Last stop, Buenos Aires

When we did manage to get a bus back to BA we checked into our rented apartment. Yep that’s right, our very own little pied-a-terre here in Buenos Aires. It’s only a studio flat but after six months of hostel rooms and campervans it feels like a mansion! It’s lovely to be able to cook without worrying if the last person washed stuff up properly or if there will be enough plates to eat off. A massive thanks to Cazza and Pete, JB and Tanya, Sarah and Will, Scott and Chloe, Chi and Anita and Elgan and Fi for Wedding Gift no.23

Our week here has flown by, we leave tomorrow!
We’ve really enjoyed BA, mooching around the various ‘barrios’ (areas). We visited the amazing Recoleta cemetery where Evita is buried and it is a like a mini city- I said to Ed it’s like the next stage up from a retirement village. It’s laid out in little streets and each is like a teeny tiny house, madness.

Main Plaza
Gorgeous Rose in the Rose garden



Me getting a little spooked at the cemetery

We’ve taken in art at the Latin American Museum, whiled away an hour in a beautiful rose garden, scoped out antiques in the San Telmo Sunday market and seen the city go from autumn to winter over night! Seriously we spent one day in short sleeves, too hot in jeans wandering around a pretty park and the next day we have all our layers on and its freezing! Winter is definitely here in BA now.

Sunday night saw us go to a football game, River Plate vs San Lorenzo. It was a wicked night out, the atmosphere was electric, these Argentines get rather passionate about the game and we were in the civilised section of the crowd! There was a young boy next to me saying words no one should know at his age and he was screaming them at the top of his voice right next to his dad! Who was doing exactly the same thing in a lower voice, and you should have seen the crotch grabbing! Anyhow, it was a giggle to be there, so far removed from the gentlemanly rugby games i’ve been to in the past!

footy fans

Last night, thanks to Wedding Gift no. 22 and Hazel, Jenny, Matt and Rose we spent the evening in a beautiful art deco theatre watching a Tango show. Amazing dancing. We’ve seen street performers dancing here but to see the show was spectacular, a very fun night out and now I want to take up dancing again!


Amazing stage setting