thanks for the great responses from everyone. vivian is taking a shower upstairs and i am in recovery from too much wine and a great meal last night. we took a city bus yesterday from this area recoleta to plaza italia (10c). it was noisy, smoggy and fun. we walked through palermo viejo an area with great old neighborhoods. stopped a a beautiful cafe on paraguay st. called montecarlo. nice people. the owner is a young man 20something, very amiable. he had just lost his dad who left him the cafe. we walked more and found a tiny gourmet shop of wines, cheeses (using the internet for sales). the prop. was pablo jones, an entrepreneur who will be on the flight to mendoza with us on sat. he plans to buy land for a vineyard on
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