maderas humeando, con dias soleados y frios son las postales del invierno en el B&B... En el lago, los patos, gansos, garzas y gaviotas, nadan y vuelan de una orilla a la otra, y enmarcan la completa paz del lugar. Macarena y Jose inauguraron la temporada... desde Cordoba y por un fin de semana disfrutaron de un lindo dia soleado. Luego llegaron Patricia, Candela y la perrita Uma, para pasar unos dias relajadas en la naturaleza. Mas tarde, Nora y Dario, de Santa Fe, Liliana y Felipe, de Buenos Aires, y Silvia y Juan, de la Plata, fueron completando los tranquilos dias invernales en el B&B! Todos dejaron comentarios muy lindos en el libro de huespedes y realmente nos alegro mucho que se sentieran de esa manera. Los ultimos dias de Julio, y en una de las mañanas mas frias del mes, llegaron de Buenos Aires Maria Laura y su madre Zulema. Disfrutaron al maximo del B&B durante la semana y fue un placer conocerlas! Muchas gracias por tantos comentarios tan lindos! Agosto comenzo con nubes y una leve llovizna, muy necesaria para aplacar un poco la falta de lluvias por tantos meses. Ojala sea el inicio de la llegada de mas agua! La tranquilidad vuelve al B&B, y pronto llegaran nuevos huespedes. Mientras tanto, iremos haciendo pequeñas adiciones y detalles al lugar. Hasta la proxima!

Otoño calido

El otoño llego con sus dias caracteristicos, mucha luminosidad, colores dorados y ocres, y temperatura muy agradable. El lago en completa calma, y mucha tranquilidad reina por estos lados. De a poco se fueron agregando pequeños detalles al B&B, como el estanque, que esta casi terminado, y las refacciones a la zona del asador. Otras mas estan planificadas y a su debido tiempo las iremos haciendo. Entre tanto, Semana Santa llego antes de lo previsto, y con eso una reserva! Santiago y Miriam, de Rosario, pasaron unos lindos dias en el B&B, y pudieron recorrer el Valle y disfrutar de Santa Rosa y Villa General Belgrano. Se fueron muy contentos y prometieron enviar a Romina, la hija de Miriam, ya que sabian que iba a disfrutar del lugar. Y asi fue, antes de fin de Abril, Romina y Fernando pasaron el fin de semana del 1 de Mayo en el B&B! Pudieron disfrutar al maximo de las bicis y la canoa, y tambien subieron al cerro detras del B&B! Fue un placer conocerlos! Y muchas gracias por los comentarios en el libro!! Mayo sigue su curso y queda mucho trabajo por delante. El frio se esta haciendo esperar, pero seguramente llegara. Mientras, el B&B aguardara tambien por nuevos huespedes!

February in English

The forecasts were right... rains for February, and the B&B, fully booked!
An unexpected trio from England came during the first weekend of the month. Jenny, Frances, and Claudette, who were doing volunteer work in Cordoba, spent a relaxing couple of days enjoying the lake and the hot weather.
It was so nice to get to know them and share interesting talks, especially over dinner.

Right after that, Bob and Betty, from Idaho Falls, arrived for a two week stay at the B&B! It was a wonderful experience from beginning to end. We shared nice talks, a trip to Cumbrecita, afternoons over mate, and a delicious farewell barbecue on their last evening at the B&B.
I wish them a happy "second summer" on their return home!!

March is starting and autumn is not that far away... The lake is reaching it's level and rains don't seem to want to go away... The weather is cooler. Work on the natural pool resumes...
Easter is already visible in the calendar! Hoping to meet new nice guests!

Enero Argentino!

Se termina Enero! Un mes con muchas reservas y huespedes que fue un placer conocer! A mediados del mes, Eduardo y Liliana, de Moron, llegaron para quedarse por 3 noches. Pese a los inconvenientes que tenian con su vehiculo, pudieron disfrutar de su estadia y relajarse!
Los dias fueron calurosos y algunos con mucho viento, pero durante la tarde todo era mas agradable.

Eduardo y Liliana partieron hacia Cordoba, no sin antes dejar un hermoso relato de su estadia en el libro de huespedes! Gracias!!!

Justo al dia siguiente, Enrique y Claudia llegaron en la culminacion de unas lindas vacaciones por el interior del pais. Pasaron sus ultimos 3 dias aqui, recorriendo el valle. Un placer conocerlos!

