Buenos Aires

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

Day 157 on The Big Trip. “Buenos Aires”

I CAN now say that I’ve been to the capitol of every country that I’ve been to; and I had a great time in the last capitol: Buenos Aires. We spent a week there visiting family and friends, seeing sites, running errands, eating well, drinking well, and sleeping more!
ED and Adriana and Virginia and all of the family and friends thereof made this trip spectacular, if I do say so myself. For one thing, it’s nicer sharing a place with good people than not. To boot, experiencing a large city such as Buenos Aires with friends who are familiar with its ins and outs makes for smooth traveling! So officially: thanks! Thanks for the hospitality, the good times, and so on!

THOSE are the main high points of the stay. Here are the subtle things that pet the soul with a cool breeze on those hot Buenos Aires days: learning that no matter how much you eat like a hog, you will never eat more dulce de leche than an Argentinian!; there are question marks in the park near the bus station and I have no idea why; watching a movie such as Che just doesn’t seem right unless you see it in spanish in Argentina!

MORE: walking through the small city of mausoleums known as Recoleta Cemetary was very surreal with the living city just beyond the cemetary’s walls; having bagels with locks from Zabar’s in NYC in Buenos Aires was an unforeseen treat; not getting robbed in Buenos Aires – ditto!