We landed in this country at 6am on Monday morning after flying with the local Aerolinas Argentinas airline - not a bad airline either, the airport in BA on the other hand could do with a serious facelift !! Customs and visas were a walk through ... no bothers at all.
Argentina is famous for enormous steaks, the tango and of course Maradona. We have sampled the steaks, watched professionals dance the tango but havent met Maradona yet .. (He´s probably still in rehab!) We went to see the pink presidential palace where Evita made her famous speeches but have minimised our sight-seeing for the moment as we will be redoing everything in a couple of weeks when our friend K arrives so we checked out the city shopping/restaurants instead. Such a treat to find big stores (incl. Zara !), big pharmacies, shoe shops, bag shops and all things that girls love.
Buenos Aires is a city of 13 million people but its doesnt feel it and its very easy to navigate through once you understand that you have absolutely no rights as a pedestrian !! They drive like lunatics here especially the bus drivers who think they are driving Fiat Unos instead of 50 seater buses !! The city has a nice European feel to it and thats a nice change from Peru. Plenty of coffee shops around the city for the 4pm coffee and cake break in the day ! People go out to dinner here after 9pm - they are a bit strange that way !
Otherwise enjoying the sights and all that Buenos Aires has to offer.
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Hi Cali, no we haven´t been south, not enough time I´m afraid. Next trip!
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