Wednesday, July 28, 2004
BA Wrap-Up
We made it back from Buenos Aires yesterday. I was too worn out to write anything until today... sorry about that.
Let's see, what is there to tell? We didn't end up going to Uruguay after all... the tickets were sold out on Friday, and we were going to try for Saturday and just spring for the first-class tickets, but I got a cold. I was pretty miserable most of the day Saturday, but somehow the cold subsided enough for more shopping. Imagine that.
We also did a bit more touristy stuff - the Evita Museum, a tour of Teatro Colón
(one of the world's best opera houses, though unfortunately there was no opera playing while we were there), and a visit to the San Telmo and La Boca barrios. Every Sunday, there is an antiques fair in San Telmo, and we picked up a few items. We also drove past the Bombonera, where the Boca Juniors play soccer, which was in La Boca. La Boca can be a pretty dodgy neighborhood, so we stuck to the touristy area.
I've downloaded my pictures, and a lot of them came out really well, so I'm going to make a little photo album to put up here.
We had a couple more amazing meals in BA - in fact, we didn't have a bad meal the entire trip. Some of the restuarants we loved were the hip Italian place Filo, the amazing sushi house Dashi, the "possibly the best meal I've ever eaten" restaurant Sucre, yummy and modern Lomo, and Best...Steak...Ever Cabaña Las Lilas. If you ever go to BA, we would highly recommend these. None of them cost over $70 for two (generally three courses, bottle of wine, bottled water, and coffee), and many were much less.
All in all, it was a fantastic trip, and I'm sad that we had to come home. But that's life, right? Victor starts his job on Monday, and I have to start looking for one of my own.
We made it back from Buenos Aires yesterday. I was too worn out to write anything until today... sorry about that.
Let's see, what is there to tell? We didn't end up going to Uruguay after all... the tickets were sold out on Friday, and we were going to try for Saturday and just spring for the first-class tickets, but I got a cold. I was pretty miserable most of the day Saturday, but somehow the cold subsided enough for more shopping. Imagine that.
We also did a bit more touristy stuff - the Evita Museum, a tour of Teatro Colón
(one of the world's best opera houses, though unfortunately there was no opera playing while we were there), and a visit to the San Telmo and La Boca barrios. Every Sunday, there is an antiques fair in San Telmo, and we picked up a few items. We also drove past the Bombonera, where the Boca Juniors play soccer, which was in La Boca. La Boca can be a pretty dodgy neighborhood, so we stuck to the touristy area.
I've downloaded my pictures, and a lot of them came out really well, so I'm going to make a little photo album to put up here.
We had a couple more amazing meals in BA - in fact, we didn't have a bad meal the entire trip. Some of the restuarants we loved were the hip Italian place Filo, the amazing sushi house Dashi, the "possibly the best meal I've ever eaten" restaurant Sucre, yummy and modern Lomo, and Best...Steak...Ever Cabaña Las Lilas. If you ever go to BA, we would highly recommend these. None of them cost over $70 for two (generally three courses, bottle of wine, bottled water, and coffee), and many were much less.
All in all, it was a fantastic trip, and I'm sad that we had to come home. But that's life, right? Victor starts his job on Monday, and I have to start looking for one of my own.
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