2 out of 3 Americans Hate Salta

Anne maintains that Salta is a cute little city in northern Argentina.  It has pretty architecture and has been re-built a few times following battles and earthquakes and what not, which has led to it being a beautiful conglomeration of old and new, artistic and functional all at the same time.

Mark and HBomb thought it sucked.

First, Mark's complaints.  While Mark acknowledges that the city is indeed, pretty and historical and all of that jazz, he was upset by the traffic and the hotel.  The hotel was all like "if you steal a towel, we'll charge you $80."  I mean, how did they know I was planning to steal their towels?  Obviously, I was, but still.  There's a protocol to this stuff, hotel.  Very uncool.

HBomb had a more experience-based dislike for the city.  First, there was this statue of a green dude, apparently chewing on his lip for some reason.  It was in the main square and looked like a photo opportunity to tourists like Anne and Mark.  Apparently, HBomb thought it was a monster.  Thanks, but no thanks.  So, we moved on to the history and culture.

Mark, Anne and HBomb visited the Church of St. Francis.  It's a beautiful church with classical architecture and what not.

HBomb hated it.  He used the wildly-effective "wet noodle" method to escape from the stroller prior to entering the church.  So Anne and Mark each toured the church individually.  Anne mostly loved the whole experience.  However the Christmas decorations in this church, and the whole town really, threw her off.  The big thing is to put out a nativity scene.  And mostly, they are just like the ones in the U.S. - you got yer wise men, Mary, Joseph, some animals all in a manger.  The difference was the baby Jesus.  For some reason, all of the baby Jesuses had enormous heads, usually larger than the heads on Mary and Joseph.  Anne has to deal with enormous heads enough in real life and doesn't need that in her nativity scenes!!!