Colonia del Sacramento -> Buenos Aires

We could sleep in a bit until 8 for a pretty disappointing breakfast consisting of three plastic wrapped mini croissants, a tasteless orange juice and - the best thing about it - some fresh fruit. Therefore we were quickly done with it and went back to our room until it was time to leave for the port to check in. The ferry port is very modern with a large hall and automatic check in, like an airport. We passed through security and immigration and then waited for half an hour to board the ship. It was around the same size as the Hondius and has some viewing decks from where we watched the departure from Colonia del Sacramento. The lighthouse standing prominently in the sun lit peninsula. The ferry was surprisingly quick and we saw the skyline of Buenos Aires just half an hour later appearing. Entering the harbour we took some pictures and then reached our last touristic spot in the journey, Buenos Aires.

After going through Argentinian immigration (for the 5th time in a month 😁) we had made a list of accommodations to check for available beds. The first two ones were unsuccessful and we were about to book one through booking when the last one was a success. But it was pretty complicated because they couldn't offer the same price in the hotel as is stated on their website 🥴 So we booked it online and then had half an hour until check in which we used for lunch at a great Empanadas spot.
The 4 star hotel was a little treat at the end of our trip... But we couldn't pay the full price immediately because we didn't have enough Argentinian pesos in cash left 🤡🙈 So we made a Western Union transfer and then stood an hour in line to pick it up.
The exchange rate at Western Union had raised from 1€ ~390 Argentinian pesos to 430 Argentinian pesos in the last three weeks 😱 This is a loss of 11%, it seems like the inflation is increasing its pace and the crash of the currency is imminent 😕

After having all of this sorted we relaxed a bit and then took a bus to the omnibus terminal where we had stored our big backpack. We needed to pay for one additional day and then returned to the hotel. In our spacious hotel room we let our backpacks explode to see what we have. It's a lot 😁 But we sorted it a bit and prepared some things for the laundry. At the reception we asked for a restaurant recommendation and went to this nearby bodega. They were just about to open (6, so quite early for here) and ordered a bottle of wine and I tried a Matambre (literally translates a hunger killer) a la pizza. Basically a steak with tomatoes and cheese on top 😅 Pretty heavy but tasty!
Afterwards we needed to burn some of these calories and walked around the historic center around our hotel. First to a small plaza famous for the Tango dancers, and even though it was a Tuesday night there was a couple performing. We watched them a little bit before continuing on to the Mercado San Telmo and then the Casa Rosada, on one of the main plazas. The exhausting day had taken its toll and we returned to our hotel for a much needed sleep 💤Read more