A million and one adventures today. I met up with the girls on Florida and Cordoba at an outdoor terrasse where they had taken over a corner...after a waiter kicked off existing clients to make room. After scoping out a particularly hot cop for much of their time there, when we left and finally were going to get a pic with him, he was nowhere to be found. And by ¨to be found¨ make no mistake, we looked.
Eventually we made our way to a fantastic, elegant and ornate coffee house on avenida del Mayo. There, Punky (delivered by our agents on the ground, aka my parents) (her luggage finally arrived) joined us and we went on to Plaza de Mayo. Stunning architecture all around. I managed to fill a 1G memory card already! I will definitely need more than the other I have with me to get through this trip. So many of the buildings are just so grand and there are so many trees around. You can so clearly see how wealthy a city this once was, you simply do not come across this quantity of opulent buildings just anywhere.
We definitely stir it up just about everywhere we go... I´m not sure who was more curious .... us in the many groups of cops we came across... or them in us! Our travels continuted towards Puerto Madero boardwalk area... but not before what we have come to know as ¨tour de sketchy¨- we had to walk around this dark, abandoned, truly sketchy park like area in the middle of all kinds of 3 lane boulevards... trying to get to the other side. It definitely was one of those areas you should not be wandering around. We finally got to the port area and walked along all kinds of gorgeous restaurants, although some of their names were a little uninspired (Happening - such a beautiful place, all white, very modern, simple - but what a ridiculous name). Punky and I went aboard the first ship in the Argentinean navy, and met a very interesting Spanish guy from Valencia who we eventually spoke in Italian with... and he told us all the Italian swearwords he knew LOL. Lots of ¨I love you¨s called out at us today, quite amusing. Then again, Punky was ready to marry a few of our waiters yesterday. Within an hour or so of her arrival, we were brainstorming on when we would move here and what, precisely, we would do with ourselves once here. (we´re thinking 2008)
We walked all the way along the water to the very end, Punky and I naming it Tour de Sketchy...del Rio. At one point the others were ahead, and she goes to me, Are they mad at us? I mean, they must be, they´re making us walk all the way around! I laughed almost as hard as at breakfast, when she suggested we go looking for Gotan Project.
The walk was more than worth it. We walked the long way to arrive at Asia de Cuba. We sat on large outdoor couches on the waterfront terrasse and had the most fantastic meal. After tonight, I suspect that lamb from anywhere but Patagonia will simply not do. We all had the most delicious meals, and then shared mindblowing dessert of pear and chocolate torte but mainly - a malbec & berry mousse that was to die for. Including some great Chandon wine, it was the steal of the century as it cost approximately 32$ CAD for my share.
Time to sign off. Tomorrow, far too early, we head to Buquebus and take the ferry to Colonia del Sacremento, Montevideo, and finally, the weekend in Punta del Este before taking flight for Mendoza. Our last night in Buenos Aires for a few days, but definitely the way to leave. A fantastic day, an incredible meal, brilliant wine, great adventures, and too many laughs if indeed such a thing were possible. !OYO and OLE!
Eventually we made our way to a fantastic, elegant and ornate coffee house on avenida del Mayo. There, Punky (delivered by our agents on the ground, aka my parents) (her luggage finally arrived) joined us and we went on to Plaza de Mayo. Stunning architecture all around. I managed to fill a 1G memory card already! I will definitely need more than the other I have with me to get through this trip. So many of the buildings are just so grand and there are so many trees around. You can so clearly see how wealthy a city this once was, you simply do not come across this quantity of opulent buildings just anywhere.
We definitely stir it up just about everywhere we go... I´m not sure who was more curious .... us in the many groups of cops we came across... or them in us! Our travels continuted towards Puerto Madero boardwalk area... but not before what we have come to know as ¨tour de sketchy¨- we had to walk around this dark, abandoned, truly sketchy park like area in the middle of all kinds of 3 lane boulevards... trying to get to the other side. It definitely was one of those areas you should not be wandering around. We finally got to the port area and walked along all kinds of gorgeous restaurants, although some of their names were a little uninspired (Happening - such a beautiful place, all white, very modern, simple - but what a ridiculous name). Punky and I went aboard the first ship in the Argentinean navy, and met a very interesting Spanish guy from Valencia who we eventually spoke in Italian with... and he told us all the Italian swearwords he knew LOL. Lots of ¨I love you¨s called out at us today, quite amusing. Then again, Punky was ready to marry a few of our waiters yesterday. Within an hour or so of her arrival, we were brainstorming on when we would move here and what, precisely, we would do with ourselves once here. (we´re thinking 2008)
We walked all the way along the water to the very end, Punky and I naming it Tour de Sketchy...del Rio. At one point the others were ahead, and she goes to me, Are they mad at us? I mean, they must be, they´re making us walk all the way around! I laughed almost as hard as at breakfast, when she suggested we go looking for Gotan Project.
The walk was more than worth it. We walked the long way to arrive at Asia de Cuba. We sat on large outdoor couches on the waterfront terrasse and had the most fantastic meal. After tonight, I suspect that lamb from anywhere but Patagonia will simply not do. We all had the most delicious meals, and then shared mindblowing dessert of pear and chocolate torte but mainly - a malbec & berry mousse that was to die for. Including some great Chandon wine, it was the steal of the century as it cost approximately 32$ CAD for my share.
Time to sign off. Tomorrow, far too early, we head to Buquebus and take the ferry to Colonia del Sacremento, Montevideo, and finally, the weekend in Punta del Este before taking flight for Mendoza. Our last night in Buenos Aires for a few days, but definitely the way to leave. A fantastic day, an incredible meal, brilliant wine, great adventures, and too many laughs if indeed such a thing were possible. !OYO and OLE!
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