Ana_Bueno Aires

It's Sunday morning and we're getting ready to enjoy our last day in the city. We leave tomorrow morning to Ushuaia, all the way south of Argentina. We're actually flying so we'll be there in 4 hours instead of traveling 3 days by bus. I heard it's going to be really cold. We'll see.

Bueno Aires is beautiful. It's a bigger city than I thought. I can see why people say has a European feel. It has a lot of European buildings, especially the government buildings. Although certain part reminds of New York. There is a street that totally reminded me of New York in smaller scale. Full of stores along the side, narrow streets, big advertisements everywhere and crowded with peoplepassing by.

On Friday night we had the opportunity to see a Tango show. The authentic stuff. It was amazing. Here at the hostel the claimed it was a good show and not so touristy. I'm glad we went. The theater was beautiful gold finishes along the side, elegant velvet red seats and curtains. When the show started it felt like I was in a fantasy. I said to myself "I'm here in Argentina watching tango." I loved it. They moved so beautiful and elegant. The show lasted two hours, which was nice. It took you through the different styles of Tango which I love them all. Both the men and the women dancing were gorgeous. It was so pleasant to see beautiful women move so gracefully. I love Tango.


On Saturday we walked everywhere. We decided we wanted to get lost in the city. We headed to Recolecta which is a very yuppy neighborhood. Along the way we stopped at Plaza San Martin, which had a nice peaceful park in the middle of the city. Sitting there we saw the two professional dog walkers. We had read about it on the guide. It was cool to see. One man had like 9 big dogs and the other woman had like 7 smaller ones. Don't ask me the breeds. Not sure. You know me and name of stuff.
Then in front of there was a couple that could not stop making out. It was hilarious. The park was full of people including kids and this couple didn't care. Tim kept saying "let's make out like them," playing around.

After walking for a while we got to the Recolecta. Very nice. We walked around the market area. Every Saturday vendors gathered around the plaza to sell their goodies. There was tons of stuff. Nothing really caught my eye. Plus I'm with the mind set how much do I really want it. Because I have to either stuff it in my backpack or send it home. It was so hot but on the shade there was some breeze.
We stopped by the famous cemetery in the neighborhood. I read in the book it was the most touristy attraction in Buenos Aires. After walking in we saw why. This cemetery has most of the important people from the 1900's. Tim was fascinated by the big temples. It looked like mini-houses. It was huge and the work in all of them was very ornate and elaborate. We even saw were Evita Peron was buried. It was a erie feeling walking around. A place full of dead people and to know it was tourist attraction.

We wanted to relax after and we ended going to the movies. It was a huge theater. It probably had like 300 hundred seats. You can tell it was an old theater converted to a movie theater. We saw Narnia in Spanish. I most say Tim is doing an excellent job learning Spanish. We're practicing constantly. I speak to him in Spanish and we now can have conversations. It's so cool that he is making an effort to speak it. His accent is great. Go Tim.

Then came dinner time. Yummy Argentinean steak and glass of red wine. It was very nice. The service sucked the food was good. I was a happy camper.

Before the night ended we met a really nice couple from Australia Adam and Kirsten. We talked for hours. At the end of the night we exchange emails. The live in Melbourne and told us we were there to email them for sure.

That's it for now. Chao Bacalao.
Ana