Buenos Aires, Argentina

Buenos Aires has been fun, but damn is it a big city. We have been taxiing/Ubering around most places and it seemingly always takes 30 minutes to get anywhere. We went to the Plaza de Mayo, which is beautiful and walked the river front. Gorgeous area. The architecture in the area is very European, and is widely considered to be the Paris of the south.

We went to see a Tango Show, not necessarily for me, but Stacy loved it. Lots of dangerous kicking by those ladies between the legs :) and lots of music and dancing.

By the way, Argentinians are freaking night owls, the show didn’t start until after 10pm. Argentinians regularly siesta and don’t even go out for dinner until around 9pm and then first go out. Way past my bedtime 😂

We walked La Boca and San Telmo today. La Boca, which seceded from Argentina for around 50 years certainly has a rebellious spirit. It has beautifully colored buildings. They used left over paint from the ships in port, because it is an impoverished area, but luckily the colors they used were quite vibrant and beautiful.

We also visited a market in San Telmo, which was mobbed with people but always nice to look around and people watch. I believe tomorrow is a graffiti tour and more pool time.

This is our last night in BA. Yesterday was La Recoleta, beautiful area with tons of museums, a world famous bookstore (4 floors in a former theater where you can sit in the orchestra level to read your book :) and a very famous cemetery. It's similar to New Orleans, where everything is above ground and a mausoleum. This is where they bury their presidents and most famous citizens.

Jakob has been loving the numerous parks with their outdoor workout equipment. People, like Jakob :), show up to get a quick workout in and these parks have been a regular thing for us.

Some of the most fun have been our failures/mistakes. Speaking of the bookstore, I initially Ubered us to the wrong one. Today we spent the day walking to a planetarium through blistering heat only to find it was closed. But, we randomly came across a free zoo, which was awesome. We regularly go grocery shopping and Stacy bought a lot of steak that was only supposed to be used for soup. So each steak only had a few nibbles each, so we essentially had cabbage and squash for dinner, you had to be there :)

Speaking of cabbage, Tori and Jakob bought a salad to make with their dinner which of course turned out to be cabbage 😂

Tomorrow we go to Ushuaia, the southern most city and we are in for a BIG weather change. High in the 50’s with rain 😬Read more