Park Tower By Luxury Collection Buenos Aires

... of liveliness and activity, I felt like we were going to like it here. Lynn had booked us into a hostel, on line, which turned out to be an old hotel done up for the youth. It was like a teenager’s retreat with a couple of grey nomads sprinkled about. Nice big rooms with en-suites and no TV’s, which was not a bad thing.

... at 1pm (when it had finished)<br>- went to Siga La Vaca, ate more steak<br>- went to the casino, Duncan started losing money- Nadine turned up, Duncan started winning money- went to Palermo, had some drinks, went home<br> <br><br>Chapter 11: Home time <br>- Ben went home<br>- Nadine and Duncan booked some flights to Calafate and Iguassu Falls (see next blog....)<br><br>Author's note This took ages I am never doing it again.<br> <br>

... that will take you up into the delta and to a lot of the small islands there. The plan was to go to the market and then go up the delta for a while. Unfortunately, we took too long at the market and didn't get to go up the delta! Oh well. That's OK because we still had fun.<br><br>The market is called Puerto de Fruta (or port of fruit). The funny thing is, there is hardly any fruit there - I think we saw two booths with fruit. Mostly it was handicrafts, furniture ...

... football (aka soccer), and what appeared to be a photography class. Because it was so busy we didn't see too many birds, but it was still pretty. We could see sailboats out on the water, saw flocks of parrots flying over our heads, and some beautiful deep blue/purple flowers that we had also seen in Iguazu. When we exited the park at the other end, we happened upon a street fair. There were two little stage areas, with girls ...

... just fancied a McPollo and a strawberry sundae - they went down a treat. Lorna didn't miss out either, although she had a little strop when she couldn't have chocolate sauce on her ice cream! It was funny to see. At Parque San Martin there are a load of bear statues, (that's bear as in the animal, not as in naked you perverts!). Anyway, these bears are all individually designed to represent the 140 countries of the United Nations. They ...

... here in the summer. Tango shows are everywhere, so are the Argentinian Parrilla BBQ restuarantes. The night usually ends after 2 to 3 am with a drink at a cafe or bar while non-stop football highlight are shown on TV. A stroll through avenida 9 de Julio, wides boulevard in the world, is a must at sunset. All in all me and Juliette enjoyed this city of the beautiful wind. We find it more than relaxing and a good rest stop to recover our tired bodies before moving on.

... less I know. <br><br>At least I can seek solace in the universal English spoken with my multi-national classmates and students at the school, from Holland, Denmark, Germany, Brazil and Switzerland amongst others. A pleasantly lazy routine is forming each day: Classes from 9am-1am, lunch in the park afterwards, a stroll around BA's broad leafy avenues back to my neighbourhood, coffee and cake at the local cafe whilst doing my homework, a home ...

... out that the appropriate department that handles that stuff closed about 2 hours earlier- at 3pm! What the heck? Who closes at 3pm in a major city like Buenos Aires? We were both frustrated, Roxy more visibly so of course. I told her not to stress, I had her back til she was able to go back the following day to make the exchange. We slowly made our way back to La Recoleta- passing by tons of clothing/shoes/accesory/home decor stores.. all looked so inviting but I had to ...

... as we hastily phone the credit card companies and banks to suspend all future transactions. Fortunately the cards were never used, and our most tragic loss was our photographic record, something that cannot be replaced ever. It is our greatest fortune that Cecilia has also taken copious photos, and our records are virtually complete thanks to her. Day nine - Sunday An uneventful flight home, with no further scares or misadventures. THE END