We're hoping to head peru-wards tomorrow, tho haven't actually done anything about it so may not become a reality, but figured i'd try catch up while i have the chance.
So tuesday we arrived in palermo (suburb of BA - we're staying in palermo hollywood to be exact) which had been recommended by several sources and deservedly so. Finding/getting a bed in a hostel took up much too much of the day and ate into precious optimal siesta time again. We went to a lovely little french café "Oui Oui" for a late lunch (actually prob not late by argentinian standards at all) - DELICIOUS especially the traditional homemade lemonade (giant jug for 8 pesos) and the Crépe Dulce de Leche: Dios mio! Think we just kinda crashed at the hostel for a bit after that. Then tried to go see a music thing we'd seen mentioned in a spanish paper but wound up at the wrong plaza as it turns out Plaza San Martin de Tours is not the same or that close to Plaza San Martin, frustratingly found it on the map the following day! But it was a pleasant evening sittin the plaza san martin for a while nevertheless.
Wednesday was spent meandering around the gigantic park areas in west palermo flitting from one patch of shade to the next. Thank god for trees! Checked out the Jardin Japanés which was lovely. Forgot the camera tho. Got my first bit of burn for the summer :S not badly tho as i did sunscreen it up, you can just tell the patches i missed. We then tried to go take in some tango in Palermo Soho but once again our plans were thwarted as the restaurant was the only one in the lively neighbourhood that did not look open for business in the slightest. So we wandered around in the vain hope they might open next time we passed and stumbled upon an amazing little heladoria with so many delicious flavours of icecream. I got dulce de leche granizado and jon got chocolate italiano. Delicioso! then ended up sittting on the hot rocks of Plaza Cerrano (??), absorbing the atmosphere eating empanadas and listening to a busking drumming group in the balmy evening. Notice a theme here?!
Yesterday was all about Recoleta. Went to the super famous cementerio de la recoleta where eva peron and a bunch of presidents etc are buried. It is an incredible experience and an incredible place as those who have been there will know. It's like a little village with streets and houses for the dead and you can even see the coffins/urns for many people. I wasn't the only one thinking it was a little pompeii-esque.
Came back to rest our very weary feet and tend to some more missed sunscreened spots then we went to the restaurant recommended by lonely planet as the place to go if you only go to one steakhouse in argentina, which is the plan as it's extremely unvegetarian huh, but when in argentina do as the argentinians. And it was quite the experience! I got the dish recommended by the waiter, a ribeye steak which turned out to be at least 3 times the size of my fist. Jon got the Argentine steak which was also a very generous serving (2 slabs of decent sized steak) and these were only the medium sized portions! The most amazing part was all the side dishes - 16 different rammikins (sp?) full of all sorts of delicious flavours to tempt the taste buds, plus plenty of complementary bread, a bottle of mendoza red wine, and complementary champagne with dessert - how we managed to squeeze it all in i´ll never know! We did a pretty good job of finishing it all up tho the walk home was far from comfortable :P And i'll be very happy not to eat steak for a very very long time, good one to go out on i reckon. Oh and we arrived for dinner after 11pm and the place was packed, got a table within 5 mins and didn't finish til 2am! plus the best waiter ever. And paper tablecloths with crayons supplied. The only downside was being sat next to 3 australian girls who sounded more like Kath and Kim than I have ever heard before and didn't even attempt a word of spanish to the waiter - just slow, condescending english.
Today we are off to see the sights of La Boca - very excited! better get the show on the road.
Weather update:
The days have been getting progressively hotter and hotter... not sure how hot, also getting muggier and stickier. Tho i hear it's a stinker in nz too. no wonder the night life is where it´s at, it's the only time of day you can bear to do anything remotely energetic. The hostel atmosphere here is getting warmer and warmer too, lotsa chit-chat with gorgeous people from EVERYWHERE :)
p.s. almost every single road in BA is one way. A few of the main ones aren´t and we've even seen one that is two way only between certain hours of the day! Makes it very easy to walk around but I imagine i'd have a near impossible time if i tried to drive here.
p.p.s. On thursday night we could have gone to see Elton John and James Blunt play at the massive football stadium here for a measly $60NZD-ish- how bizarre would that have been?! A little gutted we didn't...
p.p.p.s. Most things here are actually surprisingly comparable to what the price would be in nz, i had thought it would be much cheaper. The exceptions are public transport and alcohol bought from a supermarket (including hard liquor!) is DIRT CHEAP (that doesn't mean we're drinking it like it's goin outta style!)
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