This past week we went to La Rioja to meet Claudio, Amy's finance's, extented family. It was a genuine taste of Argentine culture! Here is a map of Argentina. 
The red star is where we are, Carlos Paz and the blue star is the city of La Rioja in the province of La Rioja. It is about a 500km trip, and it took us about 5 hours because we only drove between 80-100km/hr. (You do the math. ;)) La Rioja reminds me a lot of Arizona, flat and dry with mountains in the background.
Wednesday, we went over to the grandparents' house for the big asado. The majority of the family, about 50, came to celebrate the grandparents' birthday and meet Amy. The food and festivities were incredible.
We got there around 1:00pm and started our meal with homemade empandas, these are like turnovers filled with meat or vegetables. These empandas had potatoes, olives, onions, and hot peppers. Que ricisimo! (How delicious!) Then we had locro, the authentic stew, I wrote about several weeks ago. And then... the asado. One kilo of meat per person, thus 50 kilos total! As you can see in the pictures, we could have fed a Chinese army!
I had a great time with the cousins. They helped introduced everyone.
The red star is where we are, Carlos Paz and the blue star is the city of La Rioja in the province of La Rioja. It is about a 500km trip, and it took us about 5 hours because we only drove between 80-100km/hr. (You do the math. ;)) La Rioja reminds me a lot of Arizona, flat and dry with mountains in the background.Wednesday, we went over to the grandparents' house for the big asado. The majority of the family, about 50, came to celebrate the grandparents' birthday and meet Amy. The food and festivities were incredible.
We got there around 1:00pm and started our meal with homemade empandas, these are like turnovers filled with meat or vegetables. These empandas had potatoes, olives, onions, and hot peppers. Que ricisimo! (How delicious!) Then we had locro, the authentic stew, I wrote about several weeks ago. And then... the asado. One kilo of meat per person, thus 50 kilos total! As you can see in the pictures, we could have fed a Chinese army!
I had a great time with the cousins. They helped introduced everyone.
After the incredible dinner, we had the coolest part. The family set up microphones and sang for us.
The whole family has incredible talent from song writing to playing the guitar, violin, and piano.
The sweetest part, at the beginning, they sang a song for us, that they had written, welcoming the Donell's into the family. Then they sang for the next five hours! As time went on, the time become more exciting and they moved into dancing. 
It was all very sweet. At the end, I was a little worn out..but a great time.The next day, we drove around the city and out to the desert. It was cold and windy but a beautiful view.
Until later,kristen
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