Posada de la Luna Buenos Aires

... I thought it would be simple from there. Wrong again. I was told I needed a prescription from a doctor to pick up the vitamins. Now I knew this was absolutely insane because you can buy anything you want over the counter, without a prescription in Argentina. They also knew I would never be able to find a doctor that would right a prescription for vitamins I ordered online. <br><br><br>I was then told about the second option. This option included ...

... converts to about $12 U.S. Nice!<br><br>OK, while we are on the subject, let's talk about a couple of food items. First - the empanada. These are everywhere down here, and I haven't had a bad one yet. They are usually super cheap - maybe a buck or two in U.S. $ and so tasty. This might be the best thing in Argentina. Second - dulce de leche. Translates to sweet milk. Essentially it is sweetened milk that has been heated until it turns to caramel. They use it in a lot ...

... preparations in place and I have been running on adrenalin most of the time. Haven´t even had a chance to stop and process. And I´ve been absolutely spoiled with presents, and well wishes and the generosity of people´s time and help - its been fantastic. So I think i was a bit like an overtired child... Three french champagnes, a baileys and a stillnox and halfway into the flight i was still buzzing ...

... from the lost travel journal, but there were no blank books to be found in the shops. Ah, well. We went through security and immigration with no problems, and in line ran into the girl from San Francisco we met our second night at the hostel. Surprising to see someone we "know" at the international airport! There was also the world's most adorable four year old French boy in line, chatting with his mom. After we got through ...

... a skinful of cerveza and Sambuca......no....not even after a bucketload of Sambuca could you even be tempted!! Although, if you were Wayne Rooney....... After freeing my fragile little mind from the mental image of our old time sex bomb, we managed to continue on our way to the hostel. We got our bags and had a few snacks before grabbing a taxi to the Retiro bus station. Our bus departed at 20.35 and we were off to Puerto Iguazu. They ...

... of all to learn the soccer chants of Boca, on whose terraces we'd be standing. <br><br>One such song, the shortest and in my view the most interesting, simply reads in English: <br>'Christmas Eve is coming' <br>'Christmas Day is coming' <br>'You'd better be ready' <br>'Cos Daddy's got a present' <br><br>Now I may not be an expert in football fanatics or the power of the spoken word, but I suspect this hardly has opposing team quivvering in ...

... keeps loosing me as I give Neil the slip to go photography crazy....he always finds me and frog marches me back on the tour circuit! The mausoluems have glass doors or windows and you can see the coffins, often a few stacked up on shelves, next to an alter. a coupld have windows open and the smell of death is quite pungent. See the metal flower, whose petals open up during the day and close and light up red at night - its kind of like an alien satelite dish ...

... didn´t. They did manage to scam us into buying some of their fruit, and since I am such a fruit lover I couldn´t say no because I thought this was a typical grocery store in Buenos Aires. The cherries and nectarines we bought were pretty sad looking to say the least. Now if only we would´ve held out a little longer as we did end up finding a full-fledged ¨real¨ supermarket thereafter... can I just say I felt like I was in supermarket heaven?? Boy did it feel like a ...

... photos, he asks to see each photo again, double-checking that I have in fact deleted the photos. We step away from the building and wonder how he observed us; there must be cameras, but they are well disguised. Clearly, the BA Jewish community is concerned about security. This not unlike Israel that we visited earlier this year. However, here in BA, the Jewish community appears to not be drawing attention to itself as a form of ...

... tea. This evening we have planned a trip to see a football (soccer) match. We are unable to experience a Boca Juniors game. All that's left for us is Club Atletico Independiente, who will be playing the provincial team of Colon Santa Fe. This match will count towards the 2005 championship season. Independiente are the big favourites, and we have been told the game won't be all that interesting as they will overwhelm Colon. We still have our rental car, so we ...