Steak steak and more steak

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Hello....

Just a short one this time...it´s just a city!!!....albeit a very cool city. We had a great time in BA..lots of walking and trying to eat with the locals (i.e. waiting around starving until 10pm and then being the first in the restaurant)

Anyway...I´ve managed to eat almost a whole cow...we´ve tried the best steak house in BA (does that make it the best in the world), but to be honest we´ve had better in other less ´famous´places.

The only disapponitment was not getting to see Boca juniors playing, as they did so well in some South American competition that they didnt come home and so cancelled the game we were due to see. For any footie fans, we did get to tour the stadium...what a place that would have been to see a game...the pitch was right up to the stands, that went steeply up and up..the atmos would almost rival Highbury.

Anyway...enough said as we are about to go for our last steak in Argentina (we are in Iguazu...going to the biggest falls in South America tomorrow).

See ya soon

Steve and Lou

PS: Listened to the choir of Kings College singing Carols on the Ipod to try and get in to the Xmas mood....how sad is that...

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Photos

Lou in front of the place
....apparently Maradonna or was it Madonna?? has addressed the crowds from here....someone famous anyway

One for Mum
the only Xmas decoration in BA

A Parrilla
....donkey´s bolloxs, sheeps feet, cow bits....you name it...it´s there...

A Gaucho fair
..fantastic...a real local gaucho fair in a suburb of BA (need to read those guide books very closely). We were the only tourists around. Very authentic

What Gauchos do for fun
..they gallop at full speed..stand up in the saddle...and try and spear a small sliver ring thats dangling down from the stand with a tiny dagger. (one gave his ring to Lou...NOT IMPRESSED!!)

A day trip to Tigre
...fantastic Argentian version of Henley on Thames...

A tough Gaucho...
...in San Antonio do Areco (capital of the Pampas...but a tiny bit boring...although had a fantastic steak for lunch..again!!)

Comments

[Wayne]

bored bored bored bored Bored!
Hey mateys, not been commenting coz there ain't anything to comment (well apart from things I wouldn't publicy comment, Sally learned that lesson). Got my house mate moving in this weekend and cooking christmas dinner for 14 so going to be stuffing the bird on saturday morning (not something I do very often). Looking forward to seeing you two in a weeks time and slapping you around the faces a few times when you get too enthusiastic with your story telling. Glad you've been having such a fab time. W