Hello everyone
Here I am, safe and sound in Buenos Aires. Our flights went off without a hitch, and an hour long layover in Santiago Chile, then cross country flight to BA meant I got a birds eye view of the Andes. Incredible.
We´ve settled into our hostel and spent the late afternoon (as we only got here around 4pm) checking out the palermo area, lots of shops, restaurants (that only serve supper after 8pm), and parks. We toured through one set of botanical gardens before it closed for the evening. It was lovely, and home to over a hundred ferel cats....Geoff(my travel bud) had to stop me from petting them all. Lots of people selling things on the streets in the plaza area, some grimey streets and crazy drivers (lane demarcations are mere suggestions) but no signs yet of the begging kids that I had gotten so used to in previous south american trips.
Our first meal in BA and we got to experiance the ´parilla´ or Argentinian Grill. Free range, grass fed, all natural beef grilled to perfection over an open flame...soooo good. The local wine is an awesome accompanyment of course.
We plan to head out of town for at least one day in the week that we have here. Temperatures are around 30 degrees, polution and humididty are high which is a bit tiring after the cooler MB temps. By the time we get used to it we will be on to Patagonia and cold weather again!
I´ll keep you posted!
Erin
