https://www.saltshaker.net/20050810/cruising-the-park Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:17:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.saltshaker.net/20050810/cruising-the-park#comment-102 Wed, 14 Dec 2005 14:09:42 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20050810/cruising-the-park#comment-102 […] I launched into this fanciful idea yesterday with a foray along about half of the street 3 de Febrero, a date that has come up before in relation to the Parque 3 de Febrero. I have to admit that I’m not entirely sure why this date is important. Originally I thought it was that nearly 130 years ago, in 1876, Argentina and Paraguay signed an official treaty defining the frontier between the two countries and ending Argentina’s occupation of a portion of Paraguay following the War of the Triple Alliance. Also known as the Paraguayan War, it was fought from 1864 to 1870, and was the bloodiest conflict in Latin American history, and the second bloodiest conflict that occurred on the American continent. It was fought between Paraguay and the allied countries of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. This still seems like an important date to name a street and/or park after. […]

]]> https://www.saltshaker.net/20050810/cruising-the-park#comment-83 Sun, 27 Nov 2005 13:27:22 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/20050810/cruising-the-park#comment-83 […] Further along, the street leads into the famed Parque 3 de Febrero, the south end of which I’d briefly toured before. This time, I spent several hours walking the length and breadth of it, including the Paseo del Rosedal, or rose garden, which is wildly in bloom right now. […]

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