La Ricoleta

Victoria took me to La Ricoleta today where there is a beautiful cemetery- we found Evita's grave and put the world to rights debating how easy it should be to successfully run a country! Eva Peron still widely loved by lots of people in the country - the Peronist - but not by those whose families are buried in the cemetery, so Victoria amused by the irony of everyone asking directions to Evita's grave. Victoria says that those who have been running the country recently are only interested in their own power and wealth and the key to a successful government is a selfless and hardworking leader.
Stopped in a lovely colonial church next to the cemetery, in the 'museum' next to that.
Skyped Alice at lunch - Lisbon to Buenos Aires - technology is amazing!
In the evening Nora took me for pizza at a nice restaurant - vv good malbec :), and a desert heston blumental would be proud of: cubes of squash (!) kept in lime (ie the stuff you paint on walls NOT the lime you eat!) for 4 days, then boiled in sugar. Unbelievable- it makes a hard crispy smooth shell like a sweet, with sweet liquidy goo inside. Bizarre. Tastes nothing like squash or walls.Read more