Day 1 in Buenos Aires

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Sitting in the common room of my B&B listening to the rain, which had the decency to wait until I got in from my full day of exploring. Arrived at 9 am after 24 hours in transit and got a great orientation to the city from Ariel, the gay, Jewish B&B owner. He very kindly set up a city tour for me, which I promptly missed because I refused to look at my map as I was wandering around the city -- so much more fun to stumble upon things!

Best foods of the day: roquefort empenadas, sabayon ice cream and baklava from an Armenian bakery around the corner from the hotel.

Wandered around the Recoleta Cemetary and saw Evita´s grave. Hope to do a walking tour led by a local non-profit preservation group Tuesday or Thursday, thanks to my friend Matt Hundley´s advice.

Tuesday should be interesting. I´ve made contact with the SFCVB's contracted representative here in BsAs and she´s taking me to lunch at her local chapter of SKAL, a travel industry club. A former president of the club is cooking a Spanish meal, should be fun! (Post script: the meal of paella, snails and lamb was great!)

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Photos

Plaza de Mayo
A teacher checks on her charges as a protest passes in the background, near the Plaza de Mayo

Sandwiches
Vacant sandwich shop in Palermo Viejo neighborhood

Recoleta Cemetery
A street of graves in the famous cemetery in the middle of the city

Comments

[Joel Goldes]

Photos?
Hey Dan, Sounds like fun so far. Can you post photos to this blog? You must have taken some.... I'm sitting in a recording studio in Hollywood, waiting for Julia Ormond to arrive for her ADR (Automated Digital Recording) session on film called Surveillance, directed by Jennifer Lynch (David's daughter) whom I just met. Supposed to rain here tomorrow--yay!