Right, in the spirit of keeping this bad boy up to date I am reporting from day two of Buenos Aires. As previously mentioned we arrived after a 20 hour bus journey and checked into our hostel, which is gorgeous (apart from irritating American partyboy roomates who make you do shots of whisky the moment you walk in the door) and right in the centre of BA. You get free breakfast and the room for less than seven pounds a night which can´t be sniffed at!
Anyway, yesterday we settled in and then headed out for a drink at about 5.30pm, when the sun was still blazing, and sat at a little pavement cafe drinking Quilmes (Argentinian beer) and enjoying the rays. Then we walked up Avenida Defensa towards the San Telmo area of the city which is all very pretty nineteenth century buildings and found a little piazza outside, where we came across some live tango dancers. Next we headed to a really popular parilla (steakhouse) called Desnivel for dinner where we had the most beautifully tender sirloin steaks for next to nothing.
Today we got up early and enjoyed the free breakfast, including the local speciality Dulce de Leche (which is a caramel/milk thing that they put on croissants and in ice creams) mmmm, then headed out for a walk along the shopping area of Calle Florida which ends at the Piazza San Martin, a lovely park to chill out in and have a bit of a picnic (which we did, obviously). Then wandered into San Telmo to check out more antique shops - this place is a vintage shoppers absolute heaven, and so cheap - and I got a gorgeous hand knitted alpaca sweater for the equivalent of 11 pounds. I love Buenos Aires! Finally we stopped for a little vino tinto refreshment (well, when in Rome!) before heading back to the hostel where we are now. We´re going for Burritos tonight, and strolling through the parks in Palermo tomorow. So until then...
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una copa grande de vino tinto por favor!!! :-) x
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