Hotel Nogaro Plaza De Mayo Buenos Aires

Set off in good time and as usual now it was the flat straight pampas roads with the horrendous buffeting from the oncoming lorries.
This part of the trip is getting a bit monotonous but that happens now and again. It is no surprise the map shows a huge flat green area and it has to be done.
I hit Buenos Aires around lunchtime and found "Dakar Motos" without much problem. The traffic was horrendous ...

... and former presidents, and a very humble crypt housing that of Eva Peron. We left listening to the sounds of bagpipes of a street performer standing outside. We walked back through Recoleta which was buzzing with early evening revelers. Back long Florida Avenue where many of the shops had just closed but where the street marketers were just putting out their wares for the tourists.

Jodys Story
Today we left Bea's house and went to the hotel we were staying at ...

... also last night. I wanted to try a lesson and the tour they offered was a lesson but also a trip to a milogna which is a tango dance club where all the locals go to dance. We were a bit apprehensive about that part (Ror probably about alot of it but he was a good sport because I wanted to do it). We got a taxi to another HI hostel where it was to take place. While we were waiting for the lesson we had some wine tasting - I do not like red ...

... de pe o strada din B.A. Nu exagerez cu nimic, cand spun ca se opresc pe strada la primul televizor sa vada meciul. E incredibil cat de patimasi pot sa fie.Canta si scandeaza parca ar fi pe stadion. Pt. baieti: Fete, garla in hosteluri, asteapta doar sa ridici mana si sa dai ceva de baut.Pe alese: englezoaice, evreice la greu,austarlience, care arata cel mai bine zic eu si alte neamuri. Sanatate multa, eu am fata mea, care a agatat si ea niste gaucho la Iguazu.

We closed our Buenos Aires chapter in true style, we ate at some fine restaurants, drank beers and people watched in the Hey-heyishly cool Palermo on a Sunday. We got tickets to watch the football, Argentina vs Venzuela which was a world cup qualifer match. Football here is obviously serious business so we both found whatever blue we had to wear, made sure we were sitting with the home side and had a few Diego ...

... Serrano, the second day was dedicated almost solely to checking out the city and a couple of its different neighbourhoods.

We took the metro, or subte, as it´s called, from Palermo to the end of the line (Catedral) and from there, started seeing the sights. We started out at the Plaza de Mayo, and saw the sights around it, including the Casa Rosada and the Catedral ...

... Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right? Danie made a hilarious comment in reference to the dog at the farmhouse - it had taken a liking to Rachel and was getting a little too frisky with her. "9 months from now, Rachel gives birth!", she quipped. It's almost up there with the "I'm not washing my hands!" moment! I think this farmhouse also offers accommodations to people, and would be a nice place to relax and do absolutely ...

... coche de sexagesima mano) con la también castigada pero acomodada clase media de la ciudad. Sorprende también el parecido a algunas capitales europeas que la ciudad nos ofrece: edificios post-coloniales dignos de Paris o Madrid, muchos de ellos sedes de embajadas hoy dia, modernos museos y centros comerciales, contrastan con otras zonas de la ciudad en las que los edificios y calles están o ...

... football (see previous posts) I still wasn't prepared for the experience of Boca Juniors. As an Argentinean team firstly and Maradona's team secondly I was trying my hardest to hate Boca, but their amazing ground (thankfully not an oval but a proper stadium with 4 sides) and their unique 80's style of football spectating won me over. A good 2 hours before kick-off the two ends behind each goal were almost full and terracing meant you could move ...