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Doorway in La Boca, Buenos AiresHola once again!
After a surprisingly pleasant 19 hour bus journey from Bariloche (English movies, proper meals, armchair seats, wine and a bed-time whiskey!) we arrived in BUENOS AIRES. muy bien! (the spanish is getting slightly better and they speak more slowly in Argentinia so we have been able to understand people, or at least some of what they say!!!)
Buenos Aires rocked, had sooooooo much fun, saw and did loads. A city bus tour (´cos we can´t get enough of buses!!!!) showed us the main sights, including the famous Boca Junior Football stadium and the most polluted river in the World (smelt VERY bad!). We had a traditional Argentinian BBQ (Asado) —lots of charred salty meat and copious amounts of red wine, resulting in muchos headaches. We wandered the cobbled streets of the San Telmo area on Sunday (which was really near where we stayed), loads of markets, street stalls, tango, street dining and tons of people!!!! Great atmosphere. We also went to a Tango show one evening, which was one of the highlights. Professional dancers and singers (and boy could they dance and sing!) With champagne and a three course meal thrown in. One final mention for the Recoleta cemetery – home to the grave of Evita. A truely extravagant graveyard with huge ornate mausoleums crammed next to each other, with coffins on display and loads of cats wandering around!! Nuts!!!
From Buenos Aires we had the crazy idea to hop on a boat to Uruguay for a few days. We’ve visited Colonia del Sacramento – an old town built by the Portuguese as a smuggling route to Buenos Aires - beautiful architecture and generally really cute. And Montevideo, where we are now. It´s rained and thundered most of the afternoon, but we had a good stroll round this morning. Lots of huge old buildings, some of which are a bit run down, but cool atmosphere and friendly people. When we arrived in Montevideo we saw a bus for Fray Bentos, much amusement, we thought about going to get a pie, but unfortunately the factory has closed there now!
Back to Buenos Aires tomorrow, so bus, boat, then 19 hour bus journey again to Puerto Iguazu to see the mighty Iguazu falls (all 270+ of them). Quite excited about this, apparently the ions from the spray make you happy!!
Love to all.
Xxj&jxx
After a surprisingly pleasant 19 hour bus journey from Bariloche (English movies, proper meals, armchair seats, wine and a bed-time whiskey!) we arrived in BUENOS AIRES. muy bien! (the spanish is getting slightly better and they speak more slowly in Argentinia so we have been able to understand people, or at least some of what they say!!!)
Buenos Aires rocked, had sooooooo much fun, saw and did loads. A city bus tour (´cos we can´t get enough of buses!!!!) showed us the main sights, including the famous Boca Junior Football stadium and the most polluted river in the World (smelt VERY bad!). We had a traditional Argentinian BBQ (Asado) —lots of charred salty meat and copious amounts of red wine, resulting in muchos headaches. We wandered the cobbled streets of the San Telmo area on Sunday (which was really near where we stayed), loads of markets, street stalls, tango, street dining and tons of people!!!! Great atmosphere. We also went to a Tango show one evening, which was one of the highlights. Professional dancers and singers (and boy could they dance and sing!) With champagne and a three course meal thrown in. One final mention for the Recoleta cemetery – home to the grave of Evita. A truely extravagant graveyard with huge ornate mausoleums crammed next to each other, with coffins on display and loads of cats wandering around!! Nuts!!!
From Buenos Aires we had the crazy idea to hop on a boat to Uruguay for a few days. We’ve visited Colonia del Sacramento – an old town built by the Portuguese as a smuggling route to Buenos Aires - beautiful architecture and generally really cute. And Montevideo, where we are now. It´s rained and thundered most of the afternoon, but we had a good stroll round this morning. Lots of huge old buildings, some of which are a bit run down, but cool atmosphere and friendly people. When we arrived in Montevideo we saw a bus for Fray Bentos, much amusement, we thought about going to get a pie, but unfortunately the factory has closed there now!
Back to Buenos Aires tomorrow, so bus, boat, then 19 hour bus journey again to Puerto Iguazu to see the mighty Iguazu falls (all 270+ of them). Quite excited about this, apparently the ions from the spray make you happy!!
Love to all.
Xxj&jxx
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