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  • Day 245

    Buenos Aires

    May 29, 2023 in Argentina ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

    Highlights:
    - San Telmo market was a beautiful food hall to walk around, we went a few times!
    - Wandering around Boca neighborhood which was was really lively and colourful, and cool to see the boca stadium and the graffiti around the streets
    - Sitting in the back of a police car after being rescued from a dodgy area we accidentally wandered into was an experience
    - Our Airbnb was really nice, and had a pool and views of the city from the top floor
    - Really interesting walking tour of the centre where we learnt a lot about the history and current situation in Argentina
    - Watching a tango show at Café Tortoni was incredible
    - Walking around Recoleta cemetery which was like a mini city of graves was a unique experience, and we saw the grave of Evita
    - Josh went to see a football match (Independiente) which he enjoyed
    - Going to a Boca Juniors match was crazy, they won and the fans were singing and jumping throughout the match which made an incredible atmosphere
    - Visiting the beautiful Japanese Gardens

    Lowlights:
    - On our Uber from the airport to our hostel someone bumped into our car at the traffic lights - it was only a tiny scrape on the car but it took a while to sort (we got a refund though so that's a plus!)
    - Serena felt quite run down in Buenos Aires, but luckily it didn't last the whole time
    - We got the bus to the River Plate football stadium to try get tickets for the match but failed - we knew it was very unlikely anyway, and we still saw the fans and the atmosphere
    - It rained one day and it was a national holiday so lots of people were protesting in the streets, but that meant a lot of public transport was shut so we did a lot of walking in the rain!
    - We had a hotel for part of our stay opposite a club which played loud music one night until 3am - luckily it was only once
    - We had to get to the Boca Juniors stadium 3 hours early to guarantee entry (and we had paid a lot for the tickets!) so we were extremely tired by the end of the match
    - We went to visit the parks and free zoo on a day where they were all closed, our fault for not checking!

    Food and drinks:
    - We had at least one alfajor or sweet treat containing dulce de leche a day, we get the obsession!
    - We had choripan (pork sausage in a bread roll with chimichurri sauce) at Chori which was on Somebody Feed Phil on Netflix which was delicious
    - We managed to get into Don Julio (number 14 on the world's 50 best restaurants!) and had the best steaks we'd ever had
    - Flan with dulce de leche was delicious
    - We went to a fancy cocktail place where the barman asked us what kind of drinks we usually liked and chose a cocktail for us!
    - We went to a British Indian restaurant for curry, and had real poppadoms and mango chutney for the first time in the trip
    - Josh tried fugazetta pizza which he loved - it was thick crust, covered in loads of cheese, and topped with onions
    - We had ice cream from one of the best shops in the world apparently (Cadore) - we shared a dulce de leche which was insane, and a pomelo which Marie and Hugo would have loved!
    - Dulce de leche pancakes - definitely one to make at home!
    - Ice cream for breakfast one day, where we had dulce de leche with chocolate chips and meringue pieces - amazing
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