Febrero se acerca, con promesas de lluvias. Y ojala asi sea. Incluidas en el pronostico, asoman dos reservas que practicamente completan el mes! Alla vamos!!

Hello, Goodbye

Hello 2012, Goodbye 2011! A very good second year went away for the little Stone House... Slowly growing in reservations and with very nice reviews. Such a great experience! And it couldn't have ended better than with my last 2011 guest, Uli, from Vienna.
She stayed for 3 nights in mid December, for a special family occasion, and it was great to get to know her and know that she enjoyed every little detail of the B&B.

January started at full speed, with the 7-day stay of Carlos and Amalia, who came from San Nicolas, and really made a wise use of their time. They were able to visit many places and also relax in the peaceful evenings at the B&B. It was a pleasure meeting them and hearing their life stories.

Right after them, Monica and Hector, enjoyed a weekend and were quite pleased with the stay.

The rest of the summer season looks promising, with some last minute reservations, and I look forward to meeting nice new guests.

In the meantime, groundbreaking already started for the natural swimming pool. Hard work ahead, but slowly taking shape. And another project is in blue-sky stage.... with luck I will post some news in the coming entries.

The Lizard, the Teacher, and the Snake

New month, new guests, and new surprises! November started green and humid. Nice thunderstorms and heavy rains brought the vegetation back, and flowers are popping everywhere. Little wild violet and yellow ones cover the garden, and it looks beautiful.

While getting everything ready for my new guest, Johanna, Osha was making new friends in the front yard... A big lizard (called "Lagarto Overo") had crawled out of her cave and was slowly going across the garden, while Osha improvised a funny barking at her. First reptile of the season, I thought... and certainly not the last one.

Johanna arrived on Thursday and spent two nights at the Stone House. We shared many interesting talks, especially anecdotes about the many trips she had made around the world. She was an extremely knowledgeable person, fun and very nice. She was a teacher, and it showed. I enjoyed listening to her stories and thoughts.

On the second day of her stay, and while she went away for a long morning walk, I happened to find the second reptile of the season. Maybe not the one I would have liked, but there it was.
A bright green snake came down the mountain and decided to go across the barbecue area of the B&B. It was a Yarara Chica, a very common poisonous snake in Cordoba's countryside.

Fortunately the snake was in a good mood, and didn't make much fuzz about being put into a recipient and transported a few kilometers away, to be released next to a nice stream, far away from the B&B.

Quite an experience, I must say :)

Johanna was exited to hear the story about the snake and see the photos I took. A few hours later, we enjoyed a nice early dinner over a pleasant talk. It was a pleasure getting to know her.

A few new requests are pending confirmation for the rest of the month. In the meantime, the Stone House will rest and get ready for the next nice guests!

The Belgian Season

October is always a special month, for many reasons... and this year was no exception! On Tuesday the 3rd some lovely guests from Linburg, Belgium arrived at the Little Stone House... Everything was ready. Spring was starting to make herself noticed although rains had yet to make their long awaited appearance.

Bill and Jeanne were able to enjoy two sunny days, visiting Villa General Belgrano, and also paddling for a while in the lake, on a fairly windy day. We shared very interesting talks over dinner, about history, politics, and the similarities of Belgian and Argentinian way of life. Their trip was a very interesting one, almost a quest, and I hope everything goes very well with them!

While Bill and Jeanne were enjoying their stay, there was a phone call and a new reservation came to be... a friendly voice on the other side asked for the possibility to stay for a few nights with his family... a family from... Belgium!

On Friday the 7th, they arrived from Villa Berna, where they have had a very nice stay, except for a minor misunderstanding over extras and sock laundry with the self proclaimed partner of the nice place they stayed at.

We met at the entrance of Villa del Dique, on what came to be, and will be remembered as a memorable moment. "This is me!" and "This is us!" That was the beginning of a truly wonderful stay over the weekend with Yves, Annelies, Livia and Juul... It was a real pleasure meeting them, and enjoying long, fun and meaningful talks, full of laughs, thoughts, stories, and memories...

A rainy day (yes, it rained, it finally rained!), a windy day with lots of fun in the water and in the nearby ruins, and a barbecue day next to the river where enough to make this a stay to remember. Rest assured we will be in contact and a visit to Belgium won`t take long to happen!

I wish them the best on their Argentinian Expedition and hope to see them again very soon!

In the meantime, a new reservation dawns in the November horizon, and I eagerly look forward to it.... Till then....