The next morning I took a short walk around and then when everyone arrived, we had more empanadas for lunch! and then walked down to the recoleta cemetery.
Here's a picture of the cemetery. As I said before, no tombstones, just grandiose mausoleums. And also many stray cats, which was a bit eerie~
A picture of a musician performing in front of the cemetery courtyard.
A picture of a musician performing in front of the cemetery courtyard.
At night we took a walk in the city, down Santa Fe Av. Teresa said it felt just like NYC. Here's us walking down the street. with Reese Witherspoon...
At night walking down the 9 de Julio (the widest street in the world), I tried to snap a shot of the obelisk of Buenos Aires. You might barely be able to see it in the distance, but if not don't worry, I got some good shots of it today. Annie says it looks like I risk my life to get that picture!
For dinner, we went to this extremely fancy (probably too much so for us) restaurant for steak. Here's my huge skirt steak...
After dinner we went to Cafe Tortoni, the oldest cafe in the country. Founded in 1858 I believe. It used to be a big hot spot for famous tango dancers. Here are some pictures of the inside, and the last one is one of the outside. Ed and I shared a bottle of Malbec, a special wine of Argentina. Very good! A pretty light wine, and had a nice grape-y aftertaste. Yum!
A short update, on Sunday we went to the San Telmo Flea Market to see some crafts, antiques being sold as well as some cool street performers (traditional tango bands, tango dancers, and some other crazy stuff!). Went out to a really good restaurant (steak again!) and went out to a bar in Canitas (the new place to go in Buenos Aires, though it was not too bustling on Sunday night). On Monday (today) we went to La Boca to see a neighborhood of colorful houses, then grabbed lunch, went to the Japanese garden (largest one outside of Japan!) and to the Rio de la Plata (finally!) then went for a little bit of shopping and dinner at Bar Milion (a resturant bar that was converted from a 3 story mansion).
Okay, Buenos Noches!
A short update, on Sunday we went to the San Telmo Flea Market to see some crafts, antiques being sold as well as some cool street performers (traditional tango bands, tango dancers, and some other crazy stuff!). Went out to a really good restaurant (steak again!) and went out to a bar in Canitas (the new place to go in Buenos Aires, though it was not too bustling on Sunday night). On Monday (today) we went to La Boca to see a neighborhood of colorful houses, then grabbed lunch, went to the Japanese garden (largest one outside of Japan!) and to the Rio de la Plata (finally!) then went for a little bit of shopping and dinner at Bar Milion (a resturant bar that was converted from a 3 story mansion).
Okay, Buenos Noches!
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Thanks for sharing picture and experience with us. Keep on writing. Maybe next time you will be our guide.
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