Despite a rubbish weather forecast it was a beautiful day in Buenos Aires today, with the sun was beating down, so we strolled down Calle Florida for a pizza picnic in Plaza San Martin at lunchtime, then headed to Retiro station to book our bus to our next stop - Puerto Madryn in Patagonia. It´s a 19 hour bus ride and I´m so excited about the place. After the bustle of Buenos Aires I can´t wait to get out into the wilds and hopefully see whales, penguins and walruses. There are also two little Welsh towns nearby called Trelew and Gaiman (which I find really bizarre... Wales, in Patagonia?) which will be fascinating to see.
Next we wandered to Recoleta, a very fancy area of the city (I felt a bit ´travelly´ to pop into Louis Vuitton or Hermes) and into the beautiful cemetery, where Eva Peron is buried. After getting lost in the maze of incredible tombs (this isn´t like your average cemetary, each tomb is basically a mini church) we came across Evita´s grave which is still covered with flowers and had a drawn a little crowd. On the way home we stopped for some Mango Maracuya ice cream at Freddo´s, which I´m told is the best in Argentina (it was amazing) and listened to a fantastic Bossa band in the street which drew a huge crowd of very ´Friday feeling´ looking locals. We´re back at the hostel now ready for a bit of a siesta before we head out for dinner and drinks at a very popular bar called La Cigale. Happy Friday everyone!
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