I'm a little slow on getting this thing updated, seeing as this event happended last Sunday and today is Saturday, but I wanted to share a few images with you. On Sunday a couple friends and myself took the subte towards downtown to a neighborhood called San Telmo. Every Sunday they shut down this one street and there is a massive street fair that has to spread at least 10 blocks. There are people selling all sorts of things: from freshly squeezed orange juice, to special cups for drinking Mate (pronounced mah-tay), to shoes... the list is endless. Also, there are a number of street performers doing things like Tango, playing guitar, being weird statuesque things, contorting their bodies. Needless to say it is a very fun and amusing time. Here are the pictures, I hope
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