Alvear Buenos Aires

... br><br>The lights illuminated the cabin an hour and a half before landing. Waking up very refreshed, I looked out the window and witnessed the subtle morning sunlight above the clouds. Still satiated from last night's dinner, I elected to forego el omelette de hongos (mushroom omelette with broccoli potato gratin and grilled smoked turkey patty) and instead had some fresh fruit with coffee.<br> <br>Short Houston Reunion in Buenos Aires<br> <br>The plane was ahead of ...

Sunday, September 13, 2009<br><br>I feel like I have a lot to catch everyone up on, due to the brevity of the last post. I probably will not get through everything I want in this post, so look forward to another relatively soon.<br><br>Last Thursday we took a tour of the city, focusing on the historical significance of the things we saw and places we went. It was fun and touristy and I took lots of pictures (included) and was a good overview of Argentina's recent history ...

... Its the place Evita is buried and also many other rich and famous Agrentinians. You go knowing its a rather grand cemetery but you dont expect what you see. Its like a little town! The graves are like houses and churches, with doors and stained glass windows. You can see into some of them which is a bit freaky. The coffins are right there, not underground. Some of them really ancient but all beautifully carved coffins with ...

... and I both had ham and cheese bagels, a cup of orange juice came with them. After that we went back onto the walk. We walked past lots of parks and I climbed some trees. We walked about ten Km&#8217;s. On our walk we saw six cats. About halfway through the walk we stopped and had some lunch. Then we kept walking. After the walk , Jody and I played our Nintendo DS&#8217;s for about an hour and then had dinner, it was delicious. Then we brushed our teeth and went to bed.

... long walk from my hotel through Recoleta to Parque 3 de Febrero. I started very, very early for this city (at around 1030 AM !!!!). In the Plaza San Martin there were a lot of tourists looking at the Buddy Bears. I've met the Buddy Bears at least once before on my travels around the world - it is a UNICEF initiative with around 140 statues of bears each painted to represent a different country by an artist from that country. As ...

... early flight back to Lima. And soon I'd have to say ciao to BA, Argentina, and South America...<br><br>On my last day in Buenos Aires, I thought I'd just take it easy and walk around Palermo a bit. The hostel was within walking distance to the Botanical Garden, so I spent perhaps about an hour just walking around, admiring the different species of plants from around the world and simultaneously reflecting on how I was nearing the conclusion of my South American adventures...

... recited the rather typical foreigners story of the evening, including a trip to the Sunset club, which he described as best he could with dilated pupils and an aroma of tequila belying his every word. <br><br>They were right to have their doubts. A search party, led aptly by Giant Dutchman, rode off into the sunrise to scour the club, but all to no avail. Once all the revellers had stumbled out into the light by 8am without the ...

... even a massive split level roof-top area with a sitting down area over-looking the bay and the other half- a salsa dancefloor. Alot of fun was had- evidenced by the fact that Tilly made me stay up til 4am and 6am on both nights (for anyone that knows my going out temperament-- this has only happened a couple of times in the past!!) Chileans claim to have the 2nd best fireworks in the world (2nd only to Sydney)- but we agreed that the euphoria on the streets compensated for ...