Tim_Day 9-10 (Buenos Aires)

Day 9 Continued
We settled in yesterday morning and the place seemed really nice. Clean and well taken care of. Little did we know that this place was a club with rooms to sleep in. Every night they have the techno music and beer in the large common room. Was pretty cool till you go to sleep and the bass is shaking the bed. Fortunately we got the room right above the roof of the ¨club¨. Good shit. Earplugs did help but they play the music till about 5 in the morning. I guess that´s what we get for paying 7 US dollars for the room.

After arriving in the morning we settled and took off to see parts of the town before we had to check in. We were really tired from the bus ride the night before so we were a little like zombies walking around the streets in the heat. Buenos Aires is a huge city with people living and working in it. Reminds me a little of NY. We walked and rested till we officially check into the room at 1:00.

We messed around till the night time when we went to one of the local tango shows. It was really fun to see the dancers. Was a nice theater and we had really good seats. Ana will elaborate on it in her sections I´m sure.

Sleep good despite the music and heat.

Day 10
Woke up early and had breakfast. I´m getting used to having only bread for breakfast since that seems to be the only free meal they give in these places.

We took off to an area of town that had a crafts market on the weekend. It was ok. Hot while we were walking around. We ended up going to the cities cemetery where there were allot of very famous people buried. The tombs were amazing and I now understand why they say this is the most famous tourist attraction in the city. Hopefully later we will upload some photos of it. It´s a bit hard to upload photos so be patient. At the cemetary we saw the tomb where Avita was buried with other family members. Very weird and crazy experience. Definetly highlight of the city for me. Very unusual.

In the evening me and Ana went to a movie. 3 american dollars to see Naurnia. I expected to go to a theater with about 10 seats and a tv. But to my suprise we walked into one the largest theaters I´ve ever been in. It was massive. At least 500 seats with an Imax size screen. Was really funny. It was an old opera theater that was renovated to be a movie theater. There were about 10 people watching the movie. Too funny.

After dinner we treated ourselves to a nice steak dinner with wine. Was good and the price was right at 14 dollars for both of us. We were a little buzzed from the tall glass of wine they gave us and walked down to the central park to chill by that large sphere you always see in the images of the city. Not sure what it represents. Probably independance icon. Anyway the night was nice till some Christian group came with a microphone and started yelling in spanish at all the poeple. Was annoying since I don´t understand the music.

We did meet a nice couple from Australia and talked with them till about 1 in the morning. Was a good time. Sleep ok that night but not to good.

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