We Welcomed 2020 at the Sheraton in Argentina

(UPDATE December 2020: The Sheraton in Cordoba City has closed)

For the past few years, we've had to contend with our neighbors turning our street into a night club complete with lights and insanely loud and obnoxious music. And we were sick of it! So this time, we decided to welcome 2020 at the Sheraton in Duarte Quirós 1300, Cordoba, Argentina, and it was pretty much heaven on Earth.

For starters, the hotel is literally next door to the Nuevo Centro Shopping mall. So we checked into our hotel at 2 p.m., which was an hour earlier than the check-in time. But the clerk at the front desk was very accommodating.

So we walked past the lavish lobby and took the elevator to the 9th floor where our room awaited. We intended to leave our belongings there and head to the mall before they closed at 6 p.m. But the air conditioned room and comfortable chairs and bed made it difficult to leave.

The room reminded us of the Miccosukee Resort & Casino, which we frequently went to when we lived in Florida in the early 2000s. But this was our first time staying at a 5-star hotel in a long time, and the luxurious accommodations were alluring.

We were really hungry at this point, so we freshened up and headed to the mall to eat at Burger King and then made a quick stop at Starbucks.

Fortunately, there was a Disco supermarket in the mall, so we bought a bottle of cheap champagne and grapes to celebrate the new year.

Afterwards, we headed back to the hotel and took some photos to share with you guys.

The view from our hotel room window on the 9th floor

The view of the pool from the 9th floor

They have a gym for hotel guests!!!

He does a great impression of someone who knows how to play the piano

But we still had a couple of hours to go before midnight and we had to think about our New Year's Eve dinner. The hotel was offering a New Year's Feast and were charging $4,650 Argentine pesos per adult ($77.84 USD) and $1,900 Argentine pesos for children under 10 ($31.81 USD).

This was their menu.

Now, I'm not saying the menu options were bad. But there were only one or two items that appealed to us, and we didn't think it was worth the price. So we opted for room service instead.

The price for room service menus were a little more down to Earth as you can see below. They charge $45 Argentine pesos ($0.75 US cents) for room service. The prices are all in Argentine pesos. Tipping isn't necessary, but I gave them $200 Argentine pesos anyway ($3.35 USD). Don't judge me. That's a lot in Argentina. You can enlarge the menu images by clicking on them.

We opted for the burger, which admittedly wasn't the most original item we could have gotten, but it was delicious! We didn't go crazy ordering food because we were still stuffed from eating at Burger King. We also bought two mini-empanadas in case the burgers weren't enough.

Now all we had to do was wait until midnight, Argentine time. We assumed that the view would be spectacular with all the fire works. But as it turns out, the night sky was virtually silent except for maybe five or six fire works in the far distance.

It was a bit of a bummer, but that's okay, because for us, it's not officially New Year until the ball drops in Times Square. Luckily, I brought my laptop with me. So I hooked it up to the room's flat screen TV and found a link to a live feed of Times Square. Then we set up the champagne and our grapes and waited for the countdown.

Even though we are thousands of miles away from home (and our loved ones), this tradition of celebrating with them from a distance always makes us feel closer to them somehow.

The next morning, we ordered ourselves the American breakfast, which was more like a continental breakfast minus the fruits (unless you count us). 

Admittedly, they could have added some pancakes. The cereal didn't come with milk, and I've never had yogurt for breakfast in my life. But it was still nice. The pastries, the scrambled eggs and the bacon were decent. I wish they'd given us butter for our toast, but next time I'll ask or I'll bring my own.

All in all, the experience was amazing and it opened our eyes to an obvious truth. Yes, it might cost a lot more to go to a five-star hotel, but it's worth it for the cleanliness and high quality service. And no matter where we travel, we'll always look for a Sheraton or a five-star hotel.

But how much did we really spend for one night? $8,455.54 Argentine pesos ($141.54 USD) and that includes our dinner meal and the American breakfast.

But if you're ever in Cordoba, Argentina, on business, vacationing, or you're an expat, who just needs a break from the rowdy neighbors, then I highly recommend the Sheraton. Oh, and did I mention that you can get a massage, too? I didn't do that this time around, but I'm definitely going to consider it the next time I come.