Edificio Montevideo Buenos Aires
Montevideo & Libertador Av. Buenos Aires, Capital Federal District, 1021, Argentina
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Touring magnificant Teatro Colon
... a performance. Unfortunately, there are no performances on currently so we are not able to take one in. They are currently preparing for Carmen, which will begin in a couple of weeks’ time. We have made a note to ourselves to attempt to get tickets for performances such as this prior to travelling to major cultural centres such as this in the future.
After the tour of this wonderful facility, we boarded the subway ...
The city is not that far from the airport
... and off I go....step 1 find a bank or money changer to get some money so that I can take the shuttle...bank closed...money changer only has one english speaking counter and oh wait... an entire plane of non-spanish speaking tourists..???? Yes I know, very efficient. Step 2 find the tienda Leon shuttle. No problems. Shuttle desk found, ticket bought, directions given to where shuttle arrives. Walk to terminal B. So off I head to terminal B with my backpack, ...
Meatatarianism
... Palermo - it's the local version of ice cream, though a lot more sweet and spready. Surprisingly expensive ($5 for a "medium") but very well worth it for a hot day.
After walking around for hours, we had some more asado for dinner (really this time, an amazing steak). Another interesting Argentinian trait - they eat LATE. Restaurants don' t open until 8, and don't fill up till around 10. We went around 9:30, and only by the time we left, ...
Buenos Aires 4 Eva
... is buried and so after the bus tour we walked to the site so that we could see her grave properly.
No trip to Buenos Aires would be complete without a visit to see a Tango show as this is the dance that Buenos Aires is famous for. The three of us went to a Tango show and had the absolute time of our lives. ...
Argentina makes me cry
... look at a hostel and I find one at about 10:45. I check in, thank her (very teary-eyed of course) and take the taxi driver’s card just in case. Although I am starving at this point as I haven’t had anything to eat, I just want to take a shower and go to bed in my slightly smelly, slightly damp, very run down hostel. That is, until I enter the shared bathroom and realise that the door doesn’t lock. As tired as I ...